{{short description|Peruvian film director (born 1951)}} {{family name hatnote|Llosa|Urquidi|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox person | image = Presentación libro Luis Llosa - FIL 2024 (11) (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Llosa at the FIL LIMA in 2024 | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1951}} | birth_place = Lima, Peru | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Film director and producer | notable_works = ''Sniper''<br>''The Specialist''<br>''Anaconda'' }} '''Luis Llosa Urquidi''' (born 1951) is a Peruvian film director. He is best known for his feature films ''Sniper'' (1993), ''The Specialist'' (1994), and ''Anaconda'' (1997).
== Career == Luis Llosa was originally a film critic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-28-ti-2138-story.html|title=ENTERTAINMENT: Singer Guerra Back in Groove After Surgery|last=Kellner|first=Elena|work=Los Angeles Times|date=1993-01-28|access-date=2014-02-14}}</ref> He is known for his early Peruvian work, English-language exploitation films made for producer Roger Corman, and bigger-budget American films.<ref>{{cite book|title=Latsploitation, Latin America, and Exploitation Cinema|chapter=Roger Corman Dis/covers Peru|last=Middents|first=Jeffrey|editor1-last=Ruétalo|editor1-first=Victoria|editor2-last=Tierney|editor2-first=Dolores|pages=55–69|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JgqRAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA55|publisher=Routledge|year=2009|isbn=9781135848774}}</ref> His best-known film, ''Anaconda'', stars Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, and Eric Stoltz. ''Anaconda'' was nominated for multiple Razzie Awards, including worst director,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=37|title=1997 Archive|work=Razzies.com|accessdate=2014-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426070604/http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=37|archive-date=2012-04-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> but grossed $136 million worldwide<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=anaconda.htm|title=Anaconda|work=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=2014-02-13}}</ref> and became a cult film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/ianacondai-64900|title=Anaconda|last=Tobias|first=Scott|work=The A.V. Club|date=2011-11-10|accessdate=2014-02-13}}</ref>
He founded Iguana Productions, which produces Peruvian films and telenovelas such as ''Escándalo'', ''Torbellino'' and ''Latin Lover''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2001/scene/markets-festivals/llosa-fast-becoming-peruvian-go-to-guy-1117795709/|title=Llosa fast becoming Peruvian go-to guy|last=Chauvin|first=Lucien|work=Variety|date=2001-03-21|accessdate=2014-02-13}}</ref>
== Personal life == Llosa was born in 1951 in Lima, Peru.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.elmundo.es/metropoli/2006/03/03/cine/1141340403.html|title= La dictadura de Trujillo se metía hasta en las alcobas|last=Estrada|first=Javier|work=El Mundo|date=2006-03-03|accessdate=2014-02-13|language=Spanish}}</ref> He is a cousin of Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/news/llosas-in-town-to-feast-on-the-goat-1117937943/|title=Llosas in town to feast on the ‘Goat’|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=Variety|date=2006-02-11|accessdate=2014-02-13}}</ref> and his niece is film director Claudia Llosa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2009/biz/news/foreign-pics-play-oscar-nom-bingo-1118009588/|title=Foreign pics play Oscar-nom bingo|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=Variety|date=2009-10-05|accessdate=2014-02-13}}</ref>
== Filmography == {|class="wikitable" |- !Year !Title !Director !Producer !Writer |- | 1987 | ''Hour of the Assassin'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- | 1989 | ''Crime Zone'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- |rowspan=3|1993 | ''Sniper'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- | ''Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- | ''Fire on the Amazon'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- | 1994 | ''The Specialist'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- | 1997 | ''Anaconda'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- | 2005 | ''The Feast of the Goat'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- | 2020 | ''Dueños del Tiempo'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- | 2024 | ''Tattoos in Memory'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |}
== References == {{reflist|2}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|id=0515891|name=Luis Llosa}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217153258/http://iguanaproducciones.com/ |title=Iguana Producciones website |date=December 17, 2014}} {{in lang|es}}
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