The Most Famous

FILM DIRECTORS from Peru

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This page contains a list of the greatest Peruvian Film Directors. The pantheon dataset contains 2,041 Film Directors, 2 of which were born in Peru. This makes Peru the birth place of the 64th most number of Film Directors behind Burkina Faso, and Thailand.

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Peruvian Film Directors of all time. This list of famous Peruvian Film Directors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Luis Llosa (b. 1951)

With an HPI of 49.12, Luis Llosa is the most famous Peruvian Film Director.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.

Luis Llosa Urquidi (born 1951) is a Peruvian film director. He is best known for his features Sniper (1993), The Specialist (1994), and Anaconda (1997).

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2. Claudia Llosa (b. 1976)

With an HPI of 41.09, Claudia Llosa is the 2nd most famous Peruvian Film Director.  Her biography has been translated into 28 different languages.

Claudia Llosa Bueno (born 15 November 1976) is a Peruvian film director, writer, producer, and author. She is recognized for her Academy-Award-nominated film, The Milk of Sorrow.

People

Pantheon has 2 people classified as Peruvian film directors born between 1951 and 1976. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Peruvian film directors include Luis Llosa, and Claudia Llosa.

Living Peruvian Film Directors

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