
Directing
Olivier Megaton
Born
1965-08-06 (61)
Place of birth
Versailles, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines], France
Known for
Directing
Credits
18 titles
Olivier Megaton (born Olivier Fontana) is a French film director, writer, and editor, best known for directing the films The Red Siren, Transporter 3, Colombiana, and two films in the Taken franchise starring Liam Neeson. He also served as a second unit director for the film Hitman.
Known for
6.3Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.
Taken 3
2014
6.2Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukrainian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe delivery and not let his personal feelings get in the way of his dangerous objective.
Transporter 3
2008
6.4In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
Taken 2
2012
6.7In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017
6.7After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.
Colombiana
2011
6.4In the not-too-distant future, as a final response to crime and terrorism, the U.S. government plans to broadcast a signal that will make it impossible for anyone to knowingly break the law.
The Last Days of American Crime
2020
Film credits
Behind the camera
6.3Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.
Taken 3
2014
6.2Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukrainian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe delivery and not let his personal feelings get in the way of his dangerous objective.
Transporter 3
2008
6.4In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
Taken 2
2012
6.7After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.
Colombiana
2011
6.4In the not-too-distant future, as a final response to crime and terrorism, the U.S. government plans to broadcast a signal that will make it impossible for anyone to knowingly break the law.
The Last Days of American Crime
2020
5.2Nearly 13, Alice rebels, telling the Paris police that her mother is a murderer. Alice has no evidence; her mother, Eva, rich and powerful, avoids charges. Alice promptly runs away, determined to find her dad whom she claims lives in Portugal. The police believe he is dead and that Alice is in denial. Nonetheless, they dispatch Anita, an Italian police officer on loan to the French, to find Alice and bring her back. Meanwhile, Eva has launched her own paramilitary force to hunt for Alice, and Alice has found a protector in Hugo, an ex-soldier turned hit man and gang member. He promises to get her to her father. All roads lead to a small town on the Portuguese coast.
The Red Siren
2002
5.2Nearly 13, Alice rebels, telling the Paris police that her mother is a murderer. Alice has no evidence; her mother, Eva, rich and powerful, avoids charges. Alice promptly runs away, determined to find her dad whom she claims lives in Portugal. The police believe he is dead and that Alice is in denial. Nonetheless, they dispatch Anita, an Italian police officer on loan to the French, to find Alice and bring her back. Meanwhile, Eva has launched her own paramilitary force to hunt for Alice, and Alice has found a protector in Hugo, an ex-soldier turned hit man and gang member. He promises to get her to her father. All roads lead to a small town on the Portuguese coast.
The Red Siren
2002
5.1A mentally unstable man who doesn't have a firm grip on reality must investigate whether or not he's a serial killer.
Exit
2000
5.1A mentally unstable man who doesn't have a firm grip on reality must investigate whether or not he's a serial killer.
Exit
2000
An insane face-off between two smart serial killers. This thriller supsense is 100% intense: sensitive souls beware!
Je ne veux pas être sage
1998
An insane face-off between two smart serial killers. This thriller supsense is 100% intense: sensitive souls beware!
Je ne veux pas être sage
1998
Lover, victim, or torturer? You love me.
Dear Father
2001
Lover, victim, or torturer? You love me.
Dear Father
2001
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Angie
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A man and a little girl taken hostage during a bank raid end up trapped in a claustrophobic closed environment. This is the start of a painful prychological confrontation between the two prisoners...
No happy end
1998
A man and a little girl taken hostage during a bank raid end up trapped in a claustrophobic closed environment. This is the start of a painful prychological confrontation between the two prisoners...
No happy end
1998
Yellow and blue pencils, "Tout morose", matching notes in a notebook, Jeanne Moreau, a palette of animated words, a recipe for a few magnificent moments.
Tout morose
1997
