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Olivier Megaton

Film Director / Screenwriter / Writer / Film Producer | * 08/06/1965 (58) | Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine (France)
Olivier Megaton (born Olivier Fontana; 6 August 1965) is a French director, writer, and editor who directed the films The Red Siren, Transporter 3, Colombiana, Taken 2 and Taken 3. ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Thriller | Action | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukranian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thu ...

Transporter 3

PG-13

2008 | 3.1/5 | 1h 44min
Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime
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After 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 ...

Colombiana

PG-13

2011 | 3.3/5 | 1h 48min
Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama
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Ex-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 ...

Taken 3

PG-13

2014 | 3.1/5 | 1h 49min
Thriller, Action
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Stan is young, but had already been in hell. Once he was accused in a series of brutal murders, though the evidence was not accurate. The verdict of the court sent him to hospital, where they hold dan ...

Exit

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2000 | 2.4/5 | 1h 50min
Thriller, Science Fiction, Crime
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Awards & Nominations for Olivier Megaton

European Film Academy Lux Award
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Movies with Olivier Megaton as Actor(1)

as Captain Welcoming KCO22017 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Movies with Olivier Megaton as Crew(17)

Directing/Director2024 The Weekend Escape
Directing/Director2020 The Last Days of American Crime
Directing/Second Unit Director2019 Anna
Directing/Director2014 Taken 3
Directing/Director2012 Taken 2
Directing/Director2011 Colombiana
Directing/Director2008 Transporter 3
Directing/Director2002 The Red Siren
Directing/Director2001 Dear Father
Writing/Writer2001 Dear Father
Directing/Director2000 Exit
Writing/Scenario Writer2000 Exit
Directing/Director1998 No happy end
Writing/Writer1998 No happy end
Directing/Director1998 Je ne veux pas être sage
Editing/Editor1998 Je ne veux pas être sage
Writing/Writer1998 Je ne veux pas être sage

TV Shows/Series with Olivier Megaton as Crew(6)

Directing/Director2021 Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan
Writing/Writer2021 Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan
Creator/Creator2021 Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan
Directing/Director2014 Taxi Brooklyn
Directing/Director2001 Les Redoutables
Writing/Writer2001 Les Redoutables

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Full Name: Olivier Megaton
Citizenship: France
Born: Friday, 08/06 1965 (August) in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine (France) (current age: 58 years + 264 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN), French (FR)
Educated at: University of Paris
Other names for Olivier Megaton (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Olivier Mégaton"
Olivier Megaton frequently works together with these people:
Luc Besson (19x, Crew)
Robert Mark Kamen (8x, Crew)
Stéphane Bucher (7x, Crew)
Olivier Bériot (6x, Crew)
Frédéric Dubois (6x, Crew)
Alain Figlarz (5x, Actor)
Aya Yabuuchi (5x, Crew)
Lorenzo Donati (5x, Crew)
Marylin Fitoussi (4x, Crew)
John Medalin (4x, Crew)
Aymeric Devoldère (4x, Crew)
Franck Ollivier (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:7243, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024