Biography
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
Complete Filmography
The Last Days of American Crime
2020
Director
In 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 impossibl...
Anna
2019
Second Unit Director
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared gov...
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017
as Captain Welcoming KCO2
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the...
Taken 3
2014
Director
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 sa...
Taken 2
2012
Director
In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
Colombiana
2011
Director
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...
Transporter 3
2008
Director
Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukrainian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on ...
The Red Siren
2002
Director, Writer
Nearly 13, Alice rebels, telling the Paris police that her mother is a murderer. Alice has no evidence; her mother, Eva, rich and powerful, avoids cha...
Dear Father
2001
Director, Writer
Lover, victim, or torturer? You love me.
Exit
2000
Scenario Writer, Director, Writer
A mentally unstable man who doesn't have a firm grip on reality must investigate whether or not he's a serial killer.
No happy end
1998
Director, Writer
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 prychol...
Je ne veux pas être sage
1998
Director, Writer, Editor
An insane face-off between two smart serial killers. This thriller supsense is 100% intense: sensitive souls beware!
Tout morose
1997
Director
Yellow and blue pencils, "Tout morose", matching notes in a notebook, Jeanne Moreau, a palette of animated words, a recipe for a few magnificent momen...
Angie
N/A
Director, Scenario Writer