Pierre Morel
1964 (60 лет)After graduating from film school, Morel made his debut as a cinematographer in 2000 with Richard Berry's The Art of Seduction. He continued to work as a cinematographer with directors like Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen, and Luc Besson.
In 2004, he directed his first film, District B13, followed by Taken in 2008 and From Paris with Love in 2010. In early 2010, he was announced as the director for a new adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune, but he left the project shortly thereafter.
Critics have noted that Morel's films sometimes include "overtly racist" elements, depicting Albanians, Arabs, and Asians in negative roles. The Telegraph highlighted that Taken contains racial stereotypes concerning Arabs and Eastern Europeans.
Taken
Pierre Morel
Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace
While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the clock, her ex-spy father must pull out all the stops to save her. But with his best years possibly behind him, the job may be more than he can handle.
Taken
From Paris with Love
Pierre Morel
John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig—working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with Charlie Wax. Trigger-happy Charlie soon has James crying for his desk job, but when he learns that the same guys they're trying to catch are after him, James realises that Charlie may be his only hope of survival.
From Paris with Love
الكمين
Pierre Morel
Marwan Abdullah
It is the winter of 2018, the men and women of the UAE military are deployed to provide aid. At the Mocha Base, spirits are high as three Emirati soldiers anticipate an imminent return home. While on their final routine patrol, the three soldiers, Ali, Bilal and Hindasi are ambushed by heavily armed militants on their route, through a narrow canyon. Trapped, wounded, and out of communication range, the three soldiers realize the gravity of their situation. They are running out of options, munitions - and time. Back at the base, their commander receives word and realizes that the assault on the UAE army patrol was premeditated. A rescue mission is quickly put into action, but will air and land support reach the men in time, and will they survive?
The Ambush
The Gunman
Pierre Morel
Sean Penn, Jasmine Trinca
Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads him to a reunion with Annie, a woman he once loved, who is now married to an oily businessman with dealings in Africa.
The Gunman
Freelance
Pierre Morel
Alison Brie, Ева Элис
An ex special forces operative stuck in a dead-end desk job reluctantly takes on a gig to provide private security for a washed-up journalist as she interviews a ruthless—but impeccably dressed—dictator. When a military coup breaks out just as she's about to get the scoop of a lifetime, the unlikely trio must figure out how to survive the jungle, the assassins and each other in order to make it out alive.
Freelance
Canary Black
Pierre Morel
Kate Beckinsale, Rupert Friend
Canary Black is an action-thriller spy film centered on Avery Graves, a top-level CIA agent played by Kate Beckinsale. The plot unfolds when Avery's husband is kidnapped by terrorists who blackmail her into betraying her country to secure his release. Cut off from her CIA team and facing immense pressure, Avery must rely on her connections within the underworld to navigate the dangerous situation. As she seeks to locate the sensitive intelligence the kidnappers desire, she grapples with difficult choices that challenge her loyalty to her country and her commitment to saving her husband.
Canary Black
The Blacksmith
Pierre Morel
Nick Jonas, Лоуренс Фишборн
Wes Loomis, a ‘Blacksmith’ – the intelligence community’s go-to weapons expert. When his clandestine lab is destroyed and his colleagues murdered, he must go on the run with only his unique set of technological skills and the help of a brilliant, young CIA analyst Noelle Hazlitt to keep him alive. They seek out Mather (Fishburne), a retired blacksmith and Wes’ mentor, to help guide them.”
The Blacksmith
