Pierre Morel

Biography

Pierre Morel (born 12 May 1964) is a French cinematographer and film director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Morel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Career Overview

Pierre Morel has 25 screen credits in a career dating back to 1994. Their work spans 7 cinematic universes — most prominently Taken with 1 titles. Signature works include Taken, From Paris with Love, Freelance. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

25

Birth Date

1964-05-12 00:00:00

Birth Place

France

Known For

• 

  Taken
• 

  From Paris with Love
• 

  Freelance
• 

  Canary Black
• 

  Peppermint
• 

  The Gunman

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 7 universes

• Taken (1 titles)
• District B13 (1 titles)
• District 13 Series (1 titles)
• Bang Bang Films (1 titles)
• Taxi (1 titles)
• Taxi Film Series (1 titles)
• The Transporter (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Arben Bajraktaraj (2 collaborations)
• Goran Kostić (2 collaborations)
• David Gasman (2 collaborations)
• Juan Pablo Raba (2 collaborations)
• Liam Neeson (1 collaborations)
• Maggie Grace (1 collaborations)
• Famke Janssen (1 collaborations)
• Olivier Rabourdin (1 collaborations)
• Leland Orser (1 collaborations)
• Jon Gries (1 collaborations)

Credits

• production (5 credits)

  • The Good Samaritan

    executive producer

    production
    2026
  • Alphas

    producer

    production
    2026
  • Carrier

    producer

    production
    2026
  • Freelance

    executive producer

    production
    2023
  • Overdrive

    producer

    production
    2017

• directing (10 credits)

  • The Good Samaritan

    director

    directing
    2026
  • The Blacksmith

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Canary Black

    director

    directing
    2024
  • Freelance

    director

    directing
    2023
  • The Ambush

    director

    directing
    2021
  • Peppermint

    director

    directing
    2018
  • The Gunman

    director

    directing
    2015
  • From Paris with Love

    director

    directing
    2010
  • Taken

    director

    directing
    2008
  • District B13

    director

    directing
    2004

• camera (8 credits)

  • From Paris with Love

    steadicam operator

    camera
    2010
  • War

    director of photography

    camera
    2007
  • Taxi 4

    director of photography

    camera
    2007
  • Love and Other Disasters

    director of photography

    camera
    2006
  • Unleashed

    director of photography

    camera
    2005
  • Thinning the Herd

    director of photography

    camera
    2004
  • The Transporter

    director of photography

    camera
    2002
  • D'Artagnan's Daughter

    steadicam operator

    camera
    1994

• crew (1 credits)

  • L'Américain

    cinematography

    crew
    2004

• actors (1 credits)

  • How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

    Self - Camera Operator

    actor

    actors
    2002