Luis Mandoki Filmography

Occupation:: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

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Fraude: México 2006

Crew: Director

2007
Innocent Voices

Crew: Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Carlos Padilla, Leonor Varela, Gustavo Munoz, Jose Maria Yazpik, Ofelia Medina

Synopsis: The bloody civil war which tore apart El Salvador in the 1980s is seen through the eyes of a young boy in this drama from director Luis Mandoki. Chava (Carlos Padilla) is 11 years old and growing up in a small town in El Salvador where the fighting between rebels and government troops is a daily Read More

10/14/05
Trapped

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Charlize Theron, Courtney Love, Stuart Townsend, Kevin Bacon

Synopsis: A mother is caught in a race against time to save her child in this taut suspense thriller. Dr. Will Jennings (Stuart Townsend) and his wife, Karen (Charlize Theron), find their world has been turned upside down when they're taken hostage and held in different cities while their young daughter is Read More

9/20/02
Angel Eyes

Crew: Director

Actors: Jennifer Lopez, James Caviezel, Sonia Braga, Terrence Howard, Jeremy Sisto

Synopsis: Jennifer Lopez stars in this gritty, emotional drama as police officer Sharon Pogue, who covers up a painful past with an anger that fuels her job performance in one of Chicago's toughest precincts. Although her partner Robby (Terrence Howard) is concerned about Sharon, she won't confide even in Read More

5/18/01
Message in a Bottle

Crew: Director

Actors: Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn, Paul Newman, John Savage, Illeana Douglas

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks, Message In A Bottle stars Robin Wright Penn as Theresa Osborne, a writer for the Chicago Tribune. While her son visits her cheating ex-husband, Theresa goes on a vacation by herself. One day, while running on the beach, she finds a bottle washed up on the Read More

2/12/99
When a Man Loves a Woman

Crew: Director

Actors: Andy Garcia, Meg Ryan, Lauren Tom, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tina Majorino

Synopsis: A dramatic treatment of a family torn apart by alcoholism and recovering from it, this was a star vehicle for popular actress Meg Ryan, who plays Alice Green, a school counselor who has a serious drinking problem. Her husband is Michael (Andy Garcia), an airline pilot. Though she's lighthearted Read More

1994
Born Yesterday

Crew: Director

Actors: Melanie Griffith, John Goodman, Don Johnson, Edward Herrmann, Max Perlich

Synopsis: This 1993 remake of the 1950 film Born Yesterday (based on the 1946 Garson Kanin stage play) was retooled as a star vehicle for then-marrieds Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. Roughneck self-made millionaire Harry Brock (John Goodman) wants to become a powerful Washington lobbyist. Brock's efforts Read More

1993
White Palace

Crew: Director

Actors: Susan Sarandon, James Spader, Jason Alexander, Kathy Bates, Eileen Brennan

Synopsis: Screenwriters Ted Tally and Alvin Sargent adapted the novel by Glenn Savan into this intelligent comedy-drama about a May-December romance where the woman is the senior partner. James Spader is Max Baron, a 27-year-old St. Louis advertising executive who has completely shut himself off from the Read More

10/19/90
Gaby: A True Story

Crew: Co-producer, Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Liv Ullmann, Norma Aleandro, Rachel Levin, Robert Loggia, Lawrence Monoson

Synopsis: Gaby: A True Story is about a young woman -- the child of rich European refugees living in Mexico -- who was stricken with cerebral palsy at birth. Though her body is completely paralyzed, her mind is unaffected, and she is able to become a college graduate and an acclaimed author. Rachel Levin Read More

10/30/87
Motel

Crew: Director

Actors: José Alonso, Salvador Sanchez, Carmelita Gonzalez, Ignacio Retes

Synopsis: In this detective venture, a gumshoe looks into the killing of a wealthy socialite. It is difficult as the killer was careful to leave few clues. The investigation leads the detective to a lonely motel run by an eccentric young couple. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1983