
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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Biography from TMDB.
- August 6, 1965 (61)
- Versailles, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines], France
- Director and writer
- 9 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are Olivier Megaton's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 4
Grounded 1 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 5
Steady 1 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 3
Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 0
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Olivier Megaton's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Olivier Megaton's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
19 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Anna(2019)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Imposture(s) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Taken 3(2014)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Taxi Brooklyn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Taken 2(2012)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Colombiana(2011)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Transporter 3(2008)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Sable noir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

The Red Siren(2002)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all filmsDear Father (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Les Redoutables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Exit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Je ne veux pas être sage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
No happy end (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Tout morose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

Angie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 19 titles, 18 of them dated from 1997 to 2021.
Film career
- 2017Screen debut· Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Olivier Megaton's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
None of their 9 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 49/100 and the pacing 44/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Olivier Megaton's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Olivier Megaton work with?
People who share at least 2 of Olivier Megaton's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Luc Besson shares the most, 4.
Writers
- Luc BessonShared titles: Taken 3 (2014), Taken 2 (2012), Colombiana (2011), Transporter 3 (2008)See all 4 shared titles with Luc Besson

- Robert Mark KamenShared titles: Taken 3 (2014), Taken 2 (2012), Colombiana (2011), Transporter 3 (2008)See all 4 shared titles with Robert Mark Kamen

Actors
- Famke JanssenShared titles: Taken 3 (2014), Taken 2 (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Famke Janssen

- Leland OrserShared titles: Taken 3 (2014), Taken 2 (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Leland Orser

- Liam NeesonShared titles: Taken 3 (2014), Taken 2 (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Liam Neeson

- Maggie GraceShared titles: Taken 3 (2014), Taken 2 (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Maggie Grace

Composers and editors
- Camille DelamarreShared titles: Taken 2 (2012), Colombiana (2011), Transporter 3 (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Camille Delamarre

- David MenkeShared titles: Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan (2021), The Last Days of American Crime (2020)See all 2 shared titles with David Menke

- Mickael DumontierShared titles: Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan (2021), The Last Days of American Crime (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Mickael Dumontier
- Nathaniel MéchalyShared titles: Taken 2 (2012), Colombiana (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Nathaniel Méchaly

Producers
- Michael MandavilleShared titles: Taken 3 (2014), Taken 2 (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Mandaville

