The Transporter (2002)


The Transporter
Release Date02 October 2002
Budget$21,000,000
US Box Office$25,000,000
TaglineRules are made to be broken
GenreAction, Crime, Thriller
CountryFrance
USA
Filming LocationsAvenue de Saissy, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
LanguageEnglish, French, Mandarin
Sound MixDTS-ES, Dolby Digital EX
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassAction Thriller, Crime Thriller
MoodTough Guys
ThemesMercenaries, One Against the Mob, Out For Revenge, Lone Wolves, Daring Rescues
TonesBright, Visceral, Tense, Gritty
TagsCourier, Crime Ring, France, Illegal Alien, Smuggling, Special Forces, Underworld

The Transporter (French: Le Transporteur) is a 2002 French action film directed by Louis Leterrier and Corey Yuen and written by Luc Besson, who was inspired by BMW Films' The Hire series.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Frank Martin

Lai

Wall Street

Inspector Tarconi

Mr. Kwai

Doug Rand
Leader

Didier Saint Melin
Boss

Tonio Descanvelle
Thug 1

Laurent Desponds
Thug 2

Matthieu Albertini
Thug 3

Vincent Nemeth
Pilot

Jean-Yves Bilien
Little Thug

Jean-Marie Paris
Giant Thug

Adrian Dearnell
Newscaster

Alfred Lot
Cop 1

Audrey Hamm
Secretary

Sebastien Migneau
Wheel Man

Laurent Jumeaucourt
Young Thug

Christian Gazio
Cop 2

Frédéric Vallet
Tractor Trailer Driver

Stefan Gudju
Thug 1 Wall Street

Sandrine Rigaux
Nurse

Cameron Watson
Official

Director

Corey Yuen

Writer

Robert Mark Kamen

Producer

producer

Steve Chasman
producer

David Lai
associate producer

Alfred Lot
associate producer

Mehdi Sayah
assistant producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Editor

Nicolas Trembasiewicz
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Casting Director

Nathalie Cheron
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Production Designer

Hugues Tissandier
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Costume Designer

Martine Rapin
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Makeup Department

Elsa Beigbeder
makeup trainee

Anne Bergamaschi
head makeup artist

Josée De Luca
makeup artist

Céline Durand
hair stylist

Valerie Robin
makeup artist

Ghislaine Tortereau
head hairdresser

Bernard Tramier
makeup artist

Production Manager

Gregory Barrau
assistant unit production manager

Eric Bassoff
post production supervisor

Jeremy Bau
assistant unit production manager

Maxime Bochner
unit production manager

Julien Bouley
assistant unit production manager

Olivier Chiavassa
production director

Gael Deledicq
assistant unit production manager

Arnaud Duterque
assistant unit production manager

Jerome Goy
assistant unit production manager

Bruno Guilhem
unit manager: playing car unit

Alexandrine Kol
unit production manager

Laurent Lasnon
unit production manager

Franck Lebreton
unit manager: playing car unit

David Le Gall
assistant production manager

Alfred Lot
production manager

Sandrine Mannoni
assistant unit production manager

Olivier Martin
assistant unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Julien Bectarte
trainee assistant director

Aurélia Bono
trainee assistant director

Christophe Cheysson
first assistant director

Stéphane Gluck
first assistant director: underwater unit

Jean-Emmanuel Graine
trainee assistant director

David Hurst
trainee assistant director

artistic director

Stephane Moreno-Carpio
first assistant director

Nicolas Pillard
second assistant director

Jean Baptiste Pouilloux
additional assistant director

Mathieu Pradet
trainee assistant director

Pierre Saint Blanquat
trainee assistant director

Elisa Sánchez
second assistant director

Esther Sellem
trainee assistant director

Hans Titze
trainee assistant director

Corey Yuen
assistant director

Art Department

Pierre Bandini
property storeman

Jean-Pierre Battaia
construction manager

Evelyne Baussant
property buyer

Fabrice Bouchelet
property buyer

Lionel Callari
property master

Jean Castelnau
first assistant production designer

Jean-Jacques Chapelle
chargehand carpenter

Jean Chesneau
cars stagehand

Thierry Crépin
stagehand

Gerard Drolon
first assistant production designer

Patrice Golardelle
stagehand

Elie Guarguir
painter supervisor

Gilles Guerber-Zaza
sculptor

Eric Guinot
property master: playing car unit

Jean Habay
stagehand

Virginie Hernvann
second assistant production designer

Gabriel Jamet
weathering painter

Alexis Jorand
painter

Jacques Kazandian
upholsterer supervisor

Bruno Lefebvre
property master

artistic director

Françoise Malaplate
weathering painter

Daniel Maltret
second assistant production designer

Guy Monbillard
property storeman

Jean-Pierre Nossereau
property buyer

Alain Paroutaud
first assistant production designer

Alain Pitrel
set dresser

Cedric Poisson
cars stagehand

Brigitte Renard
sculptor

Bruno Sailord
property storeman

Jean-Louis Weber
painter

Sound Department

Capucine Courau
sound editor trainee

Anne Delacour
dialogue editor

Eric Ferret
foley mixer, foley recordist

Thomas Gastinel
boom operator

Judith Guittier
foley artist assistant

Alexandre Hernandez
assistant sound editor

François-Joseph Hors
re-recording mixer engineer, sound re-recording mixer

Dominique Lacour
sound recordist

Anne Le Campion
foley mixer, foley recordist

Didier Lesage
adr mixer

Maud Lombart
assistant sound editor

Didier Lozahic
sound re-recording mixer, re-recording mixer engineer

Fred Mays
post-synchronization

Florent Ravalec
daily sound engineer

Marianne Roussy
daily sound engineer

sound editor, sound designer

Stéphane Vizet
daily sound engineer

Ken Yasumoto
sound designer, sound editor

John Soukup
sound transfer

Special Effects

Jean-Claude Dauphinot
special effects technician

Grégoire Delage
special effects technician

Claude Demetrau
special effects technician

Georges Demétrau
special effects supervisor

Pascal Fauvelle
special effects technician

Max Garnier
special effects technician

Dominique Granger
special effects unit manager

Sara Helminger
special effects technician

Jean-Claude Houbart
special effects technician

Julien Huber
special effects technician

Jean Miel
special effects technician

Jérome Miel
special effects technician

François Philippi
special effects technician

Olivier Zenenski
special effects technician

Visual Effects

Virginie Allal
production assistant: Eclair Numerique

Thierry Barnay
data transfer: Eclair Numerique

Odile Beraud
scanning & film recording coordination

Billy
2k operator

Pierre Blain
Inferno artist

Laurent Borenstein
CGI artist: Mikros Images

Ronald Boullet
digital artist: Eclair Numerique

Stephanie Boutinaud
digital artist: Eclair Numerique

Arnaud Chelet
digital artist: Eclair Numerique

Alain Chene
scanning & film recording assistant

Arno Clerc
digital artist: Eclair Numerique

Rosana D'Andrea
scanning & film recording assistant

Olivier Debert
digital artist: Eclair Numerique

Jacques Delzescaux
digital artist: Eclair Numerique

Yann Doray
digital artist: Eclair Numerique

Roxane Fechner
coordinator: Eclair Numerique

Thierry Flament
digital artist: Eclair Numerique

Thibaut Granier
digital compositor

Thibo Granier
2D effects: Mikros Images

Christophe Keichinger
scanning & film recording assistant

Arassou Kichenassamy
scanning & film recording assistant

Marc Latil
digital artist: Eclair Numerique

Joyce Menger
production: Eclair Numerique

David Montoya
scanning & film recording assistant

Frederic Moreau
production: Eclair Numerique

Francois-Xavier Nallet
CGI artist: Mikros Images

Mourad Rennou
scanning & film recording assistant

Nicolas Rey
CGI artist: Mikros Images

Stephane Sanchez
CGI artist: Mikros Images

Philippe Soeiro
supervision: Eclair Numerique, main titles designer

Gérard Soirant
scanning & film recording supervisor

Melodie Stevens
digital artist: Eclair Numerique

Morgan Varona
digital artist: Eclair Numerique

Fabrice Visserot
CGI artist: Eclair Numerique

Stunts

Don Abbatiello
stunt driver

Jean-Charles Andrieux
stunts

Francis Auguy
assistant car stunt coordinator

Gilles Bannier
stunt security coordinator

Alain Barbier
stunts

Joseph Beddelem
stunts

Christian Bernier
stunts

Vincent Bersoulle
stunts

Sybille Blouin
stunts

Carlos Bonelli
stunts

Michel Bouis
stunts

Alain Brochery
stunts

Jörgtom Buttelmann
stunts

William Cagnard
stunts

Alexis Charrier
stunt security assistant

Ken Chung
stunts

Gilles Ciamin
stunts

Frederic Ciccione
parachutist stunts

Gilles Conseil
stunts

Carle David
stunts

William David
car stunts

Bruno De Lucas
stunts

Yannick Derrien
stunts

Jean-Jacques Desplanque
stunts

Christelle Droy
stunts

Stephane Dutto
stunts

David Forax
stunts

Sylvain Gabet
stunts

Frederic Garcia
stunts

Alain Gaudiard
stunts

Pascaline Girardot
stunts

Albert Goldberg
stunts

Pascal Guégan
stunts

Philippe Guégan
stunt coordinator

Alain Guerillot
stunts

Jian Yong Guo
chinese stunt coordinator

Cyrille Hertel
stunts

Frederic Hezard
stunts

Marc Nghi Hoang
stunts

Mouloud Ikhaddelene
stunts

Maud Imbert
stunts

Michel Julienne
car stunt coordinator

Sid Karne
stunts

Marcel Labbaye
stunts

Emmanuel Lanzi
stunts

Pascal Lavanchy
car stunts

Janaina Lemoine
stunts

Sang Lin
stunts

Gregory Loffredo
stunts

Pascal López
stunts

Christophe Marsaud
car stunts

Nadege Marti
stunt security trainee

Patrick Médioni
stunts

Sandra Mo
stunts

Hajime Nariyoshi
stunts

Minh Minh Ngo
stunts

François Nguyen
stunts

Valerie N'Guyen
stunts

Louis-Marie Nyee
stunts

Sébastien Peres
stunts

Frederick Renard
stunts

Alain Renault
car stunts

Jean Francois Ronzevalle
parachutist stunts

Loïc Saintilan
car stunts

Olivier Schneider
stunts

Geraldine Tan-Gacon
stunts

Dominique Tiercelin
car stunts

Michaël Troude
stunts

Christophe Vaison
car stunts

Frédéric Vallet
stunts

Alain Valvine
car stunts

Daniel Vennekens
parachutist stunts

Patricia Vosges
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Thierry Alais
grip

Christian Altiparmakian
head gaffer electrician

François Amadei
daily electrician

Damien Auriol
grip trainee

Eric Baraillon
head gaffer electrician

Jean-Pierre Baronsky
gaffer best boy

Rene Basso
daily grip

camera operator: underwater unit

Eric Bleriot
daily electrician

Jean-Marc Bour
director of photography: underwater unit

Gerard Buffard
daily grip

Marc Castagna
daily grip

Serge-Antoine Croisy
daily electrician

Adrien Debackere
second assistant camera

Jean Marc Degardin
second assistant camera: second unit

Pascal Delaunay
grip

Dominique Delguste
director of photography: additional photography, first assistant camera

Jean-Marc Dellien
daily electrician

Johan Dettwiller
second assistant camera: second unit

Florent Duroc
daily electrician

Jack English
still photographer

Jerome Epaillard
electrician

Tristan Favre
focus puller: second unit

Gilles Floquet
daily grip

Jan Gagnaire
daily grip

Vincent Gallot
focus puller

Pierre Garnier
key grip

Bruno Gibier
generator operator

Maxime Héraud
focus puller: second unit

Jean Hertel
daily electrician

Océane Lavergne
second assistant camera

Philip Lozano
second assistant camera: second unit

Laurent Martin
daily grip

Jean-Pierre Mas
key grip

Frank Mazauric
focus puller: second unit

Khalid Meziane
electrician

Daniel Monnier
daily electrician

Thierry Montendre
daily electrician

Steve Moreau
second assistant camera

Marc Nove
daily electrician

Christian Pétron
director of photography: underwater unit

Jean Marc Pietri
daily grip

Bruno Privat
director of photography: second unit

Henri Renaudier
daily electrician

Michel Revest
focus puller: underwater unit

Yann Sevrin
daily grip

Benjamin Speyer
crane technician

Pierre Stetin
focus puller: second unit

James Swanson
camera operator: aerial unit

Pascal Szymaneck
focus puller: underwater unit

Laurent Tangy
focus puller: second unit

Laurent Tibessart
daily electrician

Patrice Turin
daily grip

Philippe Vigier
daily electrician

Casting Department

Olivier Carbone
casting: bit parts and extras

David Collado
casting trainee: bits parts and extras

Samia Fadli
bits & extras casting assistant

Juliana Reis
casting assistant

Marie Jo Soriano
casting trainee: bit parts extras

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Guillaume Berroyer
wardrobe

Nadia Cherouk
wardrobe mistress

Elodie Derrien
wardrobe mistress

Olivier Ligen
wardrobe

Karen Muller Serreau
wardrobe

Laurence Nicolas
wardrobe mistress

Camille Pinet
wardrobe

Susan Salzano
set costumer

Editorial Department

Susana Antunes
post-production assistant

Catherine Athon
post-production coordinator

Beatrice Fraschini
post-production coordinator

Julius Friede
color grader

Christine Lucas Navarro
daily editor assistant

Claire Raingeval
assistant to editor

Philippe Reinaudo
digital intermediate technical director

Clara Vincienne
post-production trainee

Music Department

François Castello
conductor, orchestrator

conductor, orchestrator

Ron Finn
music editor

Ira Hearshen
orchestrator

Jérôme Lateur
music supervisor

Didier Lozahic
score recordist

Mehdi Sayah
assistant music supervisor

Olivier Schultheiss
conductor

Géraldine Sérafini
music legal coordinator

music editor

Transportation Department

Candice Abela
driver: Jason Statham

Alexandre Blanvillain
driver: pick up

Laurent Bonaventure
driver: pick up

Didier Brule
driver: tracking car

Jean-Marc Challet
driver: pick up

Remy Decrouy
driver: pick up

Hugues Delorme
driver: pick up

Jean De Pena
driver: pick up

Swann Eucharis
driver: pick up

Laurent Faggion
dailies driver

Pierre Fauverge
driver: Shu Qi

Eric Govignon
driver: Corey Yuen

Arnaus Guigny
driver: pick up

Mitch Harbeson
driver

Guillaume Leon
dailies driver

Michel Neugarten
driver: playing car unit

Sebastien Ordonez
driver: pick up

Jean Ragnotti
driver: playing car unit

Pascale Raskin
dailies driver

Jean Christophe Rickenbach
dailies driver

Other Crew

Stephane Alizier
daily unit runner

Jean-Claude Ambah
caterer

Dominique Baran
production accountant

Jean-Claude Beineix
insurance

Philippe Bernabe
daily unit runner

Darren Bettencourt
personal assistant: Steven Chasman, USA

Christian Bonnichon
head technician: playing car unit

Gerald Borguignon
daily unit runner

Christophe Bourlier
daily unit runner

Joelle Buisson-Kondo
head production accountant

Aïssa Bussetta
runner: traffic unit

François Califano
runner: traffic unit

Marianne Capian
location scout

Frédéric Cauvy
weapons advisor

Bruce Hwang Chen
assistant: producer

Florent Chevillard
runner: traffic unit

Shumai Chou
personal aid: Shu Qi

Audrey Ciais
script trainee

Fabrice Cocu
caterer

Olivier Coimbra
location scout

Nathalie Cordey
administrator

Camille Courau
personal assistant: Luc Besson

Nicolas Criqui
specter conformation

Aurelia Cypres
daily unit runner

Vincent Darre
daily unit runner

Sebastien Lemenez De Kerdelleau
unit runner

Aleksander Dembinski
personal assistant: Steven Chasman, France

Serge Desfilles
daily unit runner

Gaetan Dinon
daily unit runner

Romuald Drault
head production accountant

Maxence Duhamel
creator: computer program

Veronique Duval
copyist

Stephane Dyvrande
caterer

Francois Fanelli
daily unit runner

Jose Ferrera
location scout

Murielle Ferry
runner: traffic unit

Cecile Fevrier
runner: traffic unit

Ghislain Gabriel
runner: traffic unit

Michel Garçon
daily generator operator

Marie Gennesseaux
assistant script supervisor

Arnaud Gervet
video trainee

Claudy Gibier
daily generator operator

Frederic Pallares Gil
daily unit runner

Patrick Giunta
runner: traffic unit

Laurence Gormezano
acting coach: François Berleand

Karine Gozzi
daily script

Benjamin Granier
unit runner

Alain Guarda
film grading

Julien Guigny
runner: traffic unit

Thibault Henri-Biabaud
runner: traffic unit

Francois Hulard
head technician assistant: playing car unit

Claire Iochum
daily unit runner

Sandrine Lacaze
accountant trainee

Laure Ladron De Guevara
production coordinator

Sandrine Lamoureux
personal assistant: Luc Besson

Rodolphe Lanaro
location manager

Francois La Rocca
location scout

Teddy Laroutis
daily unit runner

Lucie Launay
production secretary

Marie Leconte
script supervisor

Pascal Le Discot
caterer

Emmanuel Le Duc
daily unit runner

Julie Leibowitch
trainee operator

Christophe Lelievre
specters assistant

Emmanuelle Collomb Le Ruen
unit runner

Christophe Le Scouiller
caterer

Yann Letouche
daily unit runner

Xavier Machain
caterer

Gabriel Malaprade
video trainee

Daniel Marcoux
copyist

Alain Maurel
head technician assistant: playing car unit

David Meanti
making-of

Kamel Mecheri
daily unit runner

Caroline Mendez
unit runner

Ronan Michel
unit runner

Christophe Moindreau
head technician assistant: playing car unit

Martine Niquet
production accountant

Frédéric North
helicopter pilot

India Osborne
assistant: Luc Besson

Stéphane Pacheff
daily unit runner

Christian Pasquale
daily generator operator

Peggy Pere
aerial coordinator

Eric Pierard
runner: traffic unit

Isabelle Quadrato
accountant trainee

Philippe Reinaudo
technical director

Cedric Renaux
runner: traffic unit

Matthieu Rubin
assistant location manager

Catherine Saccomandi
caterer

Mehdi Seknaji
runner: traffic unit

Lionel Sigwald
location scout

Philippe Soeiro
title designer: main titles

Nathalie Solia
unit runner

Katia Sourzac
production secretary

Delphine Tejado
production secretary

Marc Thibault
caterer

Véronique Toutain
administrator

Quoc Tran Trong
specters assistant

Jean-François Tymen
caterer

Pascal Villanueva
daily generator operator

Cameron Watson
dialogue coach

Corey Yuen
action director, action choreographer

Morgan Zappula
daily unit runner

Véronique Zimmer
production coordinator

Production Company

Europa Corp.
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TF1 Films Productions
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Current Entertainment

Canal+

Distributor

EuropaCorp. Distribution

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

20th Century Fox Italia

20th Century Fox de Argentina

Asmik Ace Entertainment

EuropaCorp. Japan

Gemini Film

TOBIS Film

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
,

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
,

Europa Diffusion

ION Television

RTL Entertainment

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Universum Film (UFA)

Special Effects

Mikros Image

Éclair Numérique

Miscellaneous

Aerial Camera Systems
aerial photography

Audio Factory
sound editing

Car Grip Films
material truck

DCA Audiovisual
sound transfer

Digital Factory
sound editing and mixing, additional original score recorded and mixed at

Elektra Records
soundtrack published by

Guegan Stunt and Equipment
stunt rigging

Key Grip System
grip

Technovision France
camera equipment provided by

Transpalux
electrical material

Tri-Track Sync
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