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Luc Besson

Luc Paul Maurice Besson (French: [lyk bɛsɔ̃]; born 18 March 1959) is a French filmmaker. He directed or produced the films Subway (1985), The Big Blue (1988), and La Femme Nikita (1990). Associated with the Cinéma du look film movement, he has been nominated for a César Award for Best Director and Best Picture for his films Léon: The Professional (1994) and The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999). He won Best Director and Best French Director for his sci-fi action film The Fifth Element (1997). He wrote and directed the 2014 sci-fi action film Lucy and the 2017 space opera film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.

Luc Besson

Luc Paul Maurice Besson

(1959-03-18) 18 March 1959
Paris, France
  • Director
  • producer
  • screenwriter

1981–present

(m. 1986; div. 1991)
(m. 1992; div. 1997)
(m. 1997; div. 1999)
(m. 2004)

5, including Shanna Besson

In 1980, near the beginning of his career, he founded his own production company, Les Films du Loup, later renamed Les Films du Dauphin. It was superseded in 2000 when he co-founded EuropaCorp with longtime collaborator Pierre-Ange Le Pogam. As writer, director, or producer, Besson has been involved in the creation of more than 50 films.

Legacy and honours[edit]

Among Besson's awards are the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film Critics Prize, Fantasporto Audience Jury Award-Special Mention, Best Director, and Best Film, for Le Dernier Combat in 1983; the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon-Best Director-Foreign Film, for La Femme Nikita, 1990; the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, Nil by Mouth, 1997; and the Best Director Cesar Award, for The Fifth Element, 1997.[7]


Besson was awarded the Inkpot Award in 2016.[41]

"Pull Marine": (1983)

Isabelle Adjani

"": Serge Gainsbourg (1988)

Mon légionnaire

"": Mylène Farmer (1992)

Que mon cœur lâche

"": Madonna (2003)

Love Profusion

"": Cara Delevingne (2017)

I Feel Everything

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Luc Besson

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Luc Besson

Luc Besson Interview, Angel-A

JewReview.net video interview with Luc Besson and Rie Rasmussen about Angel-A

In-depth interview with Luc Besson

Hell Is for Hyphenates, 28 February 2014

The films of Luc Besson

uniFrance Films

Les Films du Loup (France)

uniFrance Films

Les Films du Dauphin