Luc Besson
Writing
Born 1959-03-18
Paris, France
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Luc Besson (born March 18, 1959) is a French director, writer, and producer, known for making highly visual thriller and action films. Besson has received numerous awards and honors, and is often credited as inventing the so-called "Cinema du look" movement in French film. He is best known for directing the action films Léon: The Professional (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), and Lucy (2014), and also produced the Taken (2008–2014) and Transporter (2002–2015) franchises.
Born in Paris, Besson spent his childhood traveling Europe with his parents and developing an enthusiasm for ocean diving, before an accident would push him toward the world of cinema. After taking odd jobs in the Parisian film scene of the time, Besson began writing stories that would eventually evolve into some of his greatest film successes: The Fifth Element and Le Grand Bleu.
In 1980 he founded his own production company, Les Films du Loup later Les Films du Dauphin, and later still EuropaCorp film company with his longtime collaborator, Pierre-Ange Le Poga.
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Filmography
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Writing
43 credits
The Fifth Element
Léon: The Professional
Dracula
Taken 3
Taken
Lucy
From Paris with Love
Transporter: The Series
Transporter 2
The Transporter
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Arthur and the Invisibles
Taken 2
Anna
Transporter 3
Colombiana
Taxi
The Family
The Big Blue
The Transporter Refueled
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Kiss of the Dragon
District B13
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
3 Days to Kill
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
Wasabi
District 13: Ultimatum
Taxi 2
Dogman
Brick Mansions
Weekend in Taipei
Unleashed
Nikita
Lockout
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
Taxi 3
June and John
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
Point of No Return
Taxi Brooklyn
Bandidas
No Limit
Producing
41 credits
Dracula
Taken 3
Taken
Transporter 2
The Transporter
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Arthur and the Invisibles
Taken 2
Anna
Transporter 3
Colombiana
Taxi
The Family
The Big Blue
The Transporter Refueled
Ong-Bak
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Kiss of the Dragon
District B13
Taxi
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
3 Days to Kill
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
Wasabi
A Monster in Paris
22 Bullets
District 13: Ultimatum
Taxi 2
Brick Mansions
Weekend in Taipei
Unleashed
Nikita
Lockout
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
The Homesman
Kursk
Taxi 3
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
Taxi 5
Bandidas
I Love You Phillip Morris
Acting
18 credits
Champs-Elysées
Vivement dimanche
Spécial cinéma
Taken 3
Transporter 2
Victoires de la musique
Transporter 3
The Big Blue
The Transporter Refueled
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
On n'est pas couché
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Taxi
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
Taxi 2
Stars 90
Revolver
Taxi 5
Directing
16 credits
The Fifth Element
Léon: The Professional
Dracula
Lucy
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Arthur and the Invisibles
Anna
The Family
The Big Blue
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
Dogman
Nikita
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
June and John
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