Luc Besson

Writing Mar 18, 1959 (67 years old) Paris, France

Luc Besson is a French film director, writer, and producer known for making highly visual thriller and action films. Besson has been nominated for, and won, numerous awards and honors from the foreign press, and is often credited as inventing the so-called "Cinema du look" movement in French film.

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. Besson's work stretches over twenty-six years and encompasses at least fifty-films.

18 Acting Credits

117 Crew Credits

Luc Besson

Acting

Taxi 2

The Big Blue

Subway

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

Belmondo, itinéraire...

Champs-Elysées

Vivement dimanche

The Big Blue Adventure

On n'est pas couché

Victoires de la musique

The Family

Valérian, histoire d'une création

Spécial cinéma

Stars 90

Au coeur de Nikita

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema

Mostra, Venise

NeXt

Crew

Lucy

Léon: The Professional

Taken

The Fifth Element

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Taken 2

Taken 3

The Transporter

Transporter 2

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

Transporter 3

The Family