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Something wrong?He made a hitman and a twelve-year-old girl into one of cinema's strangest, most argued-over relationships, then wrapped sci-fi around opera singers and Milla Jovovich. French, unsubtle, and commercially huge in ways that make critics wince.
A life in dates
DraculaFilm, Director, Writer2023
LEGENDSeries2022
Mostra, VeniseSeries2019
AnnaFilm, Director, Writer2018“I love the fantasy and it’s so enjoyable and so funny and fresh. You can reinvent everything and yeah, it’s very enjoyable." - Interview for The Denofgeek (2018)”In their wordsLucy (2014)2017“The most difficult part of filmmaking, is the need for directors to find a balance between being sensitive and being the leader." - Interview for The Hollywoodreporter (2017)”In their wordsLucy (2014)
PlaygroundSeries, 2017Creator
Valerian and the City of a Thousand PlanetsFilm, 2017Director, Writer2016Inkpot AwardAward2014“Life was given to us a billion years ago. What have we done with it?”In their wordsLucy (2014)“If you’re a race runner, and you run, and progress, and you have the feeling that, yeah, you’re pretty good.”In their wordsLucy (2014)
Taxi BrooklynSeries, 2014Writer
3 Days to KillFilm, 2014Writer, Producer2012
No LimitSeries, Writer, Creator
LockoutFilm, 2012Writer, Producer2011“I would rather stop too soon than too late." - Interview for The Guardian (2011)”In their wordsLucy (2014)2010
Arthur 3: The War of the Two WorldsFilm, Director, Writer2008
TakenFilm, Writer, Producer2006
On n'est pas couchéSeries
Arthur and the InvisiblesFilm, 2006Director, Writer2004
District B13Film, Writer, Producer2002
The TransporterFilm, Writer, Producer2000
Taxi 2Film, Writer, Producer1998César Award for Best DirectorAward
TaxiFilm, 1998Writer, Producer1997“You no trouble. Me... Fifth element... supreme being... me protect you.”In their wordsThe Fifth Element (1997)1994NeXtSeries
Léon: The ProfessionalFilm, 1994Director, Writer1990
Stars 90Series1988
The Big BlueFilm, Director, Writer1983Sitges Film Festival Best Director awardAward1982
Champs-ElyséesSeries1974
Spécial cinémaSeries1959Born18 March 1959Photos 8
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In their own words 10
, The most important thing is always the story. Then come the actors." - Interview for The Cinema (2018)
I love the fantasy and it’s so enjoyable and so funny and fresh. You can reinvent everything and yeah, it’s very enjoyable." - Interview for The Denofgeek (2018)
The most difficult part of filmmaking, is the need for directors to find a balance between being sensitive and being the leader." - Interview for The Hollywoodreporter (2017)
Filmography 40
DRDracula
DODogmanANAnna
TATaxi 5VPValerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
TRThe Transporter Refueled
TATaken 3
LULucyDK3 Days to Kill
BMBrick Mansions
THThe Homesman
TFThe Family
TATaken 2LOLockout
COColombiana
FLFrom Paris with Love
TSThe Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-SecAWArthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
IMI Love You Phillip Morris
AMArthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
DUDistrict 13: UltimatumTATaken
TRTransporter 3AIArthur and the Invisibles
TRTransporter 2
UNUnleashedDBDistrict B13
TATaxi
OBOng-Bak
TATaxi 3TTThe Transporter
KDKiss of the Dragon
WAWasabiTATaxi 2
TAThe Messenger: The Story of Joan of ArcTATaxi
TEThe Fifth ElementLPLéon: The Professional
NINikitaTBThe Big Blue228 credits on file
Television 14
LELEGENDMVMostra, Venise
JFJames Cameron's Story of Science FictionPLPlaygroundTBTaxi Brooklyn
TSTransporter: The SeriesNLNo LimitOCOn n'est pas couché
VDVivement dimancheSTStars 90
VMVictoires de la musiqueCEChamps-ElyséesSCSpécial cinémaAwards
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Luc Paul Maurice Besson was born 18 March 1959 and founded his first production company, Les Films du Loup, in 1980 near the start of his career. He directed Subway in 1985, The Big Blue in 1988, and La Femme Nikita in 1990, becoming associated with the Cinéma du look movement. Léon: The Professional arrived in 1994, earning him a César nomination for Best Director and Best Picture; The Fifth Element followed in 1997, winning him Best Director and Best French Director. He earned another César nomination for The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc in 1999, then co-founded EuropaCorp with Pierre-Ange Le Pogam in 2000. Lucy came in 2014, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets in 2017, Dogman in 2023, and Dracula in 2025. As writer, director, or producer, he's been involved in the creation of more than fifty films.
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