Luc Besson
Luc Paul Maurice Besson (French: [lyk bɛsɔ̃]; born 18 March 1959) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed or produced the films Subway (1985), The Big Blue (1988), and La Femme Nikita (1990). Besson is 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 English-language 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. Near the beginning of his career, in 1980 he founded his own production company, Les Films du Loup, later renamed as Les Films du Dauphin. These were superseded in 2000 when he co-founded EuropaCorp wi...
Filmography
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Dracula
June and John
Dogman
Anna
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Lucy
The Family
The Lady
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
Arthur, the 4D Adventure
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
Arthur and the Invisibles
Angel-A
Le court des grands
Mylene Farmer: Music Videos II & III
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
The Fifth Element
Léon: The Professional
Atlantis
Nikita
The Big Blue
Subway
The Last Battle
The Penultimate- THThe Last Man
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Lucy 2
Down the Arm of God
Donald Trump, Dieu et les siens
Weekend in Taipei
Arthur, malédiction
Taxi 5
Renegades
The Warriors Gate
The Transporter Refueled
Taken 3
The Homesman
Brick Mansions
3 Days to Kill
Almost Charming
Taken 2
Lockout
Blind Man
Colombiana
From Paris with Love
Home
Hallelujah!
District 13: Ultimatum
Staten Island
Transporter 3
Taken
The Secret
Taxi 4
Bunker Paradise
Bandidas
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Transporter 2
Unleashed
District B13
Taxi
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
Michel Vaillant
Fan-Fan the Tulip
Taxi 3
The Transporter
Wasabi
Kiss of the Dragon
August 15th
Yamakasi
Taxi 2
The Dancer
Kartoos
Taxi
Nil by Mouth
Cold Moon
Kamikaze