Luc Besson
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.
Filmography (50)
Dracula
June and John
Weekend in Taipei
Anna
Taxi 5
Kursk
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Nine Lives
The Warriors Gate
The Transporter Refueled
Taken 3
Lucy
Brick Mansions
3 Days to Kill
The Homesman
The Family
Taken 2
Lockout
Colombiana
I Love You Phillip Morris
From Paris with Love
22 Bullets
District 13: Ultimatum
Staten Island
Taken
Transporter 3
Bandidas
Arthur and the Invisibles
Transporter 2
Revolver
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Unleashed
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
Taxi
District B13
Ong-Bak
Taxi 3
The Transporter
The Truth About Charlie
Wasabi
Yamakasi
Kiss of the Dragon
Taxi 2
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Taxi
The Fifth Element
Léon: The Professional
Point of No Return
Nikita
