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Luc Besson
Besson at San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2016
Born
Luc Paul Maurice Besson
(1959-03-18) 18 March 1959 (age 65)
Paris, France
Occupations
Director
producer
screenwriter
Years active
1981–present
Spouses
Anne Parillaud
(m. 1986; div. 1991)
Maïwenn Le Besco
(m. 1992; div. 1997)
Milla Jovovich
(m. 1997; div. 1999)
Virginie Silla
(m. 2004)
Children
5, including Shanna Besson
Luc Paul Maurice Besson (French:[lykbɛsɔ̃]; born 18 March 1959) is a French filmmaker. He directed or produced the films Subway (1985), The Big Blue (1988), and La Femme Nikita (1990). 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 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.
In 1980, near the beginning of his career, he founded his own production company, Les Films du Loup, later renamed Les Films du Dauphin. It was superseded in 2000 when he co-founded EuropaCorp with longtime collaborator Pierre-Ange Le Pogam [fr]. As writer, director, or producer, Besson has been involved in the creation of more than 50 films.
Luc Paul Maurice Besson (French: [lyk bɛsɔ̃]; born 18 March 1959) is a French filmmaker. He directed or produced the films Subway (1985), The Big Blue...
LucBesson is a French film director, writer and producer. He has contributed to many projects as either writer, director, producer, or a combination of...
Leila Besson (born 3 January 1993) is a French actress and photographer. She is the only child of French film directors Maïwenn and LucBesson. Shanna...
science fiction action film conceived and directed by LucBesson, as well as co-written by Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It stars Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman...
a 2017 space opera film written and directed by LucBesson, and produced by his wife, Virginie Besson-Silla. It is based on the French science fiction...
She is best known internationally for playing the title character in LucBesson's film La Femme Nikita. Parillaud was born in Paris. While in school, she...
French English-language action thriller film co-written and produced by LucBesson and directed by Olivier Megaton. The film stars Zoe Saldaña with supporting...
accusations towards its chairman and majority owner LucBesson. The company was created by LucBesson in 1992 under the name Leeloo Productions, but it...
written and directed by LucBesson. Jovovich and Besson married that year but soon divorced. She starred as Joan of Arc in Besson's The Messenger: The Story...
film directed and co-written by LucBesson, based on the third book of the Arthur children's books series by Besson. It is the sequel to Arthur and the...
has gone on to star in other international action films, including the LucBesson-produced French films Kiss of the Dragon (2001) and Unleashed (2005)....
to Kill is a 2014 action thriller film directed by McG and written by LucBesson and Adi Hasak. It stars Kevin Costner, Amber Heard, Hailee Steinfeld,...
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