Luc Besson

Born: 1959-03-18 in Paris, France

Known For: Directing

Biography

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

2025

Dracula ... (Director)
June and John ... (Director)
Hell in Paradise ... (Producer)
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema as Self

2024

Weekend in Taipei ... (Producer)
Donald Trump, Dieu et les siens ... (Producer)

2023

Dogman ... (Director)
The Family as Self

2022

Mostra, Venise as Self
Arthur: Malediction ... (Writer)

2019

Anna ... (Writer)
Engagement ... (Executive Producer)

2018

Eva ... (Co-Producer)
Kursk ... (Executive Producer)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction as Self

2017

Taken ... (Writer)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets ... (Writer)
Renegades ... (Producer)
Taxi 5 ... (Producer)
Valérian, histoire d'une création as Self
Playground ... (Creator)

2016

The Warriors Gate ... (Writer)
Nine Lives ... (Producer)

2015

The Transporter Refueled ... (Screenplay)

2014

Lucy ... (Director)
Taken 3 ... (Producer)
The Homesman ... (Producer)
Brick Mansions ... (Producer)
3 Days to Kill ... (Producer)
Taxi Brooklyn ... (Writer)

2013

The Family ... (Screenplay)
Transporter: The Series ... (Writer)
A Prince (almost) Charming ... (Writer)
Collision ... (Producer)

2012

Taken 2 ... (Producer)
Lockout ... (Executive Producer)
Blind Man ... (Original Story)
No Limit ... (Creator)

2011

Colombiana ... (Screenplay)
The Lady ... (Director)
A Monster in Paris ... (Co-Producer)
Halal State Security ... (Producer)
The Source ... (Producer)
Belmondo, itinéraire... as Self

2010

22 Bullets ... (Co-Producer)
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec ... (Screenplay)
From Paris with Love ... (Story)
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds ... (Director)
I Love You Phillip Morris ... (Executive Producer)

2009

Hallelujah! ... (Producer)
Staten Island ... (Producer)
District 13: Ultimatum ... (Screenplay)
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard ... (Director)
Home ... (Producer)
Arthur, the 4D Adventure ... (Producer)

2008

Taken ... (Producer)
Transporter 3 ... (Screenplay)

2007

Taxi 4 ... (Producer)
Michou d'Auber ... (Executive Producer)
The Secret ... (Producer)

2006

Arthur and the Invisibles ... (Producer)
Bandidas ... (Writer)
Love and Other Disasters ... (Executive Producer)
On n'est pas couché as Self - Guest
Bunker Paradise ... (Producer)

2005

Unleashed ... (Producer)
Revolver ... (Adaptation)
Au suivant ! ... (Co-Producer)
Transporter 2 ... (Characters)
Angel-A ... (Screenplay)
Black Box ... (Executive Producer)
Colour Me Kubrick ... (Executive Producer)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada ... (Producer)
Le court des grands ... (Director)

2004

District B13 ... (Producer)
Taxi ... (Producer)
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse ... (Writer)
The Story Of My Life ... (Producer)
In Your Image ... (Associate Producer)

2003

Ong-Bak ... (Executive Producer)
Taxi 3 ... (Producer)
Fan-Fan the Tulip ... (Writer)
Michel Vaillant ... (Screenplay)
I, Cesar ... (Co-Producer)
The Chops ... (Producer)

2002

Blanche ... (Producer)
The Transporter ... (Screenplay)
The Truth About Charlie ... (Thanks)

2001

Wasabi ... (Screenplay)
Kiss of the Dragon ... (Screenplay)
Yamakasi ... (Idea)
Mylene Farmer: Music Videos II & III ... (Director)

2000

Exit ... (Associate Producer)
Taxi 2 as Boat Owner (uncredited)
The Dancer ... (Producer)
Bichhoo ... (Original Story)

1999

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc ... (Producer)

1998

Taxi ... (Producer)
Vivement dimanche as Self

1997

The Fifth Element ... (Story)
Nil by Mouth ... (Producer)

1994

Léon: The Professional ... (Screenplay)
NeXt as Self

1993

Point of No Return ... (Original Story)
The Lion Child ... (Executive Producer)

1992

Mylène Farmer: My Soul is Slashed ... (Director)
Arrête ton cinéma ... (Thanks)

1991

Atlantis ... (Editor)
Cold Moon ... (Producer)

1990

Nikita ... (Director)
Stars 90 as Self
Au coeur de Nikita as Self

1988

The Big Blue as Blond Diver (uncredited)
The Big Blue Adventure as Self
Jeu de vilains ... (Producer)

1986

Kamikaze ... (Writer)

1985

Subway as Le Conducteur de Metro (uncredited)
Victoires de la musique as Self