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.

Crew

Léon: The Professional
Screenplay, Director
The Fifth Element
Story, Director, Screenplay
The Big Blue
Director, Story, Screenplay, Co-Producer
Taxi 4
Producer, Screenplay
Unleashed
Producer, Author
Taxi 2
Screenplay, Producer
Taxi 3
Producer, Screenplay
Taxi
Producer, Screenplay
The Story Of My Life
Producer
District B13
Producer, Screenplay
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Producer, Director, Screenplay
The Transporter
Screenplay, Producer
Bandidas
Writer, Producer
Wasabi
Screenplay, Producer
Revolver
Adaptation
Kiss of the Dragon
Screenplay, Producer
Nil by Mouth
Producer
Angel-A
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Dogman
Director, Writer
Subway
Director, Producer, Dialogue, Screenplay
Taxi
Producer, Original Film Writer
Love and Other Disasters
Executive Producer
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Producer
Yamakasi
Idea, Screenplay
Taken
Producer, Writer
Ong-Bak
Executive Producer
Nikita
Director, Co-Producer, Writer
Transporter 2
Characters, Producer, Writer
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
Director, Writer, Characters, Producer
Arthur and the Invisibles
Producer, Director, Novel, Writer
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
Screenplay, Director, Producer
The Secret
Producer
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
Writer, Producer
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
Director, Writer, Producer
Colombiana
Screenplay, Producer
District 13: Ultimatum
Screenplay, Producer
Arthur: Malediction
Writer, Producer
Fan-Fan the Tulip
Writer, Producer
Atlantis
Editor, Director, Cinematography
Home
Producer
The Chops
Producer
The Last Battle
Director, Writer, Producer
Lockout
Executive Producer, Writer, Thanks
Taken 2
Producer, Screenplay, Writer
The Source
Producer
Blind Man
Original Story, Producer
Bunker Paradise
Producer
The Lady
Director, Producer
The Family
Screenplay, Producer, Director
Weekend in Taipei
Producer, Writer
A Prince (almost) Charming
Writer
The Penultimate
Director, Producer, Writer
22 Bullets
Co-Producer
Lucy
Director, Writer
Brick Mansions
Producer, Screenplay
Taxi 5
Producer, Production Director, Scenario Writer
Jeu de vilains
Producer
Staten Island
Producer
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
Casting
3 Days to Kill
Producer, Screenplay, Story
Titi l'extra-terrestre
Screenplay
Taken 3
Producer, Screenplay, Characters
Black Box
Executive Producer
The Homesman
Producer
Mylene Farmer: Music Videos II & III
Director
Le court des grands
Director
Point of No Return
Original Story
Renegades
Producer, Writer
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Writer, Director, Producer
Nine Lives
Producer
I Love You Phillip Morris
Executive Producer
Collision
Producer
The Transporter Refueled
Screenplay, Characters, Producer
June and John
Director, Screenplay
Arthur, the 4D Adventure
Producer, Director, Writer, Original Film Writer
Halal State Security
Producer
Arrête ton cinéma
Thanks, Producer
From Paris with Love
Story
Anna
Writer, Director, Producer
Dracula
Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Warriors Gate
Writer
Transporter 3
Screenplay, Characters, Producer
Cold Moon
Producer
A Monster in Paris
Co-Producer
Kursk
Executive Producer
Au suivant !
Co-Producer
Kamikaze
Writer, Producer
Michou d'Auber
Executive Producer
The Lion Child
Executive Producer
Eva
Co-Producer
Colour Me Kubrick
Executive Producer
Bichhoo
Original Story
Blanche
Producer
Hallelujah!
Producer
Engagement
Executive Producer
The Dancer
Producer, Screenplay
Mylène Farmer: My Soul is Slashed
Director
Exit
Associate Producer
Donald Trump, Dieu et les siens
Producer
I, Cesar
Co-Producer
The Last Man
Director, Screenplay
In Your Image
Associate Producer
Down the Arm of God
Producer
Playground
Idea
Michel Vaillant
Screenplay
Hell in Paradise
Producer
The Big Blue Adventure
Director, Writer
The Truth About Charlie
Thanks
Father Joe
Writer, Producer