Luc Besson

Also known as Luc Paul Maurice Besson

French filmmaker (born 1959)

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Luc Besson is a French film director and producer known for creating visually distinctive action and science fiction movies since the 1980s. He matters because he has shaped popular cinema through influential films and his production company, helping define the style of modern blockbuster filmmaking.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 52

Top works

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L'histoire de Arthur et les Minimoys
Arthur 3/LA Vengeance De Maltazard (French Edition)
Arthur et les Minimoys - Tome 2 - La cité interdite
L'histoire du Grand bleu

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Film & TV

Writing · Paris, France

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…

Known for

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema — Self2026
The Family — Self2023
Mostra, Venise — Self2022
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction — Self2018
Valérian, histoire d'une création — Self2017
Belmondo, itinéraire... — Self2011
On n'est pas couché — Self - Guest2006
Taxi 2 — Boat Owner (uncredited)2000
Vivement dimanche — Self1998
NeXt — Self1994

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: France
Active from: 1959

has german audiobooks

Discography

Arthur und die Minimoys2007

Official site Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,421
Total plays: 7,195

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

<i>OLEX2</i>: a complete structure solution, refinement and analysis program
· 2009 · cited 30,805x
The Pascal Visual Object Classes (VOC) Challenge
· 2009 · cited 16,090x
Speeded-Up Robust Features (SURF)
· 2008 · cited 11,298x
Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
· 2008 · cited 11,131x
Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,740x

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Quotes

“This film is extremely visual. It is difficult to describe in words without running the risk of losing or boring the reader. I have come up with a simplified summary, therefore, like a readers guide, which will conjure up the images in as few words as possible :”
“You no trouble. Me... Fifth element... supreme being... me protect you.”
“You humans act so strange. Everything you create is used to destroy.”
“Life was given to us a billion years ago. What have we done with it?”
“Learning's always a painful process.”
“"I would rather stop too soon than too late." - Interview for The Guardian (2011)”

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.lucbesson.fr
Image: Luc Besson by Gage Skidmore.jpg

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Commons category: Luc Besson
date of birth: 1959-03-18
Commons gallery: Luc Besson
name in native language: Luc Besson
start of work period: 1981-00-00
social media followers: 1437729
birth name: Luc Paul Maurice Besson

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Article

Luc Paul Maurice Besson ( French: [lyk bɛsɔ̃]; born 18 March 1959) is a French filmmaker. He directed and 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 sci-fi action film Lucy (2014), the space opera film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), Dogman (2023), and the fantasy romantic movie Dracula (2025).

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.