Luc Besson

Writing · Born 1959-03-18 in Paris, France

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…

Filmography

• The Big Blue as Blond Diver (uncredited)
• The Family as Self
• Belmondo, itinéraire... as Self
• Valérian, histoire d'une création as Self
• Subway as Le Conducteur de Metro (uncredited)
• Taxi 2 as Boat Owner (uncredited)
• The Big Blue Adventure as Self / Narrator

TV

• Victoires de la musique as Self
• James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction as Self
• Champs-Elysées as Self
• Stars 90 as Self
• Vivement dimanche as Self
• On n'est pas couché as Self - Guest