Luc Besson (born March 18, 1959) is a French director, writer, and producer, known for making highly visual thriller and action films.  Besson has received numerous awards and honors, and is often credited as inventing the so-called "Cinema du look" movement in French film. He is best known for directing the action films Léon: The Professional (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), and Lucy (2014), and also produced the Taken (2008–2014) and Transporter (2002–2015) franchises. 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.

Фільмографія

• 2027Father Joe — Writer, Producer
• 2026Down the Arm of God — Producer
• 2026Playground — Idea
• 2025Hell in Paradise — Producer
• 2025June and John — Director, Screenplay
• 2025Граф Дракула: Історія кохання — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2024Donald Trump, Dieu et les siens — Producer
• 2024Втеча на вікенд — Producer, Writer
• LEGEND
• 2023Догмен — Director, Writer
• 2022Arthur: Malediction — Writer, Producer
• 2019Engagement — Executive Producer
• 2019Анна — Writer, Director, Producer
• 2018Eva — Co-Producer
• 2018Курськ — Executive Producer
• 2018Таксі 5 — Producer, Production Director, Scenario Writer
• Playground — Creator
• 2017Валеріан та місто тисячі планет — Director, Writer, Producer
• 2017Шибайголови — Writer, Producer
• 2016Брама воїнів — Writer
• 2015Перевізник: Спадщина — Screenplay, Characters, Producer
• 201413-й район: Цегляні маєтки — Screenplay, Producer
• Taxi Brooklyn — Writer
• 2014Викрадена 3 — Producer, Screenplay, Characters
• 2014Люсі — Director, Writer
• 2014Місцевий — Producer
• 2014Три дні на вбивство — Screenplay, Story, Producer
• 2013A Prince (almost) Charming — Writer
• 2013Малавіта — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• Перевізник — Creator
• 2013Роздоріжжя — Producer
• 2012Blind Man — Original Story, Producer
• No Limit — Creator, Writer
• 2012Викрадена 2 — Producer, Screenplay, Writer
• 2012Напролом — Writer, Executive Producer, Thanks
• 2011Halal State Security — Producer
• 2011The Lady — Director, Producer
• 2011Джерело — Producer
• 2011Коломбіана — Screenplay, Producer
• 2011Монстр у Парижі — Co-Producer
• 201022 кулі: Безсмертний — Co-Producer
• 2010Артур і війна двох світів — Director, Writer, Producer
• 2010З Парижа з любов’ю — Story
• 2010Неймовірні пригоди Адель Блан-Сек — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2010Я кохаю тебе, Філліпе Морріс — Executive Producer
• 200913-й район: Ультиматум — Screenplay, Producer
• 2009Arthur, the 4D Adventure — Producer, Original Film Writer, Director
• 2009Hallelujah! — Producer
• 2009Home — Producer
• 2009Staten Island — Producer
• 2009Артур та помста Вурдалака — Director, Writer, Producer, Characters
• 2008Викрадена — Producer, Writer
• 2008Перевізник 3 — Screenplay, Characters, Producer
• 2007Michou d'Auber — Executive Producer
• 2007The Secret — Producer
• 2007Таксі 4 — Screenplay, Producer
• 2006Bunker Paradise — Producer
• 2006Love and Other Disasters — Executive Producer
• 2006Артур і мініпути — Director, Producer, Novel, Writer
• 2006Бандитки — Writer, Producer
• 2005Au suivant ! — Co-Producer
• 2005Black Box — Executive Producer
• 2005Colour Me Kubrick — Executive Producer
• 2005Le court des grands — Director
• 2005The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada — Producer
• 2005Ангел-А — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2005Денні - пес — Producer, Author
• 2005Перевізник 2 — Characters, Producer, Writer
• 2005Револьвер — Adaptation
• 200413-й район — Producer, Screenplay
• 2004In Your Image — Associate Producer
• 2004The Story Of My Life — Producer
• 2004Багряні ріки 2: Янголи апокаліпсу — Writer, Producer
• 2004Таксі — Producer, Original Film Writer
• 2003I, Cesar — Co-Producer
• 2003The Chops — Producer
• 2003Мішель Вальян: Жага швидкості — Screenplay
• 2003Онг Бак — Executive Producer
• 2003Таксі 3 — Screenplay, Producer
• 2003Фанфан-Тюльпан — Writer, Producer
• 2002Blanche — Producer
• 2002Астерікс і Обелікс: Місія Клеопатра — Additional Camera
• 2002Перевізник — Screenplay, Producer
• 2002Правда про Чарлі — Thanks
• 2001August 15th — Producer
• 2001Mylene Farmer: Music Videos II & III — Director
• 2001Yamakasi — Screenplay, Idea
• 2001Васабі — Screenplay, Producer
• 2001Поцілунок дракона — Screenplay, Producer
• 2000Bichhoo — Original Story
• 2000Exit — Associate Producer
• 2000The Dancer — Screenplay, Producer
• 2000Таксі 2 — Boat Owner (uncredited), Screenplay, Producer
• 1999Жанна д'Арк — Screenplay, Producer, Director
• 1998Таксі — Screenplay, Producer
• 1997Nil by Mouth — Producer
• 1997П’ятий елемент — Director, Screenplay, Story
• 1994Леон — Screenplay, Director
• 1993The Lion Child — Executive Producer
• 1993Вбивця — Original Story
• 1992Arrête ton cinéma — Producer, Thanks
• 1991Cold Moon — Producer
• 1991Атлантида — Director, Editor, Cinematography
• 1990Нікіта — Director, Co-Producer, Writer
• 1989The Big Blue Adventure — Self / Narrator, Idea
• 1988Jeu de vilains — Producer
• 1988Блакитна безодня — Blond Diver (uncredited), Director, Story, Screenplay, Co-Producer
• 1986Kamikaze — Writer, Producer
• 1985Підземка — Le Conducteur de Metro (uncredited), Director, Producer, Dialogue, Screenplay
• 1983Isabelle Adjani: Pull Marine — Director
• 1983The Last Battle — Director, Writer, Producer
• 1981Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers — Casting
• 1981The Penultimate — Director, Writer, Producer
• Disorder — Screenplay, Producer
• Lucy 2 — Writer
• The Last Man — Director, Screenplay
• Titi l'extra-terrestre — Screenplay

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (15)

• 2026Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema — Self
• 2023The Family — Self
• Mostra, Venise — Self
• James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction — Self
• 2017Valérian, histoire d'une création — Self
• 2011Belmondo, itinéraire... — Self
• On n'est pas couché — Self - Guest
• 2002Heart of the Festival — Self (archive footage)
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• NeXt — Self
• 1990Au coeur de Nikita — Self
• Stars 90 — Self
• Victoires de la musique — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• Spécial cinéma — Self