Luc Besson
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.
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Movies (118)
Father Joe
2027 · Writer, Producer
Down the Arm of God
2026 · Producer
Playground
2026 · Idea
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
2026 · Self
Hell in Paradise
2025 · Producer
Dracula
2025 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
June y John
2025 · Director, Screenplay
Donald Trump, Dieu et les siens
2024 · Producer
Mision en Taipei
2024 · Producer, Writer
Dogman
2023 · Director, Writer
The Family
2023 · Self
Arthur: Malediction
2022 · Writer, Producer
Engagement
2019 · Executive Producer
Anna: El peligro tiene nombre
2019 · Writer, Director, Producer
Atrapados: Una historia verdadera
2018 · Executive Producer
Eva
2018 · Co-Producer
Taxi 5
2018 · Producer, Production Director, Scenario Writer
Renegados: El tesoro del lago
2017 · Producer, Writer
Valérian, histoire d'une création
2017 · Self
Valerian y la ciudad de los mil planetas
2017 · Writer, Director, Producer
La Puerta Del Guerrero
2016 · Writer
El Transportador: Recargado
2015 · Screenplay, Characters, Producer
Búsqueda implacable 3
2014 · Producer, Screenplay, Characters
Lucy
2014 · Director, Writer
Deuda de Honor
2014 · Producer
Fortaleza prohibida
2014 · Producer, Screenplay
3 dias para matar
2014 · Producer, Screenplay, Story
Una familia peligrosa
2013 · Screenplay, Producer, Director
Collision
2013 · Producer
A Prince (almost) Charming
2013 · Writer
Búsqueda implacable 2
2012 · Producer, Screenplay, Writer
Prisionera del Espacio
2012 · Executive Producer, Writer, Thanks
Blind Man
2012 · Original Story, Producer
The Lady
2011 · Director, Producer
The Source
2011 · Producer
A Monster in Paris
2011 · Co-Producer
Colombiana
2011 · Screenplay, Producer
Belmondo, itinéraire...
2011 · Self
Halal State Security
2011 · Producer
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
2010 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
2010 · Screenplay, Director, Producer
22 Bullets
2010 · Co-Producer
Una pareja dispareja
2010 · Executive Producer
París en la mira
2010 · Story
Arthur, the 4D Adventure
2009 · Producer, Director, Writer, Original Film Writer
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
2009 · Director, Writer, Characters, Producer
Home
2009 · Producer
Hallelujah!
2009 · Producer
District 13: Ultimatum
2009 · Screenplay, Producer
Staten Island
2009 · Producer
El Transportador 3
2008 · Screenplay, Characters, Producer
Búsqueda implacable
2008 · Producer, Writer
The Secret
2007 · Producer
Michou d'Auber
2007 · Executive Producer
Taxi 4
2007 · Producer, Screenplay
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006 · Producer, Director, Novel, Writer
Love and Other Disasters
2006 · Executive Producer
Bunker Paradise
2006 · Producer
Bandidas
2006 · Writer, Producer
Angel-A
2005 · Screenplay, Director, Producer
Le court des grands
2005 · Director
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005 · Producer
Black Box
2005 · Executive Producer
Colour Me Kubrick
2005 · Executive Producer
Revólver
2005 · Adaptation
El Transportador 2
2005 · Characters, Producer, Writer
Au suivant !
2005 · Co-Producer
Danny: La Bestia (Unleashed)
2005 · Producer, Author
District B13
2004 · Producer, Screenplay
Taxi
2004 · Producer, Original Film Writer
The Story Of My Life
2004 · Producer
In Your Image
2004 · Associate Producer
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
2004 · Writer, Producer
Michel Vaillant
2003 · Screenplay
Fan-Fan the Tulip
2003 · Writer, Producer
The Chops
2003 · Producer
I, Cesar
2003 · Co-Producer
Ong-Bak
2003 · Executive Producer
Taxi 3
2003 · Producer, Screenplay
The Truth About Charlie
2002 · Thanks
El Transportador
2002 · Screenplay, Producer
Blanche
2002 · Producer
Heart of the Festival
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002 · Additional Camera
Wasabi
2001 · Screenplay, Producer
El beso del dragón
2001 · Screenplay, Producer
Mylene Farmer: Music Videos II & III
2001 · Director
August 15th
2001 · Producer
Yamakasi
2001 · Idea, Screenplay
Exit
2000 · Associate Producer
Bichhoo
2000 · Original Story
The Dancer
2000 · Producer, Screenplay
Taxi 2: Alta tensión
2000 · Boat Owner (uncredited), Screenplay, Producer
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
Taxi
1998 · Producer, Screenplay
Nil by Mouth
1997 · Producer
The Fifth Element
1997 · Story, Director, Screenplay
Léon: The Professional
1994 · Screenplay, Director
The Lion Child
1993 · Executive Producer
La Asesina
1993 · Original Story
Arrête ton cinéma
1992 · Thanks, Producer
Atlantis
1991 · Editor, Director, Cinematography
Cold Moon
1991 · Producer
Au coeur de Nikita
1990 · Self
Nikita: La cara del peligro
1990 · Director, Co-Producer, Writer
The Big Blue Adventure
1989 · Self / Narrator, Idea
Jeu de vilains
1988 · Producer
The Big Blue
1988 · Blond Diver (uncredited), Director, Story, Screenplay, Co-Producer
Kamikaze
1986 · Writer, Producer
Subway
1985 · Le Conducteur de Metro (uncredited), Director, Producer, Dialogue, Screenplay
Isabelle Adjani: Pull Marine
1983 · Director
The Last Battle
1983 · Director, Writer, Producer
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
1981 · Casting
The Penultimate
1981 · Director, Producer, Writer
Titi l'extra-terrestre
· Screenplay
The Last Man
· Director, Screenplay
Lucy 2
· Writer
Disorder
· Screenplay, Producer
TV shows (14)
LEGEND
2023
Mostra, Venise
2022 · Self
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018 · Self
Playground
2017 · Creator
Taxi Brooklyn
2014 · Writer
Transporter
2013 · Creator
No Limit
2012 · Writer, Creator
On n'est pas couché
2006 · Self - Guest
Vivement dimanche
1998 · Self
NeXt
1994 · Self
Stars 90
1990 · Self
Victoires de la musique
1985 · Self
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
Spécial cinéma
1974 · Self