Luc Besson

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-03-18 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Luc Besson

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: ...

Acting

2023

The Family

as Self

1985

Subway

as Le Conducteur de Metro (uncredited)

2000

Taxi 2

as Boat Owner (uncredited)

1988

The Big Blue

as Blond Diver (uncredited)

Production

1994

1997

1997

1997

The Fifth Element

as Screenplay

1988

The Big Blue

as Director

2000

Taxi 2

as Screenplay

2005

Unleashed

as Author

2005

Unleashed

as Producer

2004

1998

Taxi

as Screenplay

1998

Taxi

as Producer

2003

Taxi 3

as Screenplay

2007

Taxi 4

as Producer

2003

Taxi 3

as Producer

2007

Taxi 4

as Screenplay

2000

Taxi 2

as Producer

2004

District B13

as Screenplay

2004

District B13

as Producer

2002

The Transporter

as Screenplay

2002

The Transporter

as Producer

2006

Bandidas

as Writer

2006

Bandidas

as Producer

2001

Wasabi

as Producer

2001

Wasabi

as Screenplay

2005

Revolver

as Adaptation

2001

Kiss of the Dragon

as Screenplay

2001

1997

Nil by Mouth

as Producer

2005

Angel-A

as Director

2005

Angel-A

as Screenplay

2023

Dogman

as Director

2023

Dogman

as Writer

2005

Angel-A

as Producer

1985

Subway

as Director

1985

Subway

as Producer

2004

Taxi

as Producer

2006

Love and Other Disasters

as Executive Producer

2001

Yamakasi

as Screenplay

2001

Yamakasi

as Idea

2008

Taken

as Producer

2003

Ong Bak

as Executive Producer

1990

La Femme Nikita

as Director

2005

Transporter 2

as Characters

2005

Transporter 2

as Producer

2007

The Secret

as Producer

2011

Colombiana

as Screenplay

2011

Colombiana

as Producer

2009

2022

2009

2022

2003

2003

1991

Atlantis

as Director

1991

Atlantis

as Editor

2009

Home

as Producer

2003

The Chops

as Producer

1983

1983

The Last Battle

as Director

2012

Lockout

as Writer

2012

Lockout

as Executive Producer

2012

Taken 2

as Producer

2011

The Source

as Producer

2012

Blind Man

as Original Story

2006

Bunker Paradise

as Producer

2011

The Lady

as Director

2011

The Lady

as Producer

2012

Lockout

as Thanks

2013

The Family

as Screenplay

2013

The Family

as Director

2013

The Family

as Producer

2024

1981

The Penultimate

as Director

2010

22 Bullets

as Co-Producer

2014

Lucy

as Director

2014

Brick Mansions

as Screenplay

2014

Brick Mansions

as Producer

2018

Taxi 5

as Producer

1988

Jeu de vilains

as Producer

2009

Staten Island

as Producer

1990

La Femme Nikita

as Co-Producer

2014

2014

3 Days to Kill

as Screenplay

2014

3 Days to Kill

as Producer

1981

1981

The Penultimate

as Producer

2014

Taken 3

as Producer

2005

Black Box

as Executive Producer

2014

The Homesman

as Producer

2005

1993

Point of No Return

as Original Story

2017

Renegades

as Producer

2017

Renegades

as Writer

2016

Nine Lives

as Producer

2010

I Love You Phillip Morris

as Executive Producer

2013

Collision

as Producer

2015

2015

-

Lucy 2

as Writer

2025

June and John

as Director

2009

Arthur, the 4D Adventure

as Original Film Writer

2011

1992

1992

2019

Anna

as Writer

2025

Dracula

as Director

2016

2025

Dracula

as Screenplay

2018

Taxi 5

as Production Director

2005

Transporter 2

as Writer

2008

Transporter 3

as Screenplay

1991

Cold Moon

as Producer

2011

A Monster in Paris

as Co-Producer

2012

Taken 2

as Screenplay

2018

Kursk

as Executive Producer

2019

Anna

as Director

2019

Anna

as Producer

2014

Taken 3

as Screenplay

2005

Au suivant !

as Co-Producer

2024

2012

Blind Man

as Producer

1986

Kamikaze

as Writer

2004

Taxi

as Original Film Writer

1988

The Big Blue

as Story

1988

The Big Blue

as Screenplay

2025

Dracula

as Producer

2007

Michou d'Auber

as Executive Producer

1993

The Lion Child

as Executive Producer

2018

Eva

as Co-Producer

1991

Atlantis

as Cinematography

2005

Colour Me Kubrick

as Executive Producer

2000

Bichhoo

as Original Story

1990

2002

Blanche

as Producer

2009

Hallelujah!

as Producer

2019

Engagement

as Executive Producer

1983

The Last Battle

as Producer

1985

Subway

as Dialogue

2012

Taken 2

as Writer

2014

Taken 3

as Characters

2008

Transporter 3

as Producer

2008

Transporter 3

as Characters

2018

Taxi 5

as Scenario Writer

1988

The Big Blue

as Co-Producer

1985

Subway

as Screenplay

1986

Kamikaze

as Producer

2000

The Dancer

as Screenplay

2000

The Dancer

as Producer

2000

Exit

as Associate Producer

2003

I, Cesar

as Co-Producer

-

The Last Man

as Director

2008

Taken

as Writer

2004

In Your Image

as Associate Producer

-

Playground

as Idea

2003

Michel Vaillant

as Screenplay

-

The Last Man

as Screenplay

2025

June and John

as Screenplay

2014

Lucy

as Writer

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