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Luc Besson

Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn March 18, 1959 (66 years)
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 EuropaCorp film company with his longtime collaborator, Pierre-Ange Le Poga. Besson's work stretches over twenty-six years and encompasses at least fifty-films.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Transporter 3
  • The Family
  • From Paris with Love
  • I Love You Phillip Morris
  • Taxi
  • District B13
  • Arthur and the Invisibles
  • The Homesman
  • 22 Bullets
  • The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
  • A Monster in Paris
  • Home
  • The Command
  • Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse
  • Taken (2017)
  • Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
  • Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
  • Collision
  • Arthur, malédiction
  • Arthur and the Minimoys

Known For

  • Léon: The Professional
  • Taken
  • Lucy
  • The Fifth Element
  • Taken 2
  • The Transporter
  • Taken 3
  • Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
  • The Family
  • Colombiana
  • Transporter 2
  • Unleashed
  • Revolver
  • Anna
  • Lockout
  • 3 Days to Kill
  • Taxi
  • Transporter 3
  • La Femme Nikita
  • The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
  • From Paris with Love
  • Taxi 2
  • The Big Blue
  • Taxi 3

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    Filmography

    2025
    Dracula: A Love Tale · as Screenplay
    2025
    2024
    2023
    2022
    2019
    2017
    2017
    2017
    2016
    2014
    Taken 3 · as Screenplay
    2014
    Lucy · as Screenplay
    2014
    Brick Mansions · as Screenplay
    2014
    Taxi Brooklyn (TV Series)
    2014
    3 Days to Kill · as Screenplay
    2013
    The Family · as Screenplay
    2013
    2012
    Transporter (TV Series)
    2012
    No Limit (TV Series)
    2012
    Taken 2 · as Screenplay
    2012
    2011
    Colombiana · as Screenplay
    2010
    2010
    2010
    2009
    2009
    District 13: Ultimatum · as Screenplay
    2008
    Transporter 3 · as Screenplay
    2008
    2007
    Taxi 4 · as Screenplay
    2006
    2006
    2005
    Angel-A · as Screenplay
    2004
    District B13 · as Screenplay
    2004
    Taxi · as Original Film Writer
    2004
    2003
    Michel Vaillant · as Screenplay
    2003
    2003
    Taxi 3 · as Screenplay
    2002
    The Transporter · as Screenplay
    2001
    Wasabi · as Screenplay
    2001
    Kiss of the Dragon · as Screenplay
    2001
    Yamakasi · as Screenplay
    2000
    The Dancer · as Screenplay
    2000
    Taxi 2 · as Screenplay
    1999
    1998
    Taxi · as Screenplay
    1994
    Léon: The Professional · as Screenplay
    1990
    1986
    1983

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