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Luc Besson

Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn March 18, 1959 (65 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
  • I Love You Phillip Morris
  • Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
  • 22 Bullets
  • The Homesman
  • The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
  • A Monster in Paris
  • The Command
  • Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse
  • Subway
  • 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
  • The Transporter
  • Taken 3
  • Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
  • Transporter 3
  • Taken 2
  • The Family
  • Transporter 2
  • Unleashed
  • Revolver
  • Lockout
  • Anna
  • Taxi
  • La Femme Nikita
  • District B13
  • The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
  • From Paris with Love
  • Taxi 2
  • The Big Blue
  • Colombiana
  • 3 Days to Kill

Filmography

2025
2024
2023
2022
2019
2017
2017
2017
2016
2015
The Transporter Refueled · as Screenplay
2014
Taken 3 · as Screenplay
2014
2014
Brick Mansions · as Screenplay
2014
Taxi Brooklyn (TV Series)
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
Taken · as Screenplay
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
2003
Taxi 3 · as Screenplay
2002
The Transporter · as Screenplay
2001
Wasabi · as Screenplay
2001
Kiss of the Dragon · 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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