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Birth Name: Luc Paul Maurice Besson

Age: 66, born 18 March 1959

Country of origin: France

Height: 5' 7"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Virginie Besson-Silla

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Listal's 100 best Directors (The Results) (100 items)
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Directors:The Filmography of... (207 items)
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A Movie for every Director (Part 1) (100 items)
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Published 12 years, 2 months ago

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Festival de Cannes - The Jury (652 items)
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Published 14 years, 1 month ago

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Cannes Film Festival 2014 (277 items)
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Description: French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed or produced the films Subway (1985), The Big Blue (1988), and La Femme Nikita (1990). Besson is associated with the Cinéma du look film movement. He has been nominated for a César Award for Best Director and Best Picture for his films Léon: The Professional and The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc. He won Best Director and Best French Director for his sci-fi action film The Fifth Element (1997). He wrote and directed the 2014 sci-fi action film Lucy and the 2017 space opera film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. In 1980, he founded his own producti ... (more)

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1. The Fifth Element (1997)

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7.3

4769 Watched

2. Léon: The Professional (1994)

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8.2

4216 Watched

3. Taken (2008)

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7.3

2341 Watched

4. The Transporter (2002)

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6.7

1901 Watched

5. Transporter 2 (2005)

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6.1

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1. The Fifth Element (1997)

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7.3

4769 Watched

2. Léon: The Professional (1994)

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8.2

4216 Watched

3. Lucy (2014)

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1177 Watched

4. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)

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6.2

923 Watched

5. La Femme Nikita (1990)

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7.1

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1. Lucy (2014)

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2. Taxi 2 (2000)

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3. The Big Blue (1988)

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4. Subway (1985)

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6.5

159 Watched

5. L'avant dernier

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1. Nikita (2010)

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7.4

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2. La Femme Nikita (1997)

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6.8

253 Watched

3. Transporter: The Series (2012)

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6.1

23 Watched

4. Taken

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7.5

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5. Taxi Brooklyn

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1. Le grand journal de Canal+ (2004)

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2. Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2007)

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3. On n'est pas couché (2006)

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4. Charlie Rose

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5. La méthode Cauet

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1. Arthur and the Minimoys

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2. L'Histoire De Leon (The Story of Leon)

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3. The Story of "Fifth Element"

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4. Arthur Et Les Minimoys

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The 90's, Best Decade For Movies? (58 person items)

"1. La Femme Nikita (1990) 2. Leon: The Professional (1994) 3. The Fifth Element (1997) 4. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)"

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