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Birth Name: Luc Paul Maurice Besson

Age: 65, born 18 March 1959

Country of origin: France

Height: 5' 7"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Virginie Silla

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Listal's 100 best Directors (The Results) (100 items)
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Published 13 years ago

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Directors:The Filmography of... (207 items)
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Published 13 years, 2 months ago

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A Movie for every Director (Part 1) (100 items)
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Published 11 years ago

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Festival de Cannes - The Jury (652 items)
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Published 12 years, 11 months ago

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Cannes Film Festival 2014 (277 items)
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Published 9 years, 11 months ago

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Luc Besson Shares His Favorite Films

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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

4743 Watched

2. Léon: The Professional

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8.2

4185 Watched

3. Taken (2008)

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7.3

2329 Watched

4. The Transporter (2002)

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6.7

1883 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

4743 Watched

2. Léon: The Professional

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8.2

4185 Watched

3. Lucy (2014)

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1158 Watched

4. Joan of Arc (1999)

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6.2

917 Watched

5. La Femme Nikita (1991) (2021)

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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

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302 Watched

4. Subway (1985)

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6.5

158 Watched

5. L'avant dernier

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7.3

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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

252 Watched

3. Taken

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7.5

21 Watched

4. Transporter: The Series (2012)

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5.9

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5. Taxi Brooklyn

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1. Le grand journal de Canal+

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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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7.4

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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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5. Arthur and the Forbidden City

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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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