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Luc Besson
Known for: WritingLuc Besson (born March 18, 1959) is a French director, writer, and producer, known for making highly visual thriller and action films. Besson has received numerous awards and honors, and is often credited as inventing the so-called "Cinema du look" movement in French film. He is best known for directing the action films Léon: The Professional (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), and Lucy (2014), and also produced the Taken (2008–2014) and Transporter (2002–2015) franchises. 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.
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El cinquè element
Director, Screenplay 
El professional
Director, Screenplay 
Transporter 3
Screenplay, Producer 
Tres dies per matar
Screenplay, Story 
Dràcula: Una història d'amor
Director, Screenplay 
Lucy
Director, Writer 
The Transporter
Screenplay, Producer 
V3njança
Screenplay, Producer 
Venjança: Connexió Istanbul
Screenplay, Writer 
Malavita
Director, Screenplay 
Venjança
Writer, Producer 
Valerian i la ciutat dels mil planetes
Director, Writer 
Transporter 2
Writer, Producer 
Des de París amb amor
Story 
Transporter: The Series
Creator 
Les aventures extraordinàries d'Adèle Blanc-Sec
Director, Screenplay 
Danny The Dog
Producer 
L'Arthur i els Minimoys
Director, Writer 
La fortalesa
Screenplay, Producer 
Wasabi
Screenplay, Producer 
Colombiana
Screenplay, Producer 
Anna
Director, Writer 
Joana d’Arc
Director, Screenplay 
Kiss of the Dragon
Screenplay, Producer 
Transporter legacy
Screenplay, Producer 
Angel-A
Director, Screenplay 
El gran blau
Director, Screenplay 
Collision
Producer 
Taxi
Producer 
Taxi
Screenplay, Producer 
Taxi Brooklyn
Writer 
Weekend in Taipei
Writer, Producer 
District 13: Ultimatum
Screenplay, Producer 
Banlieue 13
Screenplay, Producer 
Dogman
Director, Writer 
Bandides
Writer, Producer 
Deute d'honor
Producer 
June and John
Director, Screenplay 
Taxi 2
Screenplay, Producer 
Arthur i la venjança d'en Maltazard
Director, Writer 
L’assassina
Original story 
MS1: Màxima seguretat
Writer 
No Limit
Creator 
Nikita
Director, Writer 
Taxi 5
Producer 
Taxi 3: A tota velocitat
Screenplay, Producer 
La Source des femmes
Producer 
Arthur i la guerra dels mons
Director, Writer 
The Warriors Gate
Writer 
Renegades
Writer, Producer 
Arthur, malédiction
Writer, Producer 
Els rius de color porpra 2: Els àngels de l’apocalipsi
Writer, Producer 
The Secret
Producer 
Yamakasi
Screenplay 
Taxi 4
Screenplay, Producer 
Subway
Director, Screenplay 
24 hores al límit
Screenplay 
The Lady
Director, Producer 
Nil by Mouth
Producer 
Fanfan la Tulipa
Writer, Producer 
L’últim combat
Director, Writer 
Hell in Paradise
Producer 
Home
Producer 
Bichhoo
Original story 
Atlantis
Director 
Blind Man
Original story, Producer 
Staten Island
Producer 
A Prince (almost) Charming
Writer 
The Dancer
Screenplay, Producer 
The Story Of My Life
Producer 
Kamikaze
Writer, Producer