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Luc Besson
Luc Paul Maurice Besson is a French filmmaker. He directed and produced the films Subway (1985), The Big Blue (1988), and La Femme Nikita (1990). 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 (1994) and The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999). He won Best Director and Best Fre…
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entertainment · French filmmaker (born 1959) · film producer · film director · screenwriter · actor · children's writer · film editor · executive producer · director · writer · also Luc Besson, Luc Paul Maurice Besson, Besson
Born 18 March 1959 · Q484779
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 2 entries
The Guardian: Dracula review – Luc Besson’s romantic reimagining of Gothic classic is ridiculous but watchable
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Luc Besson was announced as the director of The Last Man, a post-apocalyptic science fiction film starring rapper Snoop Dogg
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2024· 5 entries
collider: Luc Besson's 'Dracula' Movie Has Already Begun Production [Exclusive]
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The Guardian: Dogman review – Luc Besson’s bizarre and macabre tale of canines, crime and drag
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FirstShowing.net: Official US Trailer for Luc Besson's 'DogMan' with Caleb Landry Jones
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collider: New 'Dracula' Movie Taps Luc Besson as Director
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Besson mentioned his "fascination" with American actor Caleb Landry Jones after working with him on DogMan: "We got on so well on DogMan and since then I’ve only had one wish and that was to make another film with him
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2023· 4 entries
Yahoo: Luc Besson’s DogMan Starring Caleb Landry Jones Finds Distributor, Sets Release Window
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The Guardian: Luc Besson: France’s top court rejects request to reopen rape case against director
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Rolling Stone: Luc Besson Cleared of Rape Allegations
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Yahoo: Luc Besson Cleared in Rape Case Brought by ‘Valerian’ Actress
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2022· 1 entry
Besson experimented with another kind of filmmaking when he shot Dogman (2023) in a virtual production facility in France, as well as on location in New Jersey
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2021· 1 entry
The Guardian: Associated Newspapers pays damages for revealing Sand Van Roy as Luc Besson accuser
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2019· 2 entries
The Guardian: Anna review – Luc Besson's empty assassin thriller shoots blanks
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The Guardian: Rape inquiry dropped against French film mogul Luc Besson
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2018· 4 entries
The Hollywood Reporter: Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp Posts $101 Million Loss
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The Guardian: Five more women make sex-offence allegations against Luc Besson
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The Guardian: Film director Luc Besson faces new allegations of sexual assault
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Dutch-Belgian actress Sand Van Roy, who appeared in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, accused Besson of rape
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2016· 1 entry
Awarded Inkpot Award (2016).
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2015· 1 entry
Besson received the Gold Medal from the Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques for his “exceptional artistic and entrepreneurial contribution to French cinema over 3 decades
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2012· 1 entry
Film critic Eric Kohn wrote in Indiewire: "Luc Besson’s filmography has been spotty for years, littered with equal amounts of sensationalistic pop art and flashy duds, a tendency that extends beyond his directing credits
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2007· 1 entry
Released album “Arthur und die Minimoys”.
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2006· 1 entry
To finance, with the help of the State, its own studios at the Cité du Cinéma
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2004· 1 entry
At age 45, Besson married film producer Virginie Silla, aged 32
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2000· 2 entries
Besson superseded his production company by co-founding EuropaCorp with Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, with whom he had frequently worked since 1985
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When he co-founded EuropaCorp with longtime collaborator Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded César Award for Best Director for The Fifth Element (1998).
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1997· 3 entries
Their marriage ended in 1997, when Besson became involved with actress Milla Jovovich, then 22, during the production of The Fifth Element (1997). "We sensed the special chemistry between us immediately at the auditions and it just intensified during the filming of the movie", said Jovovich.
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When Besson became involved with actress Milla Jovovich, then 22, during the production of The Fifth Element (1997)
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Besson married Jovovich on December 14, 1997, when he was 38 and she was 22.
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1992· 1 entry
Were married and their daughter, Shanna, was born on 3 January 1993
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1983· 1 entry
Awarded Sitges Film Festival Best Director award for Le Dernier Combat (1983).
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1980· 1 entry
Near the beginning of his career, he founded his own production company, Les Films du Loup, later renamed Les Films du Dauphin
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1959· 1 entry
Born 1959-03-18.
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