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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86" title="لوك بيسون – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="لوك بيسون" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BCk_Besson" title="Lük Besson – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Lük Besson" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Люк Бесон – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Люк Бесон" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA_%D0%91%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Люк Бэсон – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Люк Бэсон" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Люк Бесон – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Люк Бесон" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CF%85%CE%BA_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%83%CF%83%CF%8C%CE%BD" title="Λυκ Μπεσσόν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Λυκ Μπεσσόν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%DA%A9_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86" title="لوک بسون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لوک بسون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A4%BC%ED%81%AC_%EB%B2%A0%EC%86%A1" title="뤼크 베송 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="뤼크 베송" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AF_%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%B8%D5%B6" title="Լյուկ Բեսոն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Լյուկ Բեսոն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A7_%D7%91%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F" title="לוק בסון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לוק בסון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%99_%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ლიუკ ბესონი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ლიუკ ბესონი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Люк Бессон – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Люк Бессон" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Люк Бессон – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Люк Бессон" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Besson" title="Lucas Besson – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Lucas Besson" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liks_Besons" title="Liks Besons – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Liks Besons" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo mw-list-item"><a href="https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/luk.besyn" title="luk.besyn – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo" data-title="luk.besyn" data-language-autonym="La .lojban." data-language-local-name="Lojban" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>La .lojban.</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%99_%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ლიუკ ბესონი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ლიუკ ბესონი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86" title="لوك بيسون – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="لوك بيسون" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" title="Luc Besson – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Luc Besson" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA_%D0%91%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Люк Бэссон – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Люк Бэссон" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" 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colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Luc_Besson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Luc_Besson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/250px-Luc_Besson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Luc_Besson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/330px-Luc_Besson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Luc_Besson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/500px-Luc_Besson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1776" data-file-height="2464" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Besson at <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Comic-Con" title="San Diego Comic-Con">San Diego Comic-Con</a> in July 2016</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Luc Paul Maurice Besson</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1959-03-18</span>) </span>18 March 1959<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 66)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, France</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Director</li> <li>producer</li> <li>screenwriter</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1981–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Anne_Parillaud" title="Anne Parillaud">Anne Parillaud</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1986; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1991)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712" /></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ma%C3%AFwenn" title="Maïwenn">Maïwenn Le Besco</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1992; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1997)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712" /></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Milla_Jovovich" title="Milla Jovovich">Milla Jovovich</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1997; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1999)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712" /></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Virginie_Silla" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginie Silla">Virginie Silla</a><br /></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2004)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">5, including <a href="/wiki/Shanna_Besson" title="Shanna Besson">Shanna Besson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thalia_Besson" title="Thalia Besson">Thalia Besson</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Luc Paul Maurice Besson</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">French:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[lyk<span class="wrap"> </span>bɛsɔ̃]</a></span>; born 18 March 1959) is a French filmmaker. He directed or produced the films <i><a href="/wiki/Subway_(film)" title="Subway (film)">Subway</a></i> (1985), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Blue" title="The Big Blue">The Big Blue</a></i> (1988), and <i><a href="/wiki/La_Femme_Nikita_(film)" title="La Femme Nikita (film)">La Femme Nikita</a></i> (1990). Associated with the <i><a href="/wiki/Cin%C3%A9ma_du_look" title="Cinéma du look">Cinéma du look</a></i> film movement, he has been nominated for a <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="César Award">César Award</a> for Best Director and Best Picture for his films <i><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9on:_The_Professional" title="Léon: The Professional">Léon: The Professional</a></i> (1994) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Messenger:_The_Story_of_Joan_of_Arc" title="The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc">The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc</a></i> (1999). He won Best Director and Best French Director for his sci-fi action film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fifth_Element" title="The Fifth Element">The Fifth Element</a></i> (1997). He wrote and directed the sci-fi action film <i><a href="/wiki/Lucy_(2014_film)" title="Lucy (2014 film)">Lucy</a></i> (2014) and the <a href="/wiki/Space_opera" title="Space opera">space opera</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Valerian_and_the_City_of_a_Thousand_Planets" title="Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets">Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets</a></i> (2017). </p><p>In 1980, near the beginning of his career, he founded his own production company, Les Films du Loup, later renamed Les Films du Dauphin. It was superseded in 2000 when he co-founded <a href="/wiki/EuropaCorp" title="EuropaCorp">EuropaCorp</a> with longtime collaborator <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pierre-Ange_Le_Pogam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pierre-Ange Le Pogam (page does not exist)">Pierre-Ange Le Pogam</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Ange_Le_Pogam" class="extiw" title="fr:Pierre-Ange Le Pogam">fr</a>]</span>. As writer, director, or producer, Besson has been involved in the creation of <a href="/wiki/Luc_Besson_filmography" title="Luc Besson filmography">more than 50 films</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luc_Besson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Besson was born in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, to parents who both worked as <a href="/wiki/Club_Med" title="Club Med">Club Med</a> <a href="/wiki/Scuba-diving" class="mw-redirect" title="Scuba-diving">scuba-diving</a> instructors.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Influenced by this, he planned to become a <a href="/wiki/Marine_biology" title="Marine biology">marine biologist</a>. He spent much of his youth traveling with his parents to tourist resorts in <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The family returned to France when he was 10. His parents divorced, and both remarried; of this, he said: </p> <blockquote><p>"Here there is two families, and I am the only bad souvenir of something that doesn't work," he said in the <i><a href="/wiki/International_Herald_Tribune" title="International Herald Tribune">International Herald Tribune</a></i>. "And if I disappear, then everything is perfect. The rage to exist comes from here. I have to do something! Otherwise I am going to die."<sup id="cite_ref-iht.com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iht.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>At age 17, Besson had a diving accident that left him unable to dive.<sup id="cite_ref-Hayward1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hayward1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2000 interview with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, he described how this influenced his choice of career: </p> <blockquote><div class="poem"> <p>"I was 17 and I wondered what I was going to do. ... So I took a piece of paper and on the left I put everything I could do, or had skills for, and all the things I couldn't do. The first line was shorter and I could see that I loved writing, I loved images, I was taking a lot of pictures. So I thought maybe movies would be good. But I thought that to really know I should go to a set. And a friend of mine knew a guy whose brother was a third assistant on a short film. It's true. So, I said: 'OK, let's go on the set.' So I went on the set. The day after I went back to see my mum and told her that I was going to make films and stop school and 'bye. And I did it! Very soon after I made a short film and it was very, very bad. I wanted to prove that I could do something, so I made a short film. That was in fact my main concern, to be able to show that I could do one."<sup id="cite_ref-film.guardian.co.uk_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-film.guardian.co.uk-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luc_Besson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Besson reportedly worked on the first drafts of <i><a href="/wiki/Le_Grand_Bleu" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Grand Bleu">Le Grand Bleu</a></i> (<i>The Big Blue</i>) while still in his teens. Out of boredom, he started writing stories, including the background to what he later developed as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fifth_Element" title="The Fifth Element">The Fifth Element</a></i> (1997), one of his most popular movies,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Franco-Belgian_comics" class="mw-redirect" title="Franco-Belgian comics">French comic books</a> he read as a teenager. He directed and co-wrote the screenplay of this science fiction thriller with American screenwriter <a href="/wiki/Robert_Mark_Kamen" title="Robert Mark Kamen">Robert Mark Kamen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Luc_Besson_2000_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luc_Besson_2000-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At 18, Besson returned to his birthplace of Paris, where he took odd jobs in film to get a feel for the industry. He worked as an assistant to directors including <a href="/wiki/Claude_Faraldo" title="Claude Faraldo">Claude Faraldo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Grandperret" title="Patrick Grandperret">Patrick Grandperret</a>. He directed three short films, a commissioned documentary, and several commercials.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then moved to the United States for three years, but returned to Paris, where he formed his own production company. He first named it <i>Les Films du Loup</i>, then changed it to <i>Les Films du Dauphin</i>. </p><p>In the early 1980s, Besson met <a href="/wiki/%C3%89ric_Serra" title="Éric Serra">Éric Serra</a> and asked him to compose the score for his first short film, <i>L'Avant dernier</i>. He subsequently had Serra compose for other films. Since the late 20th century, Besson has written and produced numerous action movies, including the <i><a href="/wiki/Taxi_(1998_film)" title="Taxi (1998 film)">Taxi</a></i> series (1998–2007), the <i><a href="/wiki/The_Transporter" title="The Transporter">Transporter</a></i> series (2002–2008; another collaboration with Robert Mark Kamen), and the <a href="/wiki/Jet_Li" title="Jet Li">Jet Li</a> films <i><a href="/wiki/Kiss_of_the_Dragon" title="Kiss of the Dragon">Kiss of the Dragon</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Unleashed_(2005_film)" title="Unleashed (2005 film)">Unleashed</a></i>. His English-language films <i><a href="/wiki/Taken_(film)" title="Taken (film)">Taken</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Taken_2" title="Taken 2">Taken 2</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Taken_3" title="Taken 3">Taken 3</a></i>, all co-written with Kamen and starring <a href="/wiki/Liam_Neeson" title="Liam Neeson">Liam Neeson</a>, have been major successes, with <i>Taken 2</i> becoming the largest-grossing export French film.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Besson produced the promotional movie for the <a href="/wiki/Paris_2012_Olympic_bid" class="mw-redirect" title="Paris 2012 Olympic bid">Paris 2012 Olympic bid</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Luc_Besson_Cannes_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Luc_Besson_Cannes_cropped.jpg/250px-Luc_Besson_Cannes_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Luc_Besson_Cannes_cropped.jpg/255px-Luc_Besson_Cannes_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Luc_Besson_Cannes_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="443" /></a><figcaption>Besson at the 2000 <a href="/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival" title="Cannes Film Festival">Cannes Film Festival</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Besson won the <a href="/wiki/Lumi%C3%A8res_Award_for_Best_Director" class="mw-redirect" title="Lumières Award for Best Director">Lumières Award for Best Director</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Award_for_Best_Director" title="César Award for Best Director">César Award for Best Director</a>, for his film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fifth_Element" title="The Fifth Element">The Fifth Element</a></i> (1997).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was nominated for Best Director and <a href="/wiki/Cesar_Award_for_Best_Picture" class="mw-redirect" title="Cesar Award for Best Picture">Best Picture</a> <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="César Award">César Awards</a> for his films <i><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9on:_The_Professional" title="Léon: The Professional">Léon: The Professional</a></i> (1994)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Messenger:_The_Story_of_Joan_of_Arc" title="The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc">The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc</a></i> (1999).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> French actor <a href="/wiki/Jean_Reno" title="Jean Reno">Jean Reno</a> has appeared in several films by Besson, including <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Le_dernier_combat" class="mw-redirect" title="Le dernier combat">Le dernier combat</a></i></span> (1983),<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Subway_(film)" title="Subway (film)">Subway</a></i> (1985),<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Blue" title="The Big Blue">The Big Blue</a></i> (1988),<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/La_Femme_Nikita_(film)" title="La Femme Nikita (film)">La Femme Nikita</a></i> (1990), and <i><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9on:_The_Professional" title="Léon: The Professional">Léon: The Professional</a></i> (1994).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In summer 2024, Besson directed <i><a href="/wiki/Dracula:_A_Love_Tale" title="Dracula: A Love Tale">Dracula: A Love Tale</a>,</i> an adaptation of <i><a href="/wiki/Dracula" title="Dracula">Dracula</a></i> starring <a href="/wiki/Caleb_Landry_Jones" title="Caleb Landry Jones">Caleb Landry Jones</a> and features <a href="/wiki/Christoph_Waltz" title="Christoph Waltz">Christophe Waltz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cinéma_du_look"><span id="Cin.C3.A9ma_du_look"></span>Cinéma du look</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luc_Besson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cinéma du look"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Critics such as Raphaël Bassan and Guy Austin cite Besson as a pivotal figure in the <a href="/wiki/Cinema_du_look" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinema du look">Cinéma du look</a> movement—a specific, highly visual style produced from the 1980s into the early 1990s. <i><a href="/wiki/Subway_(film)" title="Subway (film)">Subway</a></i> (1985), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Blue" title="The Big Blue">The Big Blue</a></i> (1988) and <i><a href="/wiki/La_Femme_Nikita_(film)" title="La Femme Nikita (film)">La Femme Nikita</a></i> (1990) are all considered of this stylistic school. The term was coined by critic <a href="/wiki/Rapha%C3%ABl_Bassan" title="Raphaël Bassan">Raphaël Bassan</a> in a 1989 essay in <i>La Revue du Cinema n° 449</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A partisan of the experimental cinema and friend of <a href="/wiki/French_New_Wave" title="French New Wave">New Wave</a> ("<i><a href="/wiki/Nouvelle_vague" class="mw-redirect" title="Nouvelle vague">nouvelle vague</a></i>") directors, Bassan grouped Besson with <a href="/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Beineix" title="Jean-Jacques Beineix">Jean-Jacques Beineix</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leos_Carax" title="Leos Carax">Leos Carax</a> as three directors who shared the style of <i>"le look".</i> These directors were later critically described as "favouring style over substance, and spectacle over narrative".<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Besson, and most of the filmmakers so categorised, were uncomfortable with the label. He contrasted their work with France's <a href="/wiki/French_New_Wave" title="French New Wave">New Wave</a>. "<a href="/wiki/Jean-Luc_Godard" title="Jean-Luc Godard">Jean-Luc Godard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Truffaut" title="François Truffaut">François Truffaut</a> were rebelling against existing cultural values and used cinema as a means of expression simply because it was the most avant-garde medium at the time," said Besson in a 1985 interview in <i>The New York Times</i>. "Today, the revolution is occurring entirely within the industry and is led by people who want to change the look of movies by making them better, more convincing and pleasurable to watch. </p><p>"Because it's becoming increasingly difficult to break into this field, we have developed a psychological armor and are ready to do anything in order to work," he added. "I think our ardor alone is going to shake the pillars of the moviemaking establishment."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Besson directed a biopic of <a href="/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi" title="Aung San Suu Kyi">Aung San Suu Kyi</a> called <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_(2011_film)" title="The Lady (2011 film)">The Lady</a></i> (2011) (original title <i>Dans la Lumiere</i>). He also worked on <i><a href="/wiki/Lockout_(film)" title="Lockout (film)">Lockout</a></i> (2012).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Work">Work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luc_Besson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many of Besson's films have achieved popular, if not always critical, success. Reviews were mixed for <i><a href="/wiki/Le_Grand_Bleu" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Grand Bleu">Le Grand Bleu (The Big Blue)</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Thomas_(film_critic)" title="Kevin Thomas (film critic)">Kevin Thomas</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> wrote that the movie was "too long and initially awkward but is clearly the work of a visionary.<i>"</i><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>"When the film had its premiere on opening night at the <a href="/wiki/1988_Cannes_Film_Festival" title="1988 Cannes Film Festival">1988 Cannes Film Festival</a>, it was mercilessly drubbed, but no matter; it was a smash," observed the <i><a href="/wiki/International_Herald_Tribune" title="International Herald Tribune">International Herald Tribune</a></i> in a 2007 profile of Besson. "Embraced by young people who kept returning to see it again, the movie sold 10 million tickets and quickly became what the French call a 'film générationnel,' a defining moment in the culture."<sup id="cite_ref-iht.com_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iht.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Besson created the hugely successful <a href="/wiki/Arthur_series_(Besson)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur series (Besson)">Arthur series</a>, which comprises <i>Arthur and the Minimoys</i>, <i>Arthur and the Forbidden City</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_and_the_Vengeance_of_Maltazard" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur and the Vengeance of Maltazard">Arthur and the Vengeance of Maltazard</a></i> and <i>Arthur and the War of the Two Worlds</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He directed <i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_and_the_Invisibles" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur and the Invisibles">Arthur and the Invisibles</a></i>, an adaptation of the first two books of the collection, starring <a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_De_Niro" title="Robert De Niro">Robert DeNiro</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Films_with_live_action_and_animation" class="mw-redirect" title="Films with live action and animation">film with live action and animation</a>, it was released in the UK and the US, as well as in France.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_evaluation">Critical evaluation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luc_Besson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Critical evaluation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Besson has been described as "the most Hollywood of French filmmakers".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scott Tobias wrote that his "slick, commercial" action movies were "so interchangeable—drugs, sleaze, chuckling <a href="/wiki/Supervillain" title="Supervillain">supervillainy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="Hong Kong cinema">Hong Kong</a>-style effects—that each new project probably starts with <a href="/wiki/Wite-Out" title="Wite-Out">white-out</a> on the title page."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>American film critic <a href="/wiki/Armond_White" title="Armond White">Armond White</a> has praised Besson, whom he ranks as one of the best film producers, for refining and revolutionizing action film. He wrote that Besson dramatizes the struggle of his characters "as a conscientious resistance to human degradation".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, film critic Eric Kohn wrote in <a href="/wiki/IndieWire" title="IndieWire"><i>Indiewire</i></a>: "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."<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luc_Besson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Besson has been married four times; first, in 1986, to actress <a href="/wiki/Anne_Parillaud" title="Anne Parillaud">Anne Parillaud</a>. They had a daughter, Juliette, born in 1987. Parillaud starred in Besson's <i><a href="/wiki/La_Femme_Nikita_(film)" title="La Femme Nikita (film)">La Femme Nikita</a></i> (1990). They divorced in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Besson's second wife was actress and director <a href="/wiki/Ma%C3%AFwenn" title="Maïwenn">Maïwenn Le Besco</a>, whom he started dating when he was 32 and she was 15 after having met 3 years earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-LeonDVDExtras_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LeonDVDExtras-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They married in late 1992 when Le Besco, 16, was pregnant with their daughter <a href="/wiki/Shanna_Besson" title="Shanna Besson">Shanna</a>, who was born on 3 January 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deprecated_sources" title="Wikipedia:Deprecated sources"><span title="This source has been deprecated by community consensus. (November 2024)">deprecated source</span></a></i>]</sup> Le Besco later claimed that their relationship inspired Besson's film <i><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9on:_The_Professional" title="Léon: The Professional">Léon</a></i> (1994), where the plot involved the emotional relationship between an adult man and a 12-year-old girl (played by then 12-year-old <a href="/wiki/Natalie_Portman" title="Natalie Portman">Natalie Portman</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-LeonDVDExtras_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LeonDVDExtras-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their marriage ended in 1997, when Besson became involved with actress <a href="/wiki/Milla_Jovovich" title="Milla Jovovich">Milla Jovovich</a>, then 19, during the production of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fifth_Element" title="The Fifth Element">The Fifth Element</a></i> (1997).<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "We sensed the special chemistry between us immediately at the auditions and it just intensified during the filming of the movie," said Jovovich.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He married Jovovich on December 14, 1997, when he was 38 and she was 21. They divorced in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 28, 2004, at age 45, Besson married film producer <a href="/wiki/Virginie_Silla" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginie Silla">Virginie Silla</a>, 32. They have three children,<sup id="cite_ref-karenr_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-karenr-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including the actress <a href="/wiki/Thalia_Besson" title="Thalia Besson">Thalia Besson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2025, he is in relationship with laywer <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarah_Saldmann&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sarah Saldmann (page does not exist)">Sarah Saldmann,</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Saldmann" class="extiw" title="fr:Sarah Saldmann">fr</a>]</span><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> thirty-two years<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> younger than him.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rape_accusation">Rape accusation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luc_Besson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Rape accusation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2018, Dutch-Belgian actress <a href="/wiki/Sand_Van_Roy" title="Sand Van Roy">Sand Van Roy</a>, who appeared in <i>Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets</i>, accused Besson of rape.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The director's lawyer Thierry Marembert stated that Besson "categorically denies these fantasist accusations" and that the accuser was "someone he knows, towards whom he has never behaved inappropriately".<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2019, French prosecutors dropped the case against him, citing lack of evidence.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2021, a judge dismissed the case against Besson following a second investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The public prosecutor's office in Paris stated that "the investigations clearly establish that the criminal facts of rape were not committed, that the absence of consent of the civil party is not established and the existence of a constraint, threat, violence, is not characterized".<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2022, Van Roy submitted a complaint against the magistrate in charge of the case.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2023, Besson was definitively cleared of all charges, following a ruling by the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Cassation_(France)" title="Court of Cassation (France)">Court of Cassation</a>, the highest judicial court in France. This ruling prevents Van Roy from suing him on the same charges in France or elsewhere in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several other women, including a former assistant, two students of <a href="/wiki/Cit%C3%A9_du_Cin%C3%A9ma" title="Cité du Cinéma">Cité du Cinéma</a> studio, and a former employee of Besson's <a href="/wiki/EuropaCorp" title="EuropaCorp">EuropaCorp</a>, who all wished to remain anonymous, described "inappropriate sexual behavior" by the director.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having no physical evidence to support their stories, they did not press charges and avoided a defamation countersuit. Their stories were not used by the <a href="/wiki/Investigating_judge_(France)" title="Investigating judge (France)">investigating judge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_filmography">Selected filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luc_Besson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Selected filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Luc_Besson_filmography" title="Luc Besson filmography">Luc Besson filmography</a></div> <p><b>Directed features</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Le_Dernier_Combat" title="Le Dernier Combat">Le Dernier Combat</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Subway_(film)" title="Subway (film)">Subway</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Blue" title="The Big Blue">The Big Blue</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/La_Femme_Nikita_(film)" title="La Femme Nikita (film)">La Femme Nikita</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Atlantis_(1991_film)" title="Atlantis (1991 film)">Atlantis</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9on:_The_Professional" title="Léon: The Professional">Léon: The Professional</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fifth_Element" title="The Fifth Element">The Fifth Element</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Messenger:_The_Story_of_Joan_of_Arc" title="The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc">The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Angel-A" title="Angel-A">Angel-A</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_and_the_Minimoys_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur and the Minimoys (film)">Arthur and the Minimoys</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_and_the_Revenge_of_Maltazard" title="Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard">Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Extraordinary_Adventures_of_Ad%C3%A8le_Blanc-Sec_(film)" title="The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (film)">The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_3:_The_War_of_the_Two_Worlds" title="Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds">Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_(2011_film)" title="The Lady (2011 film)">The Lady</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Family_(2013_film)" title="The Family (2013 film)">The Family</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lucy_(2014_film)" title="Lucy (2014 film)">Lucy</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Valerian_and_the_City_of_a_Thousand_Planets" title="Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets">Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anna_(2019_feature_film)" title="Anna (2019 feature film)">Anna</a></i> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dogman_(2023_film)" title="Dogman (2023 film)">Dogman</a></i> (2023)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dracula:_A_Love_Tale" title="Dracula: A Love Tale">Dracula: A Love Tale</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (TBA)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy_and_honours">Legacy and honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luc_Besson&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Legacy and honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Among Besson's awards are the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film Critics Prize, Fantasporto Audience Jury Award-Special Mention, Best Director, and Best Film, for <i>Le Dernier Combat</i> in 1983; the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon-Best Director-Foreign Film, for <i>La Femme Nikita</i>, 1990; the <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Korda" title="Alexander Korda">Alexander Korda</a> Award for Best British Film, <i>Nil by Mouth</i>, 1997; and the Best Director Cesar Award, for <i>The Fifth Element</i>, 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-Luc_Besson_2000_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luc_Besson_2000-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Besson was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Inkpot_Award" title="Inkpot Award">Inkpot Award</a> in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Film_company">Film company</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luc_Besson&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Film company"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/EuropaCorp" title="EuropaCorp">EuropaCorp</a></div> <p>In 2000, Besson superseded his production company by co-founding EuropaCorp with Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, with whom he had frequently worked since 1985. Le Pogam had then been Distribution Director with <a href="/wiki/Gaumont_Film_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaumont Film Company">Gaumont</a>. EuropaCorp has had strong growth based on several English-language films, with international distribution. It has production facilities in Paris, Normandy, and Hollywood, and is establishing distribution partnerships in Japan and China. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music_videos">Music videos</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luc_Besson&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Music videos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"Pull Marine": <a href="/wiki/Isabelle_Adjani" title="Isabelle Adjani">Isabelle Adjani</a> (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mon_l%C3%A9gionnaire" title="Mon légionnaire">Mon légionnaire</a>": <a href="/wiki/Serge_Gainsbourg" title="Serge Gainsbourg">Serge Gainsbourg</a> (1988)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Que_mon_c%C5%93ur_l%C3%A2che" title="Que mon cœur lâche">Que mon cœur lâche</a>": <a href="/wiki/Myl%C3%A8ne_Farmer" title="Mylène Farmer">Mylène Farmer</a> (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Profusion" title="Love Profusion">Love Profusion</a>": <a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a> (2003)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Valerian_and_the_City_of_a_Thousand_Planets#Soundtrack" title="Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets">I Feel Everything</a>": <a href="/wiki/Cara_Delevingne" title="Cara Delevingne">Cara Delevingne</a> (2017)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luc_Besson&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFF179;">Awards and achievements </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Patrice_Leconte" title="Patrice Leconte">Patrice Leconte</a> <br /> for <i><a href="/wiki/Ridicule_(film)" title="Ridicule (film)">Ridicule</a></i></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Award_for_Best_Director" title="César Award for Best Director">César Award for Best Director</a> <br /> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fifth_Element" title="The Fifth Element">The Fifth Element</a></i> </b><br />1998 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Patrice_Ch%C3%A9reau" title="Patrice Chéreau">Patrice Chéreau</a> <br /> for <i><a href="/wiki/Those_Who_Love_Me_Can_Take_the_Train" 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Directed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Le_Dernier_Combat" title="Le Dernier Combat">Le Dernier Combat</a></i> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Subway_(film)" title="Subway (film)">Subway</a></i> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Blue" title="The Big Blue">The Big Blue</a></i> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/La_Femme_Nikita_(film)" title="La Femme Nikita (film)">La Femme Nikita</a></i> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Atlantis_(1991_film)" title="Atlantis (1991 film)">Atlantis</a></i> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9on:_The_Professional" title="Léon: The Professional">Léon: The Professional</a></i> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fifth_Element" title="The Fifth Element">The Fifth Element</a></i> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Messenger:_The_Story_of_Joan_of_Arc" title="The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc">The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc</a></i> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Angel-A" title="Angel-A">Angel-A</a></i> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_and_the_Minimoys_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur and the Minimoys (film)">Arthur and the Minimoys</a></i> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_and_the_Revenge_of_Maltazard" title="Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard">Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard</a></i> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_3:_The_War_of_the_Two_Worlds" title="Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds">Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds</a></i> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Extraordinary_Adventures_of_Ad%C3%A8le_Blanc-Sec_(film)" title="The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (film)">The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec</a></i> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_(2011_film)" title="The Lady (2011 film)">The Lady</a></i> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Family_(2013_film)" title="The Family (2013 film)">The Family</a></i> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lucy_(2014_film)" title="Lucy (2014 film)">Lucy</a></i> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Valerian_and_the_City_of_a_Thousand_Planets" title="Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets">Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets</a></i> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Anna_(2019_feature_film)" title="Anna (2019 feature film)">Anna</a></i> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dogman_(2023_film)" title="Dogman (2023 film)">Dogman</a></i> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dracula:_A_Love_Tale" title="Dracula: A Love Tale">Dracula: A Love Tale</a></i> (TBA)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Written</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kamikaze_(1986_film)" title="Kamikaze (1986 film)">Kamikaze</a></i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Taxi_(1998_film)" title="Taxi (1998 film)">Taxi</a></i> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Taxi_2" title="Taxi 2">Taxi 2</a></i> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dancer_(2000_film)" title="The Dancer (2000 film)">The Dancer</a></i> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kiss_of_the_Dragon" title="Kiss of the Dragon">Kiss of the Dragon</a></i> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Wasabi_(film)" title="Wasabi (film)">Wasabi</a></i> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Yamakasi_(film)" title="Yamakasi (film)">Yamakasi</a></i> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Transporter" title="The Transporter">The Transporter</a></i> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Fanfan_la_Tulipe_(2003_film)" title="Fanfan la Tulipe (2003 film)">Fanfan la Tulipe</a></i> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Taxi_3" title="Taxi 3">Taxi 3</a></i> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Michel_Vaillant_(film)" title="Michel Vaillant (film)">Michel Vaillant</a></i> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Crimson_Rivers_II:_Angels_of_the_Apocalypse" title="Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse">Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse</a></i> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/District_13" title="District 13">District 13</a></i> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Revolver_(2005_film)" title="Revolver (2005 film)">Revolver</a></i> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Transporter_2" title="Transporter 2">Transporter 2</a></i> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Unleashed_(2005_film)" title="Unleashed (2005 film)">Unleashed</a></i> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Bandidas" title="Bandidas">Bandidas</a></i> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Taxi_4" title="Taxi 4">Taxi 4</a></i> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Taken_(film)" title="Taken (film)">Taken</a></i> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Transporter_3" title="Transporter 3">Transporter 3</a></i> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/District_13:_Ultimatum" title="District 13: Ultimatum">District 13: Ultimatum</a></i> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/From_Paris_with_Love_(film)" title="From Paris with Love (film)">From Paris with Love</a></i> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Colombiana" title="Colombiana">Colombiana</a></i> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lockout_(film)" title="Lockout (film)">Lockout</a></i> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Taken_2" title="Taken 2">Taken 2</a></i> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/3_Days_to_Kill" title="3 Days to Kill">3 Days to Kill</a></i> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Brick_Mansions" title="Brick Mansions">Brick Mansions</a></i> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Taken_3" title="Taken 3">Taken 3</a></i> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Transporter_Refueled" title="The Transporter Refueled">The Transporter Refueled</a></i> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Warriors_Gate" title="The Warriors Gate">The Warriors Gate</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Renegades_(2017_film)" title="Renegades (2017 film)">Renegades</a></i> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Arthur,_mal%C3%A9diction" title="Arthur, malédiction">Arthur, malédiction</a></i> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Weekend_in_Taipei" title="Weekend in Taipei">Weekend in Taipei</a></i> (2024)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Produced</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Cold_Moon_(1991_film)" title="Cold Moon (1991 film)">Cold Moon</a></i> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Nil_by_Mouth_(film)" title="Nil by Mouth (film)">Nil by Mouth</a></i> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Chaos_and_Desire" title="Chaos and Desire">Chaos and Desire</a></i> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Les_C%C3%B4telettes" title="Les Côtelettes">Les Côtelettes</a></i> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Taxi_(2004_film)" title="Taxi (2004 film)">Taxi</a></i> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Burials_of_Melquiades_Estrada" title="The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada">The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada</a></i> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Love_and_Other_Disasters" title="Love and Other Disasters">Love and Other Disasters</a></i> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Nuovomondo" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuovomondo">Nuovomondo</a></i> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Tell_No_One" title="Tell No One">Tell No One</a></i> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_(2007_film)" title="The Secret (2007 film)">The Secret</a></i> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hitman_(2007_film)" title="Hitman (2007 film)">Hitman</a></i> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Taken_(film)" title="Taken (film)">Taken</a></i> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Home_(2009_film)" title="Home (2009 film)">Home</a></i> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Staten_Island_(film)" title="Staten Island (film)">Staten Island</a></i> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/22_Bullets" title="22 Bullets">22 Bullets</a></i> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Source_(2011_film)" title="The Source (2011 film)">The Source</a></i> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Monster_in_Paris" title="A Monster in Paris">A Monster in Paris</a></i> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Collision_(2013_film)" title="Collision (2013 film)">Collision</a></i> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jack_and_the_Cuckoo-Clock_Heart" title="Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart">Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart</a></i> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Homesman" title="The Homesman">The Homesman</a></i> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Taxi_5" title="Taxi 5">Taxi 5</a></i> (2018)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Transporter:_The_Series" title="Transporter: The Series">Transporter: The Series</a></i> (2012–2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/No_Limit_(TV_series)" title="No Limit (TV series)">No Limit</a></i> (2012–2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Taxi_Brooklyn" title="Taxi Brooklyn">Taxi Brooklyn</a></i> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Taken_(2017_TV_series)" title="Taken (2017 TV series)">Taken</a></i> (2017–2018)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_(Besson_book_series)" title="Arthur (Besson book series)"><i>Arthur</i> series</a> (2002–2005)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/EuropaCorp" title="EuropaCorp">EuropaCorp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Virginie_Besson-Silla" title="Virginie Besson-Silla">Virginie Besson-Silla</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Awards_for_Luc_Besson88" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#e8e8ff;"><div id="Awards_for_Luc_Besson88" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Awards for Luc Besson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" 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Sautet</a></li> <li><small>1997</small> <a href="/wiki/Patrice_Leconte" title="Patrice Leconte">Patrice Leconte</a> / <a href="/wiki/Bertrand_Tavernier" title="Bertrand Tavernier">Bertrand Tavernier</a></li> <li><small>1998</small> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Luc Besson</a></li> <li><small>1999</small> <a href="/wiki/Patrice_Ch%C3%A9reau" title="Patrice Chéreau">Patrice Chéreau</a></li> <li><small>2000</small> <a href="/wiki/Tonie_Marshall" title="Tonie Marshall">Tonie Marshall</a></li> <li><small>2001</small> <a href="/wiki/Dominik_Moll" title="Dominik Moll">Dominik Moll</a></li> <li><small>2002</small> <a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Jeunet" title="Jean-Pierre Jeunet">Jean-Pierre Jeunet</a></li> <li><small>2003</small> <a href="/wiki/Roman_Polanski" title="Roman Polanski">Roman Polanski</a></li> <li><small>2004</small> <a href="/wiki/Denys_Arcand" title="Denys Arcand">Denys Arcand</a></li> <li><small>2005</small> <a href="/wiki/Abdellatif_Kechiche" title="Abdellatif 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Polanski</a></li> <li><small>2015</small> <a href="/wiki/Abderrahmane_Sissako" title="Abderrahmane Sissako">Abderrahmane Sissako</a></li> <li><small>2016</small> <a href="/wiki/Arnaud_Desplechin" title="Arnaud Desplechin">Arnaud Desplechin</a></li> <li><small>2017</small> <a href="/wiki/Xavier_Dolan" title="Xavier Dolan">Xavier Dolan</a></li> <li><small>2018</small> <a href="/wiki/Albert_Dupontel" title="Albert Dupontel">Albert Dupontel</a></li> <li><small>2019</small> <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Audiard" title="Jacques Audiard">Jacques Audiard</a></li> <li><small>2020</small> <a href="/wiki/Roman_Polanski" title="Roman Polanski">Roman Polanski</a></li> <li><small>2021</small> <a href="/wiki/Albert_Dupontel" title="Albert Dupontel">Albert Dupontel</a></li> <li><small>2022</small> <a href="/wiki/Leos_Carax" title="Leos Carax">Leos Carax</a></li> <li><small>2023</small> <a href="/wiki/Dominik_Moll" title="Dominik Moll">Dominik Moll</a></li> <li><small>2024</small> <a 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title="Dick DeBartolo">Dick DeBartolo</a></li> <li>Dawn Devine</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_DeZuniga" title="Tony DeZuniga">Tony DeZuniga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Drooker" title="Eric Drooker">Eric Drooker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Farmer" title="Joyce Farmer">Joyce Farmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsuneo_G%C5%8Dda" title="Tsuneo Gōda">Tsuneo Gōda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Guinan" title="Paul Guinan">Paul Guinan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Higgins_(comics)" title="John Higgins (comics)">John Higgins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamal_Igle" title="Jamal Igle">Jamal Igle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Kuper" title="Peter Kuper">Peter Kuper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_A._Lupoff" title="Richard A. 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Lupoff</a></li> <li>Pat Lupoff</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Sansweet" title="Steve Sansweet">Steve Sansweet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Schelly" title="Bill Schelly">Bill Schelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Stack" title="Frank Stack">Frank Stack</a></li> <li>Jeff Walker</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2012</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Adlard" title="Charlie Adlard">Charlie Adlard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Amend" title="Bill Amend">Bill Amend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alison_Bechdel" title="Alison Bechdel">Alison Bechdel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Bradstreet" title="Tim Bradstreet">Tim Bradstreet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Carey_(writer)" title="Mike Carey (writer)">Mike Carey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Coogan" title="Peter Coogan">Peter Coogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geof_Darrow" title="Geof Darrow">Geof Darrow</a></li> <li>Randy Duncan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Edlund" title="Ben Edlund">Ben Edlund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Gianni" title="Gary Gianni">Gary Gianni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Hama" title="Larry Hama">Larry Hama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_F._Hamilton" title="Peter F. Hamilton">Peter F. Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Hernandez_(comics)" title="Mario Hernandez (comics)">Mario Hernandez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klaus_Janson" title="Klaus Janson">Klaus Janson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Jusko" title="Joe Jusko">Joe Jusko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kirkman" title="Robert Kirkman">Robert Kirkman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erik_Larsen" title="Erik Larsen">Erik Larsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Liefeld" title="Rob Liefeld">Rob Liefeld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Mangels" title="Andy Mangels">Andy Mangels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Nebres" title="Rudy Nebres">Rudy Nebres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whilce_Portacio" title="Whilce Portacio">Whilce Portacio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Robinson_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Robinson (comics)">James Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Scheimer" title="Lou Scheimer">Lou Scheimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger" title="Arnold Schwarzenegger">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a></li> <li>Jim Silke</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Silvestri" title="Marc Silvestri">Marc Silvestri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_E._Uslan" title="Michael E. Uslan">Michael E. Uslan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Von_Eeden" title="Trevor Von Eeden">Trevor Von Eeden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Waid" title="Mark Waid">Mark Waid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Yeates" title="Thomas Yeates">Thomas Yeates</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2013</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Bogdanove" title="Jon Bogdanove">Jon Bogdanove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Campbell_(writer)" title="Alan Campbell (writer)">Alan Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Conway" title="Gerry Conway">Gerry Conway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denys_Cowan" title="Denys Cowan">Denys Cowan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Davis_(comics_creator)" title="Michael Davis (comics creator)">Michael Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Deitch" title="Gene Deitch">Gene Deitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Delbo" title="José Delbo">José Delbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_T._Dingle" title="Derek T. Dingle">Derek T. Dingle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Dini" title="Paul Dini">Paul Dini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Forney" title="Ellen Forney">Ellen Forney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Frank_(comics)" title="Gary Frank (comics)">Gary Frank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Isabella" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Isabella">Tony Isabella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Jurgens" title="Dan Jurgens">Dan Jurgens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Kieth" title="Sam Kieth">Sam Kieth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Larson" title="Jack Larson">Jack Larson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliot_S!_Maggin" class="mw-redirect" title="Elliot S! Maggin">Elliot S! Maggin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Maltin" title="Leonard Maltin">Leonard Maltin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Mariotte" title="Jeff Mariotte">Jeff Mariotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Mayerik" title="Val Mayerik">Val Mayerik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Mullaney" title="Dean Mullaney">Dean Mullaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Pasko" title="Martin Pasko">Martin Pasko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Perry_(comics)" title="Fred Perry (comics)">Fred Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Sanderson" title="Ruth Sanderson">Ruth Sanderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romeo_Tanghal" title="Romeo Tanghal">Romeo Tanghal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Timm" title="Bruce Timm">Bruce Timm</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2014</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Billingsley" title="Ray Billingsley">Ray Billingsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_Brigman" title="June Brigman">June Brigman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Brooks_(comics)" title="Mark Brooks (comics)">Mark Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amanda_Conner" title="Amanda Conner">Amanda Conner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Crane" title="Brian Crane">Brian Crane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Dixon" title="Chuck Dixon">Chuck Dixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Espenson" title="Jane Espenson">Jane Espenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Finger" title="Bill Finger">Bill Finger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_Friedman_(cartoonist)" title="Drew Friedman (cartoonist)">Drew Friedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_T._Gilbert" title="Michael T. Gilbert">Michael T. Gilbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Haberlin" title="Brian Haberlin">Brian Haberlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Ito" title="Willie Ito">Willie Ito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelley_Jones" title="Kelley Jones">Kelley Jones</a></li> <li>Katherine Morrison</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Newmar" title="Julie Newmar">Julie Newmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Nolan" title="Graham Nolan">Graham Nolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Nolan" class="mw-redirect" title="Michelle Nolan">Michelle Nolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Palmiotti" title="Jimmy Palmiotti">Jimmy Palmiotti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt_Peeters" title="Benoît Peeters">Benoît Peeters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Picacio" title="John Picacio">John Picacio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mimi_Pond" title="Mimi Pond">Mimi Pond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Quesada" title="Joe Quesada">Joe Quesada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Raimi" title="Sam Raimi">Sam Raimi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Rosa" title="Don Rosa">Don Rosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Stelfreeze" title="Brian Stelfreeze">Brian Stelfreeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burt_Ward" title="Burt Ward">Burt Ward</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2015</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Beck" title="Jerry Beck">Jerry Beck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Capullo" title="Greg Capullo">Greg Capullo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Catron" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Catron">Mike Catron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Ezquerra" title="Carlos Ezquerra">Carlos Ezquerra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Farago" title="Andrew Farago">Andrew Farago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Garcia" title="Dave Garcia">Dave Garcia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Grummett" title="Tom Grummett">Tom Grummett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Guice" title="Jackson Guice">Jackson Guice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chip_Kidd" title="Chip Kidd">Chip Kidd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Lieber" title="Steve Lieber">Steve Lieber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laura_Martin" title="Laura Martin">Laura Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_McCaig" title="Dave McCaig">Dave McCaig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Mumy" title="Bill Mumy">Bill Mumy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nowlan" title="Kevin Nowlan">Kevin Nowlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Phillips" title="Joe Phillips">Joe Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilary_B._Price" title="Hilary B. Price">Hilary B. Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humberto_Ramos" title="Humberto Ramos">Humberto Ramos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Robinson" title="Jimmie Robinson">Jimmie Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luis_Royo" title="Luis Royo">Luis Royo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jen_Sorensen" title="Jen Sorensen">Jen Sorensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Starkings" title="Richard Starkings">Richard Starkings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuki_Takahashi" title="Kazuki Takahashi">Kazuki Takahashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jill_Thompson" title="Jill Thompson">Jill Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhonen_Vasquez" title="Jhonen Vasquez">Jhonen Vasquez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Yoe" title="Craig Yoe">Craig Yoe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2016</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Aaron" title="Jason Aaron">Jason Aaron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derf_Backderf" title="Derf Backderf">Derf Backderf</a></li> <li>Michael Barrier</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Luc Besson</a></li> <li>Peggy Burns</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_David" title="Peter David">Peter David</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Davis_(cartoonist)" title="Jim Davis (cartoonist)">Jim Davis</a></li> <li>Tom Devlin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Dunn" title="Ben Dunn">Ben Dunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Fraction" title="Matt Fraction">Matt Fraction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Gibson" title="William Gibson">William Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kieron_Gillen" title="Kieron Gillen">Kieron Gillen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Judge" title="Mike Judge">Mike Judge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hidenori_Kusaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Hidenori Kusaka">Hidenori Kusaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_McGuinness" title="Ed McGuinness">Ed McGuinness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_McKelvie" title="Jamie McKelvie">Jamie McKelvie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsutomu_Nihei" title="Tsutomu Nihei">Tsutomu Nihei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Priest_(comic_book_writer)" title="Christopher Priest (comic book writer)">Christopher Priest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Roman" title="Phil Roman">Phil Roman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Sinclair" title="Alex Sinclair">Alex Sinclair</a></li> <li>John Trimble</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satoshi_Yamamoto" class="mw-redirect" title="Satoshi Yamamoto">Satoshi Yamamoto</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2017</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Aydin" title="Andrew Aydin">Andrew Aydin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Burnett" title="Alan Burnett">Alan Burnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Chin" title="Joyce Chin">Joyce Chin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Feige" title="Kevin Feige">Kevin Feige</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hobb" title="Robin Hobb">Robin Hobb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lewis" title="John Lewis">John Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeph_Loeb" title="Jeph Loeb">Jeph Loeb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Maberry" title="Jonathan Maberry">Jonathan Maberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_McCoy" title="Glenn McCoy">Glenn McCoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Pollard" title="Keith Pollard">Keith Pollard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Powell" title="Nate Powell">Nate Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Selznick" title="Brian Selznick">Brian Selznick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Sikoryak" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Sikoryak">R. Sikoryak</a></li> <li>Alex Simmons</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gail_Simone" title="Gail Simone">Gail Simone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._L._Stine" title="R. L. Stine">R. L. Stine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Wilson_(comics)" title="Ron Wilson (comics)">Ron Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2018</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yoshitaka_Amano" title="Yoshitaka Amano">Yoshitaka Amano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Bernardin" title="Marc Bernardin">Marc Bernardin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cory_Doctorow" title="Cory Doctorow">Cory Doctorow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Fies" title="Brian Fies">Brian Fies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Friend" title="Richard Friend">Richard Friend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Grecian" title="Alex Grecian">Alex Grecian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deborah_Harkness" title="Deborah Harkness">Deborah Harkness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Hand" title="Elizabeth Hand">Elizabeth Hand</a></li> <li>Larry Houston</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_W._Mack" title="David W. Mack">David W. Mack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nichelle_Nichols" title="Nichelle Nichols">Nichelle Nichols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liniers_(cartoonist)" title="Liniers (cartoonist)">Liniers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Pulido" title="Brian Pulido">Brian Pulido</a></li> <li>Randy Reynaldo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Reynolds_(comics)" title="Eric Reynolds (comics)">Eric Reynolds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Smith" title="Kevin Smith">Kevin Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Tomasi" title="Peter Tomasi">Peter Tomasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shannon_Wheeler" title="Shannon Wheeler">Shannon Wheeler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rafael_Albuquerque" title="Rafael Albuquerque">Rafael Albuquerque</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Wendy All</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leigh_Bardugo" title="Leigh Bardugo">Leigh Bardugo</a></li> <li>Jon B. Cooke</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Fleener" title="Mary Fleener">Mary Fleener</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Ha" title="Gene Ha">Gene Ha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Hickman" title="Jonathan Hickman">Jonathan Hickman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvell_Jones" title="Arvell Jones">Arvell Jones</a></li> <li>Charlie Kochman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Miller_(writer)" title="Craig Miller (writer)">Craig Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paco_Roca" title="Paco Roca">Paco Roca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Snyder" title="Scott Snyder">Scott Snyder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Tucci" title="Billy Tucci">Billy Tucci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Ware" title="Chris Ware">Chris Ware</a></li> <li>Maryelizabeth Yturralde</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inkpot_Award" title="Inkpot Award">Complete list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Inkpot_Award_1970s" title="Template:Inkpot Award 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Polanski">Roman Polanski</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ma%C3%AFwenn" title="Maïwenn">Maïwenn</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Audiard" title="Jacques Audiard">Jacques Audiard</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Abdellatif_Kechiche" title="Abdellatif Kechiche">Abdellatif Kechiche</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Abderrahmane_Sissako" title="Abderrahmane Sissako">Abderrahmane Sissako</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arnaud_Desplechin" title="Arnaud Desplechin">Arnaud Desplechin</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Verhoeven" title="Paul Verhoeven">Paul Verhoeven</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robin_Campillo" title="Robin Campillo">Robin Campillo</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Audiard" title="Jacques Audiard">Jacques Audiard</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Polanski" title="Roman Polanski">Roman Polanski</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ma%C3%AFwenn" title="Maïwenn">Maïwenn</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leos_Carax" title="Leos Carax">Leos Carax</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Serra" title="Albert Serra">Albert Serra</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cailley" title="Thomas Cailley">Thomas Cailley</a> (2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Audiard" title="Jacques Audiard">Jacques Audiard</a> (2025)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" 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Genevoix">Maurice Genevoix</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Cocteau" title="Jean Cocteau">Jean Cocteau</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Cocteau" title="Jean Cocteau">Jean Cocteau</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcel_Pagnol" title="Marcel Pagnol">Marcel Pagnol</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Lehmann" title="Maurice Lehmann">Maurice Lehmann</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Maurois" title="André Maurois">André Maurois</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcel_Achard" title="Marcel Achard">Marcel Achard</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcel_Achard" title="Marcel Achard">Marcel Achard</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georges_Simenon" title="Georges Simenon">Georges Simenon</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Giono" title="Jean Giono">Jean Giono</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetsur%C5%8D_Furukaki" title="Tetsurō Furukaki">Tetsurō Furukaki</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armand_Salacrou" title="Armand Salacrou">Armand Salacrou</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fritz_Lang" title="Fritz Lang">Fritz Lang</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivia_de_Havilland" title="Olivia de Havilland">Olivia de Havilland</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophia_Loren" title="Sophia Loren">Sophia Loren</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Blasetti" title="Alessandro Blasetti">Alessandro Blasetti</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Chamson" title="André Chamson">André Chamson</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luchino_Visconti" title="Luchino Visconti">Luchino Visconti</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Asturias" title="Miguel Ángel Asturias">Miguel Ángel Asturias</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mich%C3%A8le_Morgan" title="Michèle Morgan">Michèle Morgan</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Losey" title="Joseph Losey">Joseph Losey</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ingrid_Bergman" title="Ingrid Bergman">Ingrid Bergman</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Clair" title="René Clair">René Clair</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Moreau" title="Jeanne Moreau">Jeanne Moreau</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Williams" title="Tennessee Williams">Tennessee Williams</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Rossellini" title="Roberto Rossellini">Roberto Rossellini</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_J._Pakula" title="Alan J. Pakula">Alan J. Pakula</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Sagan" title="Françoise Sagan">Françoise Sagan</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Douglas" title="Kirk Douglas">Kirk Douglas</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Deray" title="Jacques Deray">Jacques Deray</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giorgio_Strehler" title="Giorgio Strehler">Giorgio Strehler</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Styron" title="William Styron">William Styron</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirk_Bogarde" title="Dirk Bogarde">Dirk Bogarde</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milo%C5%A1_Forman" title="Miloš Forman">Miloš Forman</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Pollack" title="Sydney Pollack">Sydney Pollack</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yves_Montand" title="Yves Montand">Yves Montand</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ettore_Scola" title="Ettore Scola">Ettore Scola</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wim_Wenders" title="Wim Wenders">Wim Wenders</a> (1989)</li> <li><a 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title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Lindon" title="Vincent Lindon">Vincent Lindon</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruben_%C3%96stlund" title="Ruben Östlund">Ruben Östlund</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greta_Gerwig" title="Greta Gerwig">Greta Gerwig</a> (2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juliette_Binoche" title="Juliette Binoche">Juliette Binoche</a> (2025)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Arthur_by_Luc_Besson97" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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