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Luc Besson
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Person

Luc Besson

b. 1959

French filmmaker (born 1959)

Born
18 Mar 1959 · 15th arrondissement of Paris

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 77 years
  1. 18 Mar 1959BornBorn in 15th arrondissement of Paris
  2. 1983AwardSitges Film Festival Best Director award
  3. 1998AwardCésar Award for Best Director
  4. 2000RolePresident of the Jury at the Cannes Festival
  5. 2016AwardInkpot Award

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1959 – today).

  1. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  2. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  3. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  4. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  6. 1968Prague Spring
  7. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  8. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  9. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  10. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  12. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  13. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  14. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  15. 1985Schengen Agreement
  16. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  17. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  18. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  20. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  21. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  22. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  23. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  24. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  25. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  26. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  27. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  28. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  29. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  30. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  31. 20112011 Norway attacks
  32. 2011Libyan civil war
  33. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  34. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  35. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  36. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  37. 2015Paris Agreement
  38. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  39. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  40. 20212020 Summer Olympics

Biography

Luc Paul Maurice Besson (born 18 March 1959) is a French filmmaker. He has been involved in the creation of more than 50 films as a writer, director, or producer. Associated with the Cinéma du look film movement, he founded the production company Les Films du Loup (later renamed Les Films du Dauphin) and co-founded EuropaCorp with Pierre-Ange Le Pogam.

Besson's films include Subway (1985), The Big Blue (1988), La Femme Nikita (1990), Léon: The Professional (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), Lucy (2014), Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), Dogman (2023), and Dracula (2025).

Besson has won three Lumière Awards: Best Director and Best Film for Joan of Arc, and Best Director for The Fifth Element. He also won the César Award for Best Director for The Fifth Element.

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