Luc Besson

Luc Besson, born in 1959 in Paris, is a French film director, writer and producer who for years belongs to the most successful and versatile directors in Europe. After a few works as assistant director and the short movie "L'Avant dernier" he directed in 1984 his first longer movie "The Last Battle", which was nominated for the César. Already his next movie "Subway" with Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert received 13 nominations for the most important French movie award.

The deep sea drama "The Big Blue" and the action thriller "Nikita" followed and earned him great recognition beyond Europe. His subsequent projects "Leon" and "The Fifth Element" had great success with critics and the audience, the latter was nominated to the Oscar and the MTV Awards and Besson was awarded the César as best director. After his historical drama "The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc" the father of five paused for several years and reappeared only 2006 with "Angel-A". His most recent work, the computer-animated fantasy movie "Arthur and the Invisibles" is one of the largest 3D animation productions ever done in Europe.

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