Luc Besson - Famous Television Producer

Luc Besson Net Worth

$100,000,000

Luc Besson is a French film director, producer, and screenwriter with a net worth of $100 million dollars. He is most famous for his work on movies such as ‘The Fifth Element,’ ‘The Big Blue,’ ‘La Femme Nikita,’ and the ‘Taken’ franchise.

Key facts:

  • Luc Besson is a French film director, producer, and screenwriter.
  • He is known for his work in writing and producing, for which he has received numerous awards and nominations.
  • Besson is most famous for his work on movies like 'The Fifth Element', 'The Big Blue,' 'La Femme Nikita,' 'Subway,' 'The Professional,' 'Lucy' and the 'Taken' franchise.
  • He has been involved in the creation of over 50 films as a writer, director, or producer.
  • Besson has been recognized for his work at numerous award shows, winning prizes such as the Brussels International Festival of Film Critics Prize and a Cesar Award.

Basic Information About Luc Besson

CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Directors
ProfessionsScreenwriter, Film Producer, Film Director, Television Producer, Actor
Net worth$100,000,000
Date of birth1959-03-18 (65 years old)
Place of birthParis
NationalityFrance
Curiosities and TrademarksOften casts Jean Reno
Music mostly by composer Γ‰ric Serra.
Typically, during the opening-titles, the camera moves towards something important for the movie, but looks down until the important part of credits was shown, then swings up, now looking at a place or character.
Often features fully enclosed sets with no natural lighting
Frequently has a shot of someone being slapped, focusing on the slapper's hand momentarily beforehand (Fifth Element, The Messenger, The Professional, La Femme Nikita)
Films usually feature a scene that is edited into real-time. In The Fifth Element (1997), Vito Cornelius is given 20 seconds to speak, does so for exactly 20 seconds.
As seen in Taxi and The Transporter, very distinctive car chase scenes focusing on very low camera shots very close to the front bumper of a fast moving (and often rather mundane) car (transporters Renault 5) with a lot of sideways swerving movment (though traffic or other). Nearly always to a French hiphop soundtrack.
Characters who are multilingual
Strong female character roles: _La Femme Nikita (1990)_, Lucy (2014), _LΓ©on: The Professional (1994)_, etc
SpouseVirginie Besson-Silla - (28 AugustΒ 2004 - present)Β (3 children)
Milla Jovovich - (14 DecemberΒ 1997 - 2 MayΒ 2000)Β (divorced)
MaΓ―wenn - (2 JanuaryΒ 1993 - 1997)Β (divorced)Β (1 child)
Anne Parillaud - (1986 - 1991)Β (divorced)Β (1 child)
GenderMale
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ IMDb

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What Movie Awards did Luc Besson win?


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Luc Besson awards

Award Name State Movie / Series Name Year
Huading Award - Best Global Director for a Motion PictureNomineeLucy2015
Variety Piazza Grande Award - NomineeLucy2014
Yoga Award - Worst Foreign DirectorWinnerLucy2015
Czech Lion - Best Foreign Language Film (NejlepsΓ­ zahranicnΓ­ film)WinnerLΓ©on1996
CΓ©sar - Best Film (Meilleur film)NomineeLΓ©on1995
EFA People's Choice Award - NomineeValerian and the City of a Thousand Planets2018
CΓ©sar - Best Director (Meilleur rΓ©alisateur)WinnerThe Fifth Element1998
Hugo - Best Dramatic PresentationNomineeThe Fifth Element1998
Silver Ribbon - Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)NomineeThe Fifth Element1998
Lumiere Award - Best Director (Meilleur rΓ©alisateur)WinnerThe Fifth Element1998
Academy Award - WinnerLe grand bleu1989
Lumiere Award - Best Film (Meilleur Film)WinnerJoan of Arc2000
Independent Spirit Award - Best FeatureNomineeThe Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada2006
Bronze Wrangler - Theatrical Motion PictureWinnerThe Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada2006
Audience Jury Award - Feature FilmWinnerLes aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec2011
BAFTA Film Award - Best Foreign Language FilmNomineeSubway1986
International Fantasy Film Award - Best FilmNomineeSubway1987

Luc Besson's Quotes

  • Cinema never saved anyone's life, it is not a medicine that will save anyone's life. It is only an aspirin.
  • What's so special about all those amazing British children's writers, those who gave us Alice in Wonderland and Robinson Crusoe and Pooh Bear and Peter Pan and Peter Rabbit and the rest, was that they didn't set out to seduce. The great children's writers were authentic, they copied no one, they didn't set out to make money or to preach ideas. They just transcribed their dreams.
  • I do think that kids today miss out on a lot of those guidelines. Parents are always at work; school doesn't necessarily give the framework; politicians are all corruption and scandal; even sporting heroes are tainted with drugs and what have you. Rules are important for kids.
  • People often say I'm a child at heart. In fact, I think I just have access to [my childhood], I have a very clear memory of it. We were all children once. We just need to show a bit of respect for it.
  • Why did I make Subway (1985)? Why did I do all that crazy undersea stuff in Le grand bleu (1988)? Why did I go all black and nasty with Nikita (1990)?. I don't know. Because I did. I do what I do because I want to do it, because I want to explore, go looking for things.

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Interesting Facts about Luc Besson

  1. Dated MaΓ―wenn. She gave birth to their daughter, Shanna Besson, in 1993.
  2. Has a daughter with ex-wife Anne Parillaud, Juliette Besson (born 1987).
  3. Placed under investigation on a charge of involuntary manslaughter 4 June 2002 by Paris prosecutor during inquiry into death of a cameraman hit by a car during 1999 filming of chase scene in Taxi 2 (2000), which Besson produced.
  4. Father, with Virginie Besson-Silla, of two daughters, Talia Besson (b. 1 August 2001), Satine Besson (b. May 2003) and one son, Mao Besson (b. 16 September 2005].
  5. Often casts Gary Oldman (Leon, The Fifth Element (1997)) and they are very close friends. He produced Gary's movie Nil by Mouth (1997).
  6. Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988) (but it is rarely used).
  7. Refuses to do interviews or audio commentaries for DVD releases. This is because he believes that they ruin the impact of the film.
  8. President of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 53rd Cannes International Film Festival in 2000.
  9. Wanted to become a marine biologist as a child, but an accident at the age of 17 prevented him from being in water.
  10. Has five children with three different women.
  11. Grew up in Greece, Bulgaria, and former Yugoslavia, where his parents were diving instructors for Club Med.
  12. Has written four 'Arthur' children's books, including "Arthur and the Minimoys". The series has sold more than 1 million copies in more than 30 countries. Besson later adapted the book series into films.
  13. He always said, that he will retire as a director after he made 10 movies. This would make Arthur en de Minimoys (2006) his last one.
  14. Lived in Bulgaria, at the Black Sea coast resort, where he spent 5 months with his parents who used to work in a sport center there, diving and exploring coastal caves. He was 9 years old then. Now as an adult he is afraid to visit that coast again not ruin his beautiful childhood memories.
  15. Jean-Pierre Melville had a heavy influence on him. He made LΓ©on (1994) after seeing Melville's masterpiece Le samouraΓ― (1967).
  16. President of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 32nd Moscow International Film Festival in 2010.
  17. Two of his films have opened the Cannes International Film Festival: Le grand bleu (1988) and The Fifth Element (1997).
  18. In 1977, Luc Besson was rejected by La FΓ©mis, the national film school of France. Besson later told in interviews, that he was 18 years old, when he applied, and in a preliminary interview an administrator asked him which directors he most admired. Besson named Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Milos Forman, before the interviewer cut him off, saying: "That's enough. I don't think you belong here".
  19. Is being declared the John Hughes of action movies due to him writing and producing films more than directing.

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