History Creator / LucBesson

* WriteWhatYouKnow: Not surprisingly for a former diver, Besson's first wide release film was ''The Big Blue'', which is about divers.

* ''TheMessenger: The Story of Joan of Arc''

* ''{{Banlieue 13}}'' and its sequel, ''Ultimatum''

Cheap action movies produced by him have been [[CriticalDissonance widely panned]] as "slick, commercial", "so interchangeable—drugs, sleaze, chuckling supervillainy, and Hong Kong-style effects—that each new project probably starts with white-out on the title page" by Scott Tobias of the AV Club, and other critics usually haven't been kinder. (If you're French and make films, you really can't win in this wiki; either you'll be accused of making a Euroschlok LeFilmArtistique, or, if you try being mainstream, you'll be accused of being a banal sell-out!).

* ''TheFifthElement''

* ''Film/{{Unleashed}}'' (''Danny the Dog'')

* ''Le Dernier Combat''
* ''The Big Blue''

* ''The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc''

Cheap action movies produced by him have been [[CriticalDissonnance widely panned]] as "slick, commercial", "so interchangeable—drugs, sleaze, chuckling supervillainy, and Hong Kong-style effects—that each new project probably starts with white-out on the title page" by Scott Tobias of the AV Club, and other critics usually haven't been kinder. (If you're French and make films, you really can't win in this wiki; either you'll be accused of making a Euroschlok LeFilmArtistique, or, if you try being mainstream, you'll be accused of being a banal sell-out!).

Cheap action movies produced by him have been widely panned as "slick, commercial", "so interchangeable—drugs, sleaze, chuckling supervillainy, and Hong Kong-style effects—that each new project probably starts with white-out on the title page" by Scott Tobias of the AV Club, and other critics usually haven't been kinder. (If you're French and make films, you really can't win in this wiki; either you'll be accused of making a Euroschlok LeFilmArtistique, or, if you try being mainstream, you'll be accused of being a banal sell-out!).

Cheap action movies produced by him have been widely panned as "slick, commercial", "so interchangeable—drugs, sleaze, chuckling supervillainy, and Hong Kong-style effects—that each new project probably starts with white-out on the title page" by Scott Tobias of the AV Club, and other critics usually haven't been kinder. (If you're French and make films, you really can't win in this wiki; either you'll be accused of making a {{Euroschlok}} LeFilmArtistique, or, if you try being mainstream, you'll be accused of being a banal sell-out!).

Cheap action movies produced by him have been widely panned as "slick, commercial", "so interchangeable—drugs, sleaze, chuckling supervillainy, and Hong Kong-style effects—that each new project probably starts with white-out on the title page" by Scott Tobias of the AV Club, and other critics usually haven't been kinder. (If you're French and make films, you really can't win in this wiki; either you'll be accused of making a {{Euroschlock}} LeFilmArtistique, or, if you try being mainstream, you'll be accused of being a banal sell-out!).

Cheap action movies produced by him have been widely panned as "slick, commercial", "so interchangeable—drugs, sleaze, chuckling supervillainy, and Hong Kong-style effects—that each new project probably starts with white-out on the title page" by Scott Tobias of the AV Club, and other critics usually haven't been kinder. (If you're French and make films, you really can't win in this wiki; either you'll be accused of making a {{Euroshlock}} LeFilmArtistique, or, if you try being mainstream, you'll be accused of being a banal sell-out!).

Cheap action movies produced by him have been widely panned as "slick, commercial", "so interchangeable—drugs, sleaze, chuckling supervillainy, and Hong Kong-style effects—that each new project probably starts with white-out on the title page" by Scott Tobias of the AV Club, and other critics usually haven't been kinder.

Since then, he has worked on more than 50 movies with Europacorp (the studio he founded), although he only directed 15 of them.

* ''TheTransporter''

* ''[[TheCrimsonRivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse]]''

* ''TheCrimsonRivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse''

Action movies produced by him have been widely panned as "slick, commercial", "so interchangeable—drugs, sleaze, chuckling supervillainy, and Hong Kong-style effects—that each new project probably starts with white-out on the title page" by Scott Tobias of the AV Club, and other critics usually haven't been kinder.

Action movies produced by him have been widely panned as "so interchangeable—drugs, sleaze, chuckling supervillainy, and Hong Kong-style effects—that each new project probably starts with white-out on the title page" by Scott Tobias of the AV Club, and other critics usually haven't been kinder.

Action movies produced by him have been panned as "so interchangeable—drugs, sleaze, chuckling supervillainy, and Hong Kong-style effects—that each new project probably starts with white-out on the title page" by Scott Tobias of the AV Club, and other critics usually haven't been kinder.

* ''ArthurAndTheInvisibles''

* ''Film/{{Taken}}''

Since then, he has worked on more than 50 movies produced by Europacorp (his studio), although he only directed 15 of them.

Since then, he has worked on more than 50 movies, although he only directed 15 of them.

Action movies produced by Europacorp (his studio) have been panned as "so interchangeable—drugs, sleaze, chuckling supervillainy, and Hong Kong-style effects—that each new project probably starts with white-out on the title page" by Scott Tobias of the AV Club, and other critics usually haven't been kinder.

Action movies produced by Europacorp (his studo) have been panned as "so interchangeable—drugs, sleaze, chuckling supervillainy, and Hong Kong-style effects—that each new project probably starts with white-out on the title page" by Scott Tobias of the AV Club, and other critics usually haven't been kinder.

His action movies have been panned as "so interchangeable—drugs, sleaze, chuckling supervillainy, and Hong Kong-style effects—that each new project probably starts with white-out on the title page" by Scott Tobias of the AV Club, and other critics usually haven't been kinder.

Besson's parents were scuba driving instructors, and his initial ambition was to become a marine biologist. However, at age 17 he had a diving accident which left him unable to dive, and out of the resulting boredom he began to write stories and work in the film industry.