History Creator / LucBesson

* CreatorKiller: He poured a ton of love into ''Film/ValerianAndTheCityOfAThousandPlanets'' and its [[BoxOfficeBomb catastrophic failure]] hit him hard, resulting in an immediately infamous interview where he cast himself as the ''only'' director who cares about telling stories while everyone else are studio hacks. He lost control of [=EuropaCorp=] afterwards due to the studio's debts resulting from the film bombing.

* ProductionPosse:
** Besson has cast Creator/JeanReno in several of his films, including his first four. Reno has also starred in a few [=EuropaCorp=] films written and produced by Besson but not directed by him.
** He cast his former wife Creator/MillaJovovich as the female lead in two films.
** Not to mention composer Eric Serra, who worked on all of his directed films.
** LeParkour creators David Belle and Cyril Raffaelli are typically behind the stunts and fight choreography of [=EuropaCorp=] films, if not in front of the camera. Hence the GratuitousNinja {{mooks}} in these films in order to hide their faces.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Not surprisingly for a former diver, Besson's first wide release film was ''Film/TheBigBlue'', which is about, well, divers.

!!Films directed by Luc Besson:

!!Films written and/or produced by Luc Besson include:

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* ''Film/TheProfessional'' (''Leon: The Professional''/''Léon'', 1994)

* ''Film/TheProfessional'' (''Leon: The Professional''/Léon'', 1994)

* ''Film/TheProfessional'' (''Léon''/''Leon: The Professional'', 1994)

* ''Film/TheProfessional'' (''Léon'', 1994)

* CreatorBreakdown: He poured a ton of love into ''Film/ValerianAndTheCityOfAThousandPlanets'' and its [[BoxOfficeBomb catastrophic failure]] hit him hard, resulting in an immediately infamous interview where he cast himself as the ''only'' director who cares about telling stories while everyone else are studio hacks. He lost control of [=EuropaCorp=] afterwards due to the studio's debts resulting from the film bombing.

* ''Film/{{Banlieue 13}}''

* ''Film/BrickMansions'' (remake of ''Banlieue 13'')

** LeParkour creators David Belle and Cyril Raffaelli are typically behind the stunts and fight choreography of [=EuropaCorp=] films, if not in front of the camera. Hence the GratuitousNinja {{mooks}} in many of [=EuropaCorp=] films to hide their faces.

** LeParkour creators David Belle and Cyril Raffaelli are typically behind the stunts and fight choreography of [=EuropaCorp=] films, if not in front of the camera.

Besson's parents were scuba diving 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.

Luc Besson (born March 18, 1959) is a French director, writer and producer.

* CreatorBreakdown: He poured a ton of love into ''Film/ValerianAndTheCityOfAThousandPlanets'' and its [[BoxOfficeBomb catastrophic failure]] hit him hard, resulting in an immediately infamous interview where he cast himself as the ''only'' director who cares about telling stories while everyone else are studio hacks.

Luc Besson (born 18 March 1959) is a French director, writer and producer.

Besson is appreciated as much as he's criticized in Europe as the most "Hollywoodian" of French filmmakers. Cheap action movies written by him and produced by his company have been routinely [[CriticProof panned]] by some as "slick and commercial".

* MsFanservice: Many women in his films are naive, beautiful, and dressed in skimpy outfits. Unfortunately, this may be related to the sexual assault allegations surrounding him.

** Besson has cast Creator/JeanReno in several of his films, including his first four.

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* ''Anna'' (2019)

* MsFanservice: Many women in his films are naive, beautiful, and dressed in skimpy outfits. Unfortunately, this may be related to the sexual assault allegations in his films.

* {{Action Girl}}s: Ass-kicking women is a common motif in his films.

* ''Film/{{Banlieue 13}}'', its sequel ''Film/Banlieue13Ultimatum'' and its remake ''Film/BrickMansions''