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Luc Paul Maurice Besson (French: [lyk bɛsɔ̃]; born 18 March 1959) is a French filmmaker. He directed or produced the films Subway (1985), The Big Blue (1988), and La Femme Nikita (1990).
Luc Besson. Writer: The Fifth Element. Luc Besson spent the first years of his life following his parents, scuba diving instructors, around the world. His early life was entirely aquatic. He already showed amazing creativity as a youth, writing early drafts of The Big Blue (1988) and The Fifth Element (1997), as an adolescent bored in school.
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Luc Besson is a French film director, writer and producer. He has contributed to many projects as either writer, director, producer, or a combination of the three.
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May 23, 2018 · HOLLYWOOD. The celebrated ‘Lolita’-esque hitman saga was partially inspired by a relationship the French filmmaker—and accused rapist—was having at the time with a teenager.
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- Leon: The Professional. When the best French hitman in New York City meets a young girl in trouble, he goes against his better judgment to try and save her life.
- La Femme Nikita. A convicted murderer is given a second chance and trained as an elite assassin for the French government. The job saves her life, but she quickly realizes it might not be a life worth living.
- The Fifth Element. A rough-around-the-edges cab driver has a beautiful woman fall in his lap — and soon evil forces, aliens, and destiny itself are hot on their heels.
- The Big Blue. Two men, friends and competitors since childhood, find their fates drawn to the ocean and the perilous sport of freediving. When one pushes the other to an overdue competition, though, the ocean threatens to exact a human price.
Luc Besson. Writer: The Fifth Element. Luc Besson spent the first years of his life following his parents, scuba diving instructors, around the world. His early life was entirely aquatic. He already showed amazing creativity as a youth, writing early drafts of The Big Blue (1988) and The Fifth Element (1997), as an adolescent bored in school.
Admired in the U.S. as an ersatz French Steven Spielberg and reviled by his home country's critical elite as the man who ruined Franco cinema, writer-director-producer Luc Besson was inarguably...
