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Date of Birth
18 March 1959, Paris, France
Mini Biography
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 Grand bleu, Le (1988) and The Fifth Element (1997), as an adolescent bored in school. He planned on becoming a marine biologist specializing in dolphins until a diving accident at age 17 which rendered him unable to dive any longer. He moved back to Paris, where he was born, and only at age 18 did he first have an urban life or television. He realized that film was a medium which he could combine all his interests in various arts together, so he began taking odd jobs on various films. He moved to America for three years, then returned to France and formed Les Films de Loups - his own production company, which later changed its name to Les Films de Dauphins. He is now able to dive again.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Aaron Stewart
SpouseVirginie Silla (28 August 2004 - present) 3 children
Milla Jovovich (14 December 1997 - 12 June 1999) (divorced)
Anne Parillaud (1986 - 1991) (divorced) 1 child
Trade Mark
Often casts Jean Reno.
Music always by Eric 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.
Trivia
Dated Maïwenn Le Besco. She gave birth to their daughter, Shanna Besson, in 1993.
Has a daughter with ex-wife Anne Parillaud, Juliette (born 1987).
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.
Father, with Virginie Silla, of three daughters, Talia Besson (b. 1 August 2001), Satine Besson (b. May 2003) and Mao Besson (b. 16 September 2005]
Often casts Gary Oldman (Leon, The Fifth Element (1997)) and they are very close friends. He produced Gary's movie Nil by Mouth (1997).
Has his look-alike puppet in the French show "Guignols de l'info, Les" (1988) (but it is rarely used).
Refuses to do interviews or audio commentaries for DVD releases. This is because he believes that they ruin the impact of the film.
President of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000
Wanted to become a marine biologist as a child, but an accident at the age of 17 prevented him from being in water.
Has five children with three different women.
Grew up in Greece, Bulgaria and former Yugoslavia where his parents were diving instructors for Club Med.
Has, as of July 2005, written four 'Arthur' books which include 'Arthur and the Minimoys' [being made into a film starring Freddie Highmore and Mia Farrow] and 'Arthur and the War of the Two Worlds.' The series has sold more than 1 million copies in more than 30 countries.
He always said, that he will retire as a director after he made 10 movies. This would make Arthur et les Minimoys (2006) his last one.
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.
Personal 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? Why did I do all that crazy undersea stuff in The Big Blue? Why did I go all black and nasty with Nikita?. 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."
"I was never polluted by the world of cinema. I didn't even have a TV until I was 16. My expression is a reflection of the world I have seen, and in that world everyone was barefoot in bathing suits, following the order of the sea, the natural order of sunrise and sunset. I never went to the cinémathèque. I didn't know much about the masters of world cinema."
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