Luc Besson's date of birth is: 18 March 1959, He was born in Paris, France.
He is married to Virginie Silla since 28 August 2004 (3 children), This is not His first marriage, He was also married to Milla Jovovich (14 December 1997 - 12 June 1999, 1 child), Anne Parillaud (? - ?).
His popular Trade Mark is: 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. .
Among His first film/tv appearances you can find: "Deux lions au soleil (1980)", "Avant dernier, L' (1981)", "Bidasses aux grandes manoeuvres, Les (1981)".
His later/recent/future appearances include: "Un monstre à Paris (2009)", "Haunted Heart (2009) "Ombre des autres, L' (2007)".
Luc Besson's Most popular appearance according to information taken from the web is "Grand bleu, Le".
His Least popular appearance according to information taken from the web is "Ne quittez pas".
Luc Besson Won 12 Award(s) & Had 12 Nomination(s), He Won the Special Jury Award, Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, Critic's Prize, Czech Lion, César, Audience Jury Award - Special Mention, Silver Ribbon, Lumiere Award, Academy Award, Caixa de Catalunya, Bronze Wrangler.
