Luc Besson filmography

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.

Films

As director

Year	Film	Credited as			Rotten Tomatoes	Notes
		Director	Writer	Producer
1981	L'Avant Dernier	Yes	Yes	Yes		Short film
1983	Le Dernier Combat	Yes	Yes	Yes	71%
1985	Subway	Yes	Yes	Yes	75%
1988	The Big Blue	Yes	Yes	Yes	63%	Co-producer (uncredited)
1990	La Femme Nikita	Yes	Yes	Yes	88%
1991	Atlantis [I]	Yes	Yes	Yes
1994	Léon: The Professional	Yes	Yes	Yes	74%	Co-producer (uncredited)
1997	The Fifth Element	Yes	Yes	No	71%
1999	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Yes	Yes	Yes	30%	Co-producer
2005	Angel-A	Yes	Yes	Yes	44%
2006	Arthur and the Minimoys	Yes	Yes	Yes	21%
2009	Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard	Yes	Yes	Yes	14%
2010	The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec	Yes	Yes	Yes	83%	Associate producer
	Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds	Yes	Yes	Yes	20%
2011	The Lady	Yes	No	No	33%
2013	The Family (also known as Malavita)	Yes	Yes	Yes	29%
2014	Lucy	Yes	Yes	Yes	66%
2015	Save Kids Lives [1]	Yes	No	No
2017	Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets	Yes	Yes	Yes	48%
2019	Anna	Yes	Yes	Yes	33%
2023	Dogman	Yes	Yes	Yes	62%
2025	June and John	Yes	Yes	No		Post-production
	Dracula: A Love Tale	Yes	Yes	No

1. ^ Also credited as cinematographer and film editor.
2. ^ Credited as camera operator.

As writer and producer

Year	Film	Credited as		Rotten Tomatoes	Notes
		Writer	Producer
1986	Kamikaze	Yes	Yes
1991	Cold Moon	No	Yes
1997	Nil by Mouth	No	Yes	65%
1998	Taxi	Yes	Yes
2000	Trasgredire (also known as Cheeky)	No	Yes
	Taxi 2	Yes	Yes
	The Dancer	Yes	Yes
2001	Yamakasi	Yes	No
	15 August	No	Yes
	Kiss of the Dragon	Yes	Yes	51%
	Wasabi	Yes	Yes	43%
2002	Chaos and Desire	No	Yes	56%
	The Transporter	Yes	Yes	54%
2003	Ong-Bak	No	Yes	86%	Executive producer (uncredited)
	Taxi 3	Yes	Yes
	I, Cesar	No	Yes		Co-producer (uncredited)
	Fanfan la Tulipe	Yes	Yes	17%
	Les Côtelettes	No	Yes
	Michel Vaillant	Yes	Yes		Co-producer (uncredited)
2004	Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse	Yes	No
	À ton image	No	Yes		Associate producer (uncredited)
	Taxi	Yes	Yes	10%
	District 13	Yes	Yes	80%
2005	Unleashed (also known as Danny the Dog)	Yes	Yes	65%
	Bunker Paradise	No	Yes
	Imposture	No	Yes
	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	No	Yes	85%
	Transporter 2	Yes	Yes	51%
	Revolver	Yes	Yes	17%
	Colour Me Kubrick	No	Yes	52%	Executive producer
	The Black Box	No	Yes		Executive producer (uncredited)
	Ze film	No	Yes
	Au suivant!	No	Yes
2006	Bandidas	Yes	Yes	62%
	When I Was a Singer	No	Yes	94%	Executive producer
	Dikkenek	No	Yes		Executive producer
	Golden Door (also known as Nuovomondo)	No	Yes	72%
	Love and Other Disasters	No	Yes	20%	Executive producer
	Tell No One	No	Yes	94%
2007	Michou d'Auber	No	Yes
	L'Invité	No	Yes
	Taxi 4	Yes	Yes
	Frontier(s)	No	Yes	55%	Co-producer
	The Secret	No	Yes
	Hitman	No	Yes	14%
2008	Taken	Yes	Yes	58%
	Transporter 3	Yes	Yes	37%
2009	I Love You Phillip Morris	No	Yes	72%	Executive producer
	District 13: Ultimatum	Yes	Yes	74%
	Home	No	Yes	0%	Co-producer
	Staten Island	No	Yes	22%
2010	From Paris with Love	Yes	Yes	37%
	22 Bullets	No	Yes	42%
2011	The Source	No	Yes	63%
	Colombiana	Yes	Yes	27%
	A Monster in Paris	No	Yes	85%
2012	Lockout	Yes	Yes	38%
	Taken 2	Yes	Yes	21%
2013	Collision (also known as Intersections)	No	Yes
	Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart	No	Yes	77%
2014	3 Days to Kill	Yes	Yes	32%
	Brick Mansions	Yes	Yes	27%
	The Homesman	No	Yes	81%
	Taken 3	Yes	Yes	11%
2015	The Transporter Refueled	Yes	Yes	16%
2016	The Warriors Gate [2]	Yes	Yes	43%	Co-writer
2017	Renegades	Yes	Yes	6%
2018	Taxi 5	Yes	Yes	0%
2022	Arthur, malédiction	Yes	Yes
2024	Weekend in Taipei	Yes	Yes

1. ^ Credited as camera operator.

Television

Years		Series	Credited as		Ratings	Notes
Start	End		Writer	Producer
2012	2014	Transporter: The Series	No	Yes
2012	2015	No Limit	Yes	Yes

References

1. "Director's cut: Luc Besson leads campaign to reduce child road deaths". The Guardian . Retrieved 9 October 2015.
2. Kevin Ma (20 April 2015). "Luc Besson readies Warrior's China shoot". Film Business Asia . Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

Bibliography

• Hayward, Susan (1998). Luc Besson . Manchester University Press. ISBN   0719050766.
• "Luc Besson > Filmography". Allmovie . Retrieved 17 October 2008.
• "Luc Besson Official Website". luc-besson.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2008.

External links

• Luc Besson filmography at IMDb