Awards & Winners

Luc Besson

Date of Birth 18-March-1959
Place of Birth Paris
(ÃŽle-de-France, France, Seine)
Nationality France
Also know as 뤽 베송, 룩 베송, Le Spielberg Français
Profession Film Director, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Television Producer, Actor, Cinematographer
Luc Besson is a French film director, writer, and producer. He has made many thrillers and action films that are visually rich. Besson had been nominated for Best Director and Best Picture César Awards for his films Léon: The Professional and The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc. He won Best Director and Best French Director for his film The Fifth Element. His Taken 2 is France's biggest export success. In 1980 he founded his own production company, called Les Films du Loup, and later Les Films du Dauphin. This was superseded in 2000 by his co-founding EuropaCorp film company with his longtime collaborator, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam. Besson has been involved with filmmaking for more than 50 films, spanning 26 years, as writer, director, and/or producer. He is also being declared the John Hughes of action movies, due to him writing screenplays for action movies.

Awards by Luc Besson

Check all the awards nominated and won by Luc Besson.

2012


Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
César Award for Best Animated Film A Monster in Paris

2011


Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
César Award for Best Animated Film Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

2000


Lumiere Award for Best Film
Honored for : The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Lumiere Award for Best Director
Honored for : The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lumiere Award for Best Film The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Lumiere Award for Best Director The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
César Award for Best Director The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
César Award for Best Film The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

1998


BAFTA Award for Best British Film
Honored for : Nil by Mouth
César Award for Best Director
Honored for : The Fifth Element

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
César Award for Best Director The Fifth Element
César Award for Best Film The Fifth Element
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation The Fifth Element
BAFTA Award for Best British Film Nil by Mouth

1997


Lumiere Award for Best Director
Honored for : The Fifth Element

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lumiere Award for Best Director The Fifth Element

1996


Czech Lion Award for Best Foreign Language
Honored for : Léon: The Professional

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Czech Lion Award for Best Foreign Language Léon: The Professional

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
César Award for Best Director Léon: The Professional
César Award for Best Film Léon: The Professional

1991


Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
César Award for Best Director Nikita
César Award for Best Film Nikita
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film Nikita

1989


Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
César Award for Best Director The Big Blue
César Award for Best Film The Big Blue

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
César Award for Best Director Subway
César Award for Best Film Subway
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film Subway

1984


Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
César Award for Best Debut Le Dernier Combat