caption years_active children birth_place birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
besson at wondercon 2014 1981 -- present 5 paris , france 18 march 1959 anne 1992 -- 1997 -rrb- milla jovovich -lrb- 1997 -- 99 parillaud -rrb- virginie silla -lrb- 2004 -- present -rrb- -lrb- 1986-1991 -rrb- maïwenn le besco -lrb- luc besson wc 2014 -lrb- cropped -rrb- . jpg luc besson
 luc besson producer , director , screenwriter
luc besson

luc besson -lrb- ; born 18 march 1959 -rrb- is a french film director , writer , and producer .
he is known for directing and producing thrillers and action films that are visually rich .
critics cite besson as a pivotal figure in the cinéma du look movement , a specific , highly visual style produced from the 1980s into the early 1990s .
`` subway '' -lrb- 1985 -rrb- , `` the big blue '' -lrb- 1988 -rrb- and `` nikita '' -lrb- 1990 -rrb- are all considered to be of this stylistic school .
besson had been nominated for best director and best picture césar awards for his films ' and ' .
he won best director and best french director for his sci-fi action film `` the fifth element '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- .
his sci-fi thriller film `` lucy '' -lrb- 2014 -rrb- 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this was superseded in 2000 by his co-founding europacorp film company with his longtime collaborator , pierre-ange le pogam .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 has also been declared the john hughes of action films because his screen writing skills are more famous than his directing .
