Luc Besson
Luc Besson
Luc Bessonis a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed or produced the films Subway, The Big Blue, and Nikita, all using a distinctive style dubbed Cinéma du look by critics. Besson has been nominated for a César Award for Best Director and Best Picture 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 sci-fi action film The Fifth Element. He wrote and...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth18 March 1959
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
It's always the small people who change things. It's never the politicians or the big guys. I mean, who pulled down the Berlin wall? It was all the people in the streets. The specialists didn't have a clue the day before.
I'm still wet... no, no... I want to produce. I produce about three or four films a year.
There are a few directors that I really loved who made like five, six great movies, but are still shooting and they're not good anymore and I'm sad.
Obviously at 11 she didn't smoke, she was against it. She was already responsible. She said: ""I don't want to show kids that I am smoking.
So we had like five screens and people loved it and sent their friends and then the Japanese called and said: ""We want the long version, please.
I love that because I work one hour per day. And I see the director at the end of the day and I just say: "Oh yes, change this, and that's good, fine... " It's great, I love that.
In my head, the fact that I have only two more films to make is pushing me. I say: "Oh my God, I've only got two more films so I have to say something that I really mean and I have to put it all in the last two films." The last two will be very good, I hope.
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
I never think about franchises, to be honest. I always just do the film.
After six, seven films, I started to get a little tired. Shooting takes a lot out of you.
I wanted to prove that I could do something, so I made a short film. That was in fact my main concern, to be able to show that I could do one.
Live your life, experience something, and then you're going to have a lot of things to say. But if you hang around in Hollywood, then you're going to say the same thing as everyone else - nothing.
I said if I made 10 films in my life, I would be very lucky. That's how I meant it. My fear after my first one was whether they would let me make another one, so I had this goal in my head.
I would rather stop too soon than too late.