1959 - Today
Luc Paul Maurice Besson (French: [lyk bɛsɔ̃]; born 18 March 1959) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed or produced the films Subway (1985), The Big Blue (1988), and La Femme Nikita (1990). Besson is associated with the Cinéma du look film movement. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luc Besson has received more than 5,745,004 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Luc Besson is the 70th most popular film director (down from 66th in 2019), the 556th most popular biography from France (up from 572nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Film Director.
Luc Besson is a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is most famous for directing the films "The Fifth Element" and "Leon: The Professional."
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Among film directors, Luc Besson ranks 70 out of 1,580. Before him are Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Abbas Kiarostami, Frank Capra, Robert Zemeckis, Alain Resnais, and F. W. Murnau. After him are Terrence Malick, George A. Romero, Ernst Lubitsch, Howard Hawks, Takeshi Kitano, and Stephen Hillenburg.
1945 - 1982
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 64
1940 - 2016
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 65
1897 - 1991
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 66
1952 - Present
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 67
1922 - 2014
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 68
1888 - 1931
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 69
1959 - Present
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 70
1943 - Present
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 71
1940 - 2017
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 72
1892 - 1947
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 73
1896 - 1977
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 74
1947 - Present
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 75
1961 - 2018
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 76
Among people born in 1959, Luc Besson ranks 1. After him are Kevin Spacey, Carlo Ancelotti, Morrissey, Jens Stoltenberg, Emma Thompson, Magic Johnson, Evo Morales, John McEnroe, Klaus Iohannis, Maurizio Sarri, and Hugh Laurie.
1959 - Present
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 1
1959 - Present
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 2
1959 - Present
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 3
1959 - Present
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 4
1959 - Present
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 5
1959 - Present
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 6
1959 - Present
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 7
1959 - Present
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 8
1959 - Present
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 9
1959 - Present
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 10
1959 - Present
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 11
1959 - Present
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Luc Besson ranks 556 out of 5,234. Before him are Boris Vian (1920), William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (1071), Suger (1080), Carloman I (751), Alain Resnais (1922), and Karl Brandt (1904). After him are Maurice Jarre (1924), Paul Dukas (1865), Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725), Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676), Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760), and Jules Michelet (1798).
1920 - 1959
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 550
1071 - 1127
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 551
1080 - 1151
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 552
751 - 771
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 553
1922 - 2014
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 554
1904 - 1948
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 555
1959 - Present
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 556
1924 - 2009
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 557
1865 - 1935
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 558
1725 - 1804
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 559
1676 - 1744
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 560
1760 - 1836
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 561
1798 - 1874
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 562
Among film directors born in France, Luc Besson ranks 11. Before him are Jacques Tati (1907), Éric Rohmer (1920), Roger Vadim (1928), William Wyler (1902), Claude Chabrol (1930), and Alain Resnais (1922). After him are Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), Louis Malle (1932), Robert Bresson (1901), René Clair (1898), Claude Lelouch (1937), and Jean-Pierre Melville (1917).
1907 - 1982
HPI: 75.93
Rank: 5
1920 - 2010
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 6
1928 - 2000
HPI: 75.49
Rank: 7
1902 - 1981
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 8
1930 - 2010
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 9
1922 - 2014
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 10
1959 - Present
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 11
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 12
1932 - 1995
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 13
1901 - 1999
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 14
1898 - 1981
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 15
1937 - Present
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 16
1917 - 1973
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 17