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[[File:Luc Besson - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Besson in January 2012]]
'''Luc Paul Maurice Besson''' (born 18 March 1955) is a [[France|French]] movie director, screenwriter, and producer who is known for his movies such as ''[[Léon: The Professional]]'', ''[[The Fifth Element]]'', ''[[Taken (movie)|Taken]]'', ''[[The Lady (movie)|The Lady]]'', and the entire ''[[Arthur and the Invisibles]] trilogy''. He has won an [[BAFTA Award]]. 

Besson was born on 18 March 1955 in [[Paris]], [[France]].<ref name="IMDb bio">{{cite web | title=Biography for Luc Besson | work=[[IMDb]] | url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000108/bio | accessdate=5 March 2005}}</ref> He was married to [[Anne Parillaud]] until they divorced. Then he was married to [[Maïwenn Le Besco]] from 1992 until they divorced in 1997. Then he was married to [[Milla Jovovich]] from 1997 until they divorced in 1999. He has been married to [[Virginie Silla]] since 2004. He has five children. 

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==Other websites==
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* {{IMDb name|0000108}}
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* [http://www.Luc-Besson.com Luc Besson Official Homepage]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531031303/http://www.luc-besson.com/ |date=2013-05-31 }} at Luc-Besson.com
* [http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_12003.html Luc Besson Interview, Angel-A] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915052539/http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_12003.html |date=2007-09-15 }}
* [http://www.jewreview.net/article.php?id=1394 JewReview.net video interview with Luc Besson and Rie Rasmussen about Angel-A] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928081940/http://www.jewreview.net/article.php?id=1394 |date=2007-09-28 }}
* [http://film.guardian.co.uk/Guardian_NFT/interview/0,,153490,00.html In-depth interview with Luc Besson]

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