Luc Besson
- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Luc Besson spent the first years of his life following his parents, scuba
diving instructors, around the world. His early life was entirely
aquatic. He already showed amazing creativity as a youth, writing early
drafts of Le grand bleu (1988) and The Fifth Element (1997), as an adolescent bored in school. He
planned on becoming a marine biologist specializing in dolphins until a
diving accident at age 17 which rendered him unable to dive any longer.
He moved back to Paris, where he was born, and only at age 18 did he
first have an urban life or television. He realized that film was a
medium which he could combine all his interests in various arts
together, so he began taking odd jobs on various films. He moved to
America for three years, then returned to France and formed Les Films
de Loups - his own production company, which later changed its name to
Les Films de Dauphins. He is now able to dive again.
