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1. Director Luc Besson was born in Paris, France on March 18, 1959. He is a French director who also serves as a producer, screenwriter, actor, editor, etc. He is known as the Spielberg of France because of his repeated box office success.
The work is fast-paced, luxurious in style and has great commercial value.
Some claim that his films are actually American films, but shot in France.
Both parents are masters of water sports, and my mother is also a diving instructor.
When he was a teenager, he dreamed of becoming an expert on the ocean and dolphins. However, due to a diving accident, he had to give up this dream and turn to movies. At the age of 17, before graduating from high school, he entered Gaumont Film Company as an assistant. At the age of 19, he came to Los Angeles, USA.
Attended a 3-month filmmaking course.
After he started filming some experimental short films, he served as an assistant director after returning to China.
In 1983, Besson's film debut "The Last Battle" came out. This multi-award-winning black-and-white, wide-screen silent science fiction film was reportedly made by the 23-year-old with 3 francs and six sous.
Luc Besson seems to have proved to the world that even if you don't have a professional film education and can't find investment, you can still make unique films in France.
Because of this, Besson was once regarded as a pioneer among young French directors, whether he liked this title or not.
"Metro" and "Blue Sea" earned Luc Besson national and international fame.
Although the French César Awards that year were a bit stingy and only awarded the "Best Recording" and "Best Music" awards to "Blue Sea and Blue Sky".
However, Besson publicly stated that this film is the most proud work of his directing career.
After all, this work is devoted to Besson's passion and dreams as a boy. Besson can finally use his camera to capture the light, shadow and life of the ocean he saw in his childhood.
The diver Jack in the film finally died in the sea. To be more precise, that was his real life. Isn't Jack the embodiment of Besson's ideal?
Luc Besson is a lonely explorer in the film industry. Even in his commercial blockbusters, we can feel his ultimate understanding of history and life, and touch his journey as a French soldier.
Whether it is Jack in "Blue Sea and Blue Sky", the killer in "Leon", or Joan of Arc in "Joan of Arc", we will all feel: This is Luc Besson.