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.

Besson married Milla Jovovich on 14 December 1997 but they divorced in 1999. That was in fact my main concern to be able to show that I could do one. Most of the filmmakers in the category including Besson squirmed uncomfortably at being labeled particularly in light of their forebears: France's New Wave.

He has been involved with more than 50 films spanning 26 years as writer director and/or producer. Luc Besson (French pronunciation: ​[lyk bɛsɔ̃]; born 18 March 1959) is a French film director writer and producer.