Luc Besson

French filmmaker

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2025 Luc Besson's film 'Dracula: A Love Tale' is in post-production stage
2025 Announced as director of 'The Last Man', a post-apocalyptic science fiction film starring Snoop Dogg.
2024 Besson is credited for the film 'Weekend in Taipei', representing his ongoing film career.
June 2024 Luc Besson directed 'Dracula: A Love Tale', a film adaptation of Dracula starring Caleb Landry Jones and featuring Christophe Waltz.
2023 Luc Besson released the film 'Dogman', which was better received with a 62% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
August 31 2023 'Dogman' had its world premiere at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, competing for the Golden Lion.
June 2023 Definitively cleared of all rape charges by the Court of Cassation, preventing future legal action in France or Europe.
2022 Experimented with virtual production filmmaking while shooting 'Dogman' in a virtual production facility in France and on location in New Jersey.
2022 Besson directed 'Arthur, malédiction', continuing his work in filmmaking.
April 2022 Sand Van Roy submitted a complaint against the magistrate in charge of the case.
December 2021 A judge dismissed the rape case against Besson following a second investigation.
2020 Shot 'June & John' guerrilla-style in Los Angeles during the Covid-19 pandemic, using only smartphones and a 12-person crew, starring Matilda Price and Luke Stanton Eddy.
2019 Luc Besson directed the action film 'Anna', which received a low 33% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
February 2019 French prosecutors dropped the rape case against Besson due to lack of evidence.
2018 Luc Besson directed Taxi 5, which received a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, marking a critically unsuccessful film in his filmography.
2018 Accused of rape by Dutch-Belgian actress Sand Van Roy, who appeared in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.

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