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Luc Besson
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Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival (3)
BAFTA Awards (2)
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film (BIFFF) (1)
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival (2)
César Awards, France (15)
Chicago International Film Festival (1)
Czech Lions (1)
David di Donatello Awards (1)
European Film Awards (1)
Fantasporto (5)
Hugo Awards (1)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (1)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (2)
Locarno Film Festival (1)
Montréal World Film Festival (1)
Mystfest (1)
Shanghai International Film Festival (1)
Stockholm Film Festival (1)
Taormina International Film Festival (2)
Venice Film Festival (3)
National Academy of Cinema, France (1)
Empire Awards, UK (1)
Western Heritage Awards (1)
Lumiere Awards, France (3)
Durban International Film Festival (1)
NRJ Ciné Awards (1)
Cinema for Peace Awards (3)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (1)
Huading Award (1)
Women Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards (1)
Yoga Awards (1)
20/20 Awards (1)
Busan International Film Festival (1)
El Gouna Film Festival (1)
32 wins & 33 nominations
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
1983 Winner
Special Jury Award
The Last Battle
1983 Nominee
Grand Prize
The Last Battle
1983 Winner
Critics Award
Best Film
The Last Battle
BAFTA Awards
1998 Winner
Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
Nil by Mouth
Shared with:
Douglas Urbanski
·
Gary Oldman
1986 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Subway
France.
Shared with:
François Ruggieri
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film (BIFFF)
1983 Winner
Critic's Prize
The Last Battle
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
1983 Winner
Caixa de Catalunya
Best Film
The Last Battle
1983 Winner
Caixa de Catalunya
Best Director
The Last Battle
César Awards, France
2012 Nominee
César
Best Animated Film (Meilleur film d'animation)
A Monster in Paris
Shared with:
Bibo Bergeron
2011 Nominee
César
Best Animated Film (Meilleur film d'animation)
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
2000 Nominee
César
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur)
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
2000 Nominee
César
Best Film (Meilleur film)
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1998 Winner
César
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur)
The Fifth Element
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Chicago International Film Festival
1983 Nominee
Gold Hugo
Best Feature
The Last Battle
Czech Lions
1996 Winner
Czech Lion
Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film)
Léon: The Professional
David di Donatello Awards
1991 Nominee
David
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
La Femme Nikita
European Film Awards
2018 Nominee
EFA People's Choice Award
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Fantasporto
2011 Winner
Audience Jury Award
Feature Film
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
1987 Nominee
International Fantasy Film Award
Best Film
Subway
1984 Winner
International Fantasy Film Award
Best Film
The Last Battle
1984 Winner
International Fantasy Film Award
Best Director
The Last Battle
1984 Winner
Audience Jury Award - Special Mention
The Last Battle
Hugo Awards
1998 Nominee
Hugo
Best Dramatic Presentation
The Fifth Element
Shared with:
Robert Mark Kamen
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2006 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Feature
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Shared with:
Michael Fitzgerald
·
Tommy Lee Jones
·
Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
1998 Nominee
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
The Fifth Element
1991 Winner
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
La Femme Nikita
Locarno Film Festival
2014 Nominee
Variety Piazza Grande Award
Lucy
Montréal World Film Festival
2002 Winner
Grand Prix Special des Amériques
For his exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art.
Mystfest
1990 Nominee
Best Film
La Femme Nikita
Shanghai International Film Festival
2010 Winner
Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema
Stockholm Film Festival
2009 Winner
Visionary Award
Taormina International Film Festival
1983 Winner
Silver Charybdis
The Last Battle
1983 Nominee
Golden Charybdis
The Last Battle
Venice Film Festival
2023 Nominee
Golden Lion
Best Film
DogMan
2023 Nominee
Queer Lion Award
DogMan
2023 Winner
Fanheart3 Award
Graffetta d'Oro for Best Film
DogMan
National Academy of Cinema, France
1989 Winner
Academy Award
The Big Blue
Empire Awards, UK
2017 Winner
Inspiration Award
Western Heritage Awards
2006 Winner
Bronze Wrangler
Theatrical Motion Picture
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Shared with:
Tommy Lee Jones
·
Michael Fitzgerald
·
Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
·
Guillermo Arriaga
Lumiere Awards, France
2000 Winner
Lumiere Award
Best Film (Meilleur Film)
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
2000 Winner
Lumiere Award
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur)
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1998 Winner
Lumiere Award
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur)
The Fifth Element
Durban International Film Festival
2012 Winner
Audience Award
Best Feature
The Lady
NRJ Ciné Awards
2007 Winner
Honorary Award
Cinema for Peace Awards
2014 Winner
Cinema for Peace Award
Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Documentary of the Year
The Family
2012 Winner
International Human Rights Award
The Lady
2012 Nominee
Cinema for Peace Award
Cinema for Peace Award for Justice
The Lady
Awards Circuit Community Awards
1994 Winner
Honorable Mentions (The Next Ten Best Picture Contenders)
Honorable Mentions
Léon: The Professional
Huading Award
2015 Nominee
Huading Award
Best Global Director for a Motion Picture
Lucy
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
2019 Winner
WFCC Award
Hall of Shame
Who has been officially charged with sexual assault by at least nine women. The actions not only affected the lives of the women assaulted, but also all the people associated with his latest film, Anna.
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
1997 Nominee
Stinker Award
Worst Sense of Direction (Stop them before they direct again!)
The Fifth Element
Yoga Awards
2015 Winner
Yoga Award
Worst Foreign Director
Lucy
20/20 Awards
2011 Nominee
Felix
Best Director
La Femme Nikita
Busan International Film Festival
2011 Winner
Hand Printing
El Gouna Film Festival
2023 Nominee
Golden Star
Feature Narrative Competition
DogMan
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