Wild Cat

A solitary visionary who creates entirely on his own terms.

Luc Besson built his own production empire (EuropaCorp) outside Hollywood's system, fiercely guarding his creative independence and refusing to be absorbed into the studio machine. He is intensely private and notoriously difficult to pin down personally, yet produces work of visceral, sensory beauty — from Léon to The Fifth Element — that reflects a deeply idiosyncratic inner world. Like a wild-cat, he is comfort-loving and aesthetically driven but unpredictable, aloof in public life, and operates entirely by his own instincts.