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Luc Besson

Awards

Luc Besson

32 wins & 33 nominations

Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival

  • Le Dernier Combat (1983)
    1983 Winner Special Jury Award
    • Le Dernier Combat
  • Le Dernier Combat (1983)
    1983 Nominee Grand Prize
    • Le Dernier Combat
  • Le Dernier Combat (1983)
    1983 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Film
    • Le Dernier Combat

BAFTA Awards

  • Ray Winstone in Ne pas avaler (1997)
    1998 Winner Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
    • Ne pas avaler
    Shared with: Douglas Urbanski · Gary Oldman
  • Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert in Subway (1985)
    1986 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Subway
    France.
    Shared with: François Ruggieri

Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film (BIFFF)

  • Le Dernier Combat (1983)
    1983 Winner Critic's Prize
    • Le Dernier Combat

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

  • Le Dernier Combat (1983)
    1983 Winner Caixa de Catalunya
    • Best Film
    • Le Dernier Combat
  • Le Dernier Combat (1983)
    1983 Winner Caixa de Catalunya
    • Best Director
    • Le Dernier Combat

César Awards, France

  • Un monstre à Paris (2011)
    2012 Nominee César
    • Best Animated Film (Meilleur film d'animation)
    • Un monstre à Paris
    Shared with: Bibo Bergeron
  • Arthur 3 : La Guerre des deux mondes (2010)
    2011 Nominee César
    • Best Animated Film (Meilleur film d'animation)
    • Arthur 3 : La Guerre des deux mondes
  • Milla Jovovich in Jeanne d'Arc (1999)
    2000 Nominee César
    • Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur)
    • Jeanne d'Arc
  • Milla Jovovich in Jeanne d'Arc (1999)
    2000 Nominee César
    • Best Film (Meilleur film)
    • Jeanne d'Arc
  • Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, and Bruce Willis in Le Cinquième Élément (1997)
    1998 Winner César
    • Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur)
    • Le Cinquième Élément

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Le Dernier Combat (1983)
    1983 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • Le Dernier Combat

Czech Lions

  • Natalie Portman and Jean Reno in Léon (1994)
    1996 Winner Czech Lion
    • Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film)
    • Léon

David di Donatello Awards

  • Nikita (1990)
    1991 Nominee David
    • Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
    • Nikita

European Film Awards

  • Dane DeHaan in Valérian et la Cité des mille planètes (2017)
    2018 Nominee EFA People's Choice Award
    • Valérian et la Cité des mille planètes

Fantasporto

  • Louise Bourgoin in Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
    2011 Winner Audience Jury Award
    • Feature Film
    • Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec
  • Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert in Subway (1985)
    1987 Nominee International Fantasy Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Subway
  • Le Dernier Combat (1983)
    1984 Winner International Fantasy Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Le Dernier Combat
  • Le Dernier Combat (1983)
    1984 Winner International Fantasy Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Le Dernier Combat
  • Le Dernier Combat (1983)
    1984 Winner Audience Jury Award - Special Mention
    • Le Dernier Combat

Hugo Awards

  • Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, and Bruce Willis in Le Cinquième Élément (1997)
    1998 Nominee Hugo
    • Best Dramatic Presentation
    • Le Cinquième Élément
    Shared with: Robert Mark Kamen

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Tommy Lee Jones and Barry Pepper in Trois enterrements (2005)
    2006 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Feature
    • Trois enterrements
    Shared with: Michael Fitzgerald · Tommy Lee Jones · Pierre-Ange Le Pogam

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, and Bruce Willis in Le Cinquième Élément (1997)
    1998 Nominee Silver Ribbon
    • Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
    • Le Cinquième Élément
  • Nikita (1990)
    1991 Winner Silver Ribbon
    • Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
    • Nikita

Locarno Film Festival

  • Scarlett Johansson in Lucy (2014)
    2014 Nominee Variety Piazza Grande Award
    • Lucy

Montréal World Film Festival

  • Luc Besson
    2002 Winner Grand Prix Special des Amériques
    For his exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art.

Mystfest

  • Nikita (1990)
    1990 Nominee Best Film
    • Nikita

Shanghai International Film Festival

  • Luc Besson
    2010 Winner Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema

Stockholm Film Festival

  • Luc Besson
    2009 Winner Visionary Award

Taormina International Film Festival

  • Le Dernier Combat (1983)
    1983 Winner Silver Charybdis
    • Le Dernier Combat
  • Le Dernier Combat (1983)
    1983 Nominee Golden Charybdis
    • Le Dernier Combat

Venice Film Festival

  • Caleb Landry Jones in DogMan (2023)
    2023 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Best Film
    • DogMan
  • Caleb Landry Jones in DogMan (2023)
    2023 Nominee Queer Lion Award
    • DogMan
  • Caleb Landry Jones in DogMan (2023)
    2023 Winner Fanheart3 Award
    • Graffetta d'Oro for Best Film
    • DogMan

National Academy of Cinema, France

  • Le Grand Bleu (1988)
    1989 Winner Academy Award
    • Le Grand Bleu

Empire Awards, UK

  • Luc Besson
    2017 Winner Inspiration Award

Western Heritage Awards

  • Tommy Lee Jones and Barry Pepper in Trois enterrements (2005)
    2006 Winner Bronze Wrangler
    • Theatrical Motion Picture
    • Trois enterrements
    Shared with: Tommy Lee Jones · Michael Fitzgerald · Pierre-Ange Le Pogam · Guillermo Arriaga

Lumiere Awards, France

  • Milla Jovovich in Jeanne d'Arc (1999)
    2000 Winner Lumiere Award
    • Best Film (Meilleur Film)
    • Jeanne d'Arc
  • Milla Jovovich in Jeanne d'Arc (1999)
    2000 Winner Lumiere Award
    • Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur)
    • Jeanne d'Arc
  • Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, and Bruce Willis in Le Cinquième Élément (1997)
    1998 Winner Lumiere Award
    • Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur)
    • Le Cinquième Élément

Durban International Film Festival

  • Michelle Yeoh in The Lady (2011)
    2012 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature
    • The Lady

NRJ Ciné Awards

  • Luc Besson
    2007 Winner Honorary Award

Cinema for Peace Awards

  • Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron, and John D'Leo in Malavita (2013)
    2014 Winner Cinema for Peace Award
    • Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Documentary of the Year
    • Malavita
  • Michelle Yeoh in The Lady (2011)
    2012 Winner International Human Rights Award
    • The Lady
  • Michelle Yeoh in The Lady (2011)
    2012 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
    • Cinema for Peace Award for Justice
    • The Lady

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Natalie Portman and Jean Reno in Léon (1994)
    1994 Winner Honorable Mentions (The Next Ten Best Picture Contenders)
    • Honorable Mentions
    • Léon

Huading Award

  • Scarlett Johansson in Lucy (2014)
    2015 Nominee Huading Award
    • Best Global Director for a Motion Picture
    • Lucy

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Luc Besson
    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

  • Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, and Bruce Willis in Le Cinquième Élément (1997)
    1997 Nominee Stinker Award
    • Worst Sense of Direction (Stop them before they direct again!)
    • Le Cinquième Élément

Yoga Awards

  • Scarlett Johansson in Lucy (2014)
    2015 Winner Yoga Award
    • Worst Foreign Director
    • Lucy

20/20 Awards

  • Nikita (1990)
    2011 Nominee Felix
    • Best Director
    • Nikita

Busan International Film Festival

  • Luc Besson
    2011 Winner Hand Printing

El Gouna Film Festival

  • Caleb Landry Jones in DogMan (2023)
    2023 Nominee Golden Star
    • Feature Narrative Competition
    • DogMan

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