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Virginie Besson-Silla

French film producer

Luc Besson

(m. 2004)

Children3RelativesIman Perez (niece)

Virginie Besson-Silla (born 1972) is a Canadian-French film producer. She has made a variety of different films including action films, romantic films, comic adaptations, biographical films and an animation.^{[citation needed]}

Life and career

Silla was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the daughter of a Senegalese diplomat and a French physiotherapist.^[1] She is the sister-in-law of actor Vincent Perez by her sister, Karine Silla, who is an actress and author.^[2]

Since her marriage in 2004 to Luc Besson, Virginie has been known as Virginie Silla-Besson or Virginie Besson-Silla. The couple has three children.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, Time quoted Luc saying she was a more perfect producer than he was and that she hereby enabled him to focus on directing his artistically most demanding, sumptuous film The Lady (2011).^[3]

Filmography

2001: Yamakasi
2002: Peau d'Ange
2003: La Felicita, le bonheur ne coûte rien
2004: À ton image
2005: Au suivant !
2005: Revolver
2006: Love and Other Disasters
2007: The Secret
2010: From Paris with Love
2010: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
2011: The Lady
2012: La mécanique du cœur
2013: The Dream Kids
2014: 3 Days to Kill
2014: Lucy
2017: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

References

^ "Virginie Silla". Gala.
^ Mottram, James (30 April 2011). "The big cheese: The crazy life of Gérard Depardieu". Independent. London. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
^ Marshall, Andrew (17 December 2010). "I said, "I know a better producer [he nods at his wife Virginie Besson-Silla] and why don't I direct?"". Time Magazine. New York. Archived from the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2011.

External links

Virginie Besson-Silla at IMDb
Virginie Silla at Unifrance (in English)

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Luc Besson

Filmography

Films

Directed	Le Dernier Combat (1983) Subway (1985) The Big Blue (1988) La Femme Nikita (1990) Atlantis (1991) Léon: The Professional (1994) The Fifth Element (1997) The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) Angel-A (2005) Arthur and the Minimoys (2006) Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009) Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010) The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010) The Lady (2011) The Family (2013) Lucy (2014) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) Anna (2019) Dogman (2023) Dracula: A Love Tale (2025)
Written	Kamikaze (1986) Taxi (1998) Taxi 2 (2000) The Dancer (2000) Kiss of the Dragon (2001) Wasabi (2001) Yamakasi (2001) The Transporter (2002) Fanfan la Tulipe (2003) Taxi 3 (2003) Michel Vaillant (2003) Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004) District 13 (2004) Revolver (2005) Transporter 2 (2005) Unleashed (2005) Bandidas (2006) Taxi 4 (2007) Taken (2008) Transporter 3 (2008) District 13: Ultimatum (2009) From Paris with Love (2010) Colombiana (2011) Lockout (2012) Taken 2 (2012) 3 Days to Kill (2014) Brick Mansions (2014) Taken 3 (2015) The Transporter Refueled (2015) The Warriors Gate (2016) Renegades (2017) Arthur, malédiction (2022)
Produced	Cold Moon (1991) Nil by Mouth (1997) Chaos and Desire (2002) Les Côtelettes (2003) Taxi (2004) The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) Love and Other Disasters (2006) Nuovomondo (2006) Tell No One (2006) The Secret (2007) Hitman (2007) Taken (2008) Home (2009) Staten Island (2009) 22 Bullets (2010) The Source (2011) A Monster in Paris (2011) Collision (2013) Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013) The Homesman (2014) Taxi 5 (2018)