• George Besson (25 December 1882 – 19 June 1971) was a French art critic, and the founder and director of Cahiers d'Aujourd'hui. His wife Adèle was the...
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    Luc Paul Maurice Besson (French: [lyk bɛsɔ̃]; born 18 March 1959) is a French filmmaker. He directed or produced the films Subway (1985), The Big Blue...
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  • Weekend in Taipei (category Films directed by Luc Besson)
    Weekend in Taipei is a 2024 action film directed by George Huang and co-written with Luc Besson. Starring Luke Evans, Gwei Lun-mei, and Sung Kang, the...
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    Frank Schaffer Besson Jr., CBE (May 30, 1910 – July 15, 1985) was a United States Army general who most notably served as the first commander of the US...
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  • Léon: The Professional (category Films directed by Luc Besson)
    English-language French action-thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson. It stars Jean Reno and Gary Oldman, and features the film debut of Natalie...
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    on canvas Hartford, CT Wadsworth Atheneum Portrait of George Besson Portrait de George Besson 1918 Oil on wood panel 14 x 8 cm Besançon Musée de Besançon...
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  • French minister Frank S. Besson Jr. (1910–1985), U.S. Army general George Besson (1882–1971), French art critic Gustave Auguste Besson (1820–1874), brass instrument...
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  • collection called "Artistes nouveaux" ("New Artists"), overseen by George Besson. These books were beautifully produced but relatively inexpensive. In...
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    Portrait of Adèle Besson is a 1918 oil painting in the Post-Impressionist style made by Auguste Renoir, depicting the wife of George Besson. The painting...
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    Golden PEN Award A Painter of Our Time (1958) Marcel Frishman (with George Besson) (1958) The Foot of Clive (1962) Corker's Freedom (1964) G. (1972) Into...
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  • Taxi (1998 film) (category Films produced by Luc Besson)
    starring Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal and Marion Cotillard, written by Luc Besson and directed by Gérard Pirès. It is the first installment in the Taxi film...
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    Colette Besson (7 April 1946 – 9 August 2005) was a French athlete, the surprise winner of the 400 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Prior...
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    Jean Cassou, Bernard Dorival, André Warnod, Jean-Pierre Pietri, George Besson, Georges Boudaille, Jean-Albert Cartier, Jean Chabanon, Raymond Cogniat,...
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  • Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (category Arthur (Besson book series))
    directed and co-written by Luc Besson, based on the fourth and final book of the Arthur children's books series by Besson. It is the sequel to Arthur and...
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  • Stansfield) is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of Luc Besson's 1994 film Léon: The Professional. Portrayed by Gary Oldman, the corrupt...
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    1939, during the exhibition of works by Max Lingner, the art critic George Besson could write in Ce soir: Max Lingner's sketches have for ten years been...
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    Gérard Anthony Besson HBM (20 January 1942 – 25 July 2023) was a Trinidadian writer and publisher. Gérard was born on 20 January 1942 in Port of Spain...
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    George Miller AO (born 3 March 1945) is an Australian filmmaker. Over the course of four decades he has received critical and popular success creating...
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  • EuropaCorp (category Luc Besson)
    assault against its chairman and majority owner Luc Besson. The company was created by Luc Besson in 1992 under the name Leeloo Productions, but it only...
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    Adolph de Meyer; one by William F. Wilmerding; two by Guido Rey. Texts: George Besson interviews artists including Auguste Rodin and Henri Matisse about Pictorial...
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  • Gallery. He was also very close to the art critic George Besson, a friend since 1910. In 1971, Besson decided to offer his art collection to the nation...
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    paintings of Spanish, English, Northern and German schools), and finally George Besson and his wife gave the museum their collection in 1960 (112 paintings...
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    double-barrelled." Collaborating directors Luc Besson, Tony Scott and Christopher Nolan have lauded his work; Besson in 1997 called him "one of the top five...
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    Luke Evans (redirect from Luke George Evans)
    Luke George Evans (born 15 April 1979) is a Welsh actor and singer. He began his career on the stage, and performed in London's West End productions of...
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    acted in numerous films by Hollywood and French directors, including Luc Besson. He was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actor for his performance...
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    Valerian & Laureline, was released in 2007, and a feature film directed by Luc Besson, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, was released in 2017. The...
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  • Elder Perry Ogden Bohnstedt Kimball Schmersahl McGavisk Russel Besson O'Neill Besson Timken Kerr Grassman Stanton Ellis Fagan Lankering Steil Gonzales...
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    Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (French: [ʒɔʁʒ simnɔ̃]; 12/13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer, most famous for his fictional detective...
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  • Best Actress (Drucker), and Best Original Screenplay. Miriam Besson and Antoine Besson are a recently divorced couple. They have a daughter close to...
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    appeared in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), directed by Luc Besson, playing the French king-to-be Charles VII. Though he played the title role...
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