French filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. Gradually emerged as one of very few French directors and producers of international stature. Has directed film such as: The Big Blue, The Professional, La femme Nikita, The Fifth Element and more recently The Lady based on the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1991. 2001, Founder, EuropaCorp, which in ten years has become one of European cinema's foremost studios.