What a Creep Director Luc Besson Season 28, Episode 6 Luc Besson is the writer and director of “La Femme Nikita,” “The Fifth Element,” and “Leon: The Professional.” He’s also the writer and producer of “The Transporter” and “Taken” movies. The Daily Beast describes him as “the Michael Bay of France.” The French director has also been accused of sexual misconduct by nine women, with allegations ranging from rape to sexual harassment. What a creep. Trigger warnings: Rape, sexual harassment, and Sonia’s bad French pronunciation  Sources for this episode: <ul><li><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5753911/Who-Luc-Besson-French-director-accused-rape-revealed.html" target="_blank">The Daily Mail</a></li><li><a href="https://deadline.com/2018/07/luc-besson-allegations-inappropriate-sexual-behavior-1202423783/" target="_blank">Deadline</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/arts/20iht-20besson.5796788.html" target="_blank">New York Times</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/movies/luc-besson-metoo-france.html" target="_blank">New York Times</a></li><li><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/11/luc-besson-sexual-misconduct-allegations" target="_blank">Vanity Fair</a></li><li><a href="https://variety.com/2021/film/global/luc-besson-rape-case-dismissed-1235129822/" target="_blank">Variety</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></li></ul> Movie non-profits to support: <ul><li><a href="https://www.afi.com/" target="_blank">The American Film Institute</a></li><li><a href="https://www.wmm.com/" target="_blank">Women Make Movies</a></li><li><a href="https://panonetwork.org/" target="_blank">PANO Network</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sundance.org/" target="_blank">The Sundance Institute </a></li><li><a href="http://independent.org" target="_blank">Film Independent.org</a></li></ul>Be sure to follow us on social media. But don’t follow us too closely … don’t be a creep about it!  <ul><li>Subscribe to us on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-a-creep/id1460298336" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a></li><li>BlueSky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/whatacreep.bsky.social" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/whatacreep.bsky.social</a> </li><li>Facebook: Join the private group! </li><li>Instagram @WhatACreepPodcast</li><li>Visit our Patreon page: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/whatacreep" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/whatacreep</a></li><li>Email: WhatACreepPodcast@gmail.com </li><li>We’ve got merch here! <a href="https://whatacreeppodcast.threadless.com/" target="_blank">https://whatacreeppodcast.threadless.com/#</a></li><li>Our website is <a href="http://www.whatacreeppodcast.com/" target="_blank">www.whatacreeppodcast.com</a> </li><li>Our logo was created by Claudia Gomez-Rodriguez. Follow her on Instagram @ClaudInCloud</li></ul>

What a Creep
Director Luc Besson
Season 28, Episode 6

Luc Besson is the writer and director of “La Femme Nikita,” “The Fifth Element,” and “Leon: The Professional.” He’s also the writer and producer of “The Transporter” and “Taken” movies. The Daily...

Luc Besson: Creepy French Director "The Fifth Element" & "The Professional"