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Virginie Besson-Silla

Virginie Besson-Silla

Producer

Virginie Besson-Silla is a prolific Canadian-French film producer known for overseeing a diverse range of international projects, from high-octane action thrillers to acclaimed independent dramas. Born in Ottawa, Canada, to a Senegalese diplomat and a French physiotherapist, she spent much of her childhood traveling globally before beginning her film career in France. She initially joined EuropaCorp as a script reader and assistant in the 1990s, eventually rising to become one of the company's lead producers. She is best known for producing the global sci-fi hit Lucy (2014) and the visually ambitious Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017). Her extensive credits also include the biographical drama The Lady (2011), the animated feature Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013), and the action-comedy The Family (2013). More recently, she served as a producer for the Paris pickup crew on the multi-Academy Award-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022). Besson-Silla has been married to director Luc Besson since August 28, 2004, and the couple has three children together: Thalia, Sateen, and Mao. She is the sister of actress and author Karine Silla and the sister-in-law of actor Vincent Perez.

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Works as
Producer
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 26 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 18% in 30 days

What are Virginie Besson-Silla's films like?

Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Action9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
36%
Morality
23%
Self
17%
Power
8%
Survival
8%
Ideas
4%
Society
3%
Romantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 18 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 7

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 10 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 4

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 8 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 13 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Melancholic
8
Thrilling
6
Romantic
6
Hopeful
5
Other
18

How their films linger

Bittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Virginie Besson-Silla's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Virginie Besson-Silla's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

26 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Hell in Paradise(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Dracula(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Timpi Tampa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Co-Producer

  • June and John(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Donald Trump, Dieu et les siens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Producer

  • Weekend in Taipei(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • DogMan(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Rainbow Warrior(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Lucy(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • 3 Days to Kill(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Family(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Lady(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • From Paris with Love(2010)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Secret(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Love and Other Disasters(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Revolver(2005)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Au suivant ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Executive Producer

  • In Your Image (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Producer

  • Happiness Costs Nothing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Associate Producer

  • Once Upon an Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer

  • Yamakasi(2001)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Last Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 24 titles, 23 of them dated from 2001 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Lucy (2014)

$469M worldwide

Highest rated

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

Dracula (2025)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing24 of 24: 24 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score54th

By decade

2000s7 · crew2010s8 · crew2020s8 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Virginie Besson-Silla's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 19; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Approval · how many liked their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Reach · how many have seen their films

91stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 19 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser12
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · producer

Rainbow Warrior (2023)

80th percentile spread · 17% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Midcredits 95th · 81% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Virginie Besson-Silla's work okay for kids?

Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore10 titles59–81 · median 68 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity12 titles21–52 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity9 titles31–86 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs10 titles22–64 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense9 titles42–75 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Virginie Besson-Silla work with?

People who share at least 2 of Virginie Besson-Silla's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Luc Besson shares the most, 15.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles