David Belle

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1973 age 0

   Born

2. 2004 age 31

   CreditDistrict 13

3. 2008 age 35

   CreditBabylon A.D.

4. 2014 age 41

   CreditBrick Mansions

• LBLuc Besson2 titles
• CRCarlo Rota1 title
• EPElliot Page1 title
• VDVin Diesel1 title
• RMRobert Maillet1 title
• MKMathieu Kassovitz1 title
• GDGérard Depardieu1 title
• MAMarc Andréoni1 title
• TAThierry Arbogast1 title
• CRCharlotte Rampling1 title

• At the physical end, Parkour is getting over all the obstacles in your path as you would in an emergency situation. You want to move in such a way, with any movement, that will help you gain the most ground on someone/something as if escaping from someone/something or chasing toward someone/something. Also, wherever you go, you must be able to get back. If you go from A to B, you need to be able to get back from B to A. You don't need to do the same "move," but just get back."

  David Belle, CC BY-SA 4.0

• It's about what you can do at that particular moment. If someone is stuck in a fire and you say, "Well, two years ago I could have done something that would have saved you" then you are useless. Parkour is not what you could have done for whatever excuse. If you aren't able to help someone, what use are you?

  David Belle, CC BY-SA 4.0

• My thing from the beginning is to have it be useful, and be able to help others. It's about being efficient and getting there as fast as you can. If people want to do it more artistically or in a freestyle way, I have absolutely no problem with it — that's the way it's going to evolve. It's not my style, but if it's other people's [style], that's perfect.

  David Belle, CC BY-SA 4.0

• All these people here, they come and they want me to do big things, expect me to do big drops so they can sell pictures, put it on their websites, whatever. But what is my motivation then? I could do this jump once and maybe get hurt, but even if I don't get hurt what is the point right here, right now? To make these people happy? If my family was over there and needed me, I wouldn't even hesitate. I would do it for them and that's who I train and do these things for. I'm not a monkey, I can't be treated like one. I don't understand how people want to put themselves into great risk for money. I've trained so long and hard for myself, to save people, to protect my family... People get into Parkour now just train in order to do risks for media, I just can't understand why they would do so. That was never the goal of Parkour. Money changes people, but that money cannot change my goal, my motivation or why I do this. I'm on tour now for you, I'm here talking to you so you can help others a

  David Belle, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Parkour belongs to the ones who live it, not the ones who want to live thanks to it.

  David Belle, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Our aim is to take our art to the world and make people understand what it is to move.

  David Belle, CC BY-SA 4.0