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Denis Villeneuve

Denis Villeneuve

Director · Born 1967-10-03 · Gentilly, Québec, Canada

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Biography

Denis Villeneuve (born October 3, 1967) is a Canadian filmmaker. He has received seven Canadian Screen Awards as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Villeneuve's films have grossed more than $1.8 billion worldwide. Villeneuve began his career in his home country, directing four French-language dramas: August 32nd on Earth (1998); Maelström (2000); Polytechnique (2009), a dramatisation of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre; and Incendies (2010). The last of these gained him international prominence and earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He expanded to English-language films by directing the thrillers Prisoners (2013), Enemy (2013), and Sicario (2015). Villeneuve gained wider recognition for directing science fiction films. His work on Arrival (2016) earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. This was followed by Blade Runner 2049 (2017), which was critically lauded but financially unsuccessful. His next projects were Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024), a two-part adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel of the same name. Both films were critically and commer…

Directed

  1. Arrival (2016) — Director
  2. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) — Director
  3. Dune (2021) — Director
  4. Prisoners (2013) — Director
  5. Sicario (2015) — Director
  6. Dune: Part Two (2024) — Director
  7. Enemy (2014) — Director
  8. Incendies (2010) — Director
  9. Polytechnique (2009) — Director
  10. Next Floor (2008) — Director
  11. Maelström (2000) — Director
  12. August 32nd on Earth (1999) — Director
  13. 120 Seconds to Get Elected (2006) — Director
  14. Rated R for Nudity (2011) — Director
  15. Cosmos (1996) — Director
  16. Empirical Study on the Influence of Sound on the Persistence of Vision (2011) — Director
  17. REW-FFWD (1994) — Director
  18. Dune: Part Three (2026) — Director
  19. Land of Men (1991) — Director
  20. In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur (1990) — Director
  21. L'ozone n'a qu'une bosse (1991) — Director
  22. Black Ink (1991) — Director
  23. Happiness Bound (2007) — Director
  24. I'm Waiting for You — Director
  25. Bond 26 — Director

Also appeared in

  1. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self
  2. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self - Guest
  3. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  4. Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert (2025) — Self
  5. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) — Self
  6. Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel (2022) — Self
  7. Tout le monde en parle (2004) — Self
  8. Trumbull Land (2018) — Self
  9. Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004) — Self
  10. Zigrail (1995) — Denis
  11. Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival' (2017) — Self
  12. Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival' (2017) — Self
  13. Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival' (2017) — Self
  14. Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' (2017) — Self
  15. Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyes (2010)
  16. Le cri du rhinocéros (2018) — Self
  17. Three Kinds of Close Encounters (2017) — Self
  18. The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis Villeneuve (2022) — Self
  19. La semaine des 4 Julie (2020) — Self - Guest
  20. Faire oeuvre utile (2018) — Self
  21. Screening Interview: Dune with Hans Zimmer and Denis Villeneuve
  22. Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy (2014) — Self
  23. In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur (1990) — Pilot / Engineer / Teacher / Narrator (voice)
  24. Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario (2016) — Self
  25. Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean (2026) — Self
  26. Question de jugement (2021) — Self
  27. La Course Destination Monde (1988) — Self - Judge
  28. Dans un cinéma près de chez vous (2024) — Self
  29. Directors on Directors (2021) — Self