Known For
Directing
Born
Oct 03, 1967
Place of Birth
Gentilly, Québec, Canada
Credits
61 titles
Denis Villeneuve
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 commercially successful, with the former earning him Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.
Known For
Filmography
Dune: Part Three
Screenplay
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
Self
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert
Self
Dune: Part Two
Screenplay
Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
Self
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
Self
The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis Villeneuve
Self
The Dune Saga by Denis Villeneuve
Creator
Dune
Director
Question de jugement
Self
Directors on Directors
Self
Last and First Men
Thanks
La semaine des 4 Julie
Self - Guest
Thlípsi
Thanks
Le cri du rhinocéros
Self
Faire oeuvre utile
Self
Trumbull Land
Self
Blade Runner 2049
Director
Three Kinds of Close Encounters
Self
Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival'
Self
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
Self
Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival'
Self
Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival'
Self
Arrival
Director
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
Self
Sicario
Director
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
Self
Enemy
Director
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Prisoners
Director
Whitewash
Thanks
Mars and April
Production Consultant
Empirical Study on the Influence of Sound on the Persistence of Vision
Director
Hope
Thanks
Rated R for Nudity
Director
Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyes
Incendies
Director
Polytechnique
Director
Next Floor
Director
Happiness Bound
Director
120 Seconds to Get Elected
Director
Tout le monde en parle
Self
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Self
Maelström
Director
August 32nd on Earth
Director
Cosmos
Director
Zigrail
Denis
REW-FFWD
Director