Denis Villeneuve 1967 58
Denis Villeneuve 1967 58
Denis Villeneuve OC CQ RCA OAL (French: [dənivilnœv]; 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.
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2026 Dune: Part Three Director, Screenplay, Producer
2025 Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert as Self
2024 Dune: Part Two Screenplay, Director, Producer
2024 Dans un cinéma près de chez vous as Self
2022 Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel as Self
2022 The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis Villeneuve as Self
2021 Dune Director, Producer, Screenplay
2020 Last and First Men Thanks
2018 Thlípsi Thanks
2018 Le cri du rhinocéros as Self
2018 Trumbull Land as Self
2017 Blade Runner 2049 Director
2017 Three Kinds of Close Encounters as Self
2017 Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival' as Self
2017 Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival' as Self
2017 Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' as Self
2017 Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival' as Self
2016 Arrival Director
2015 Sicario Director
2014 Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy as Self
2014 Enemy Director
2013 Prisoners Director
2013 Whitewash Thanks
2012 Mars and April Production Consultant
2011 Empirical Study on the Influence of Sound on the Persistence of Vision Director
2011 Hope Thanks
2011 Rated R for Nudity Director
2010 Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyes
2010 Incendies Screenplay, Director
2009 Polytechnique Director, Writer
2008 Next Floor Director
2007 Happiness Bound Director
2006 120 Seconds to Get Elected Director, Writer
2004 Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche as Self Thanks
2000 Maelström Director, Writer
1999 August 32nd on Earth Director, Writer
1996 Cosmos Director, Writer
1995 Zigrail as Denis
1994 REW-FFWD Writer, Director
1994 Icewarrior Intern
1991 L'ozone n'a qu'une bosse Director, Camera Operator
1991 Land of Men Director, Camera Operator, Editor
1991 Black Ink Director, Camera Operator
1990 In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur as Pilot / Engineer / Teacher / Narrator (voice) Director, Camera Operator, Editor