Denis Villeneuve
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denis Villeneuve, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (41)
Dune: Part Three
Director (Directing)
2026
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert
as Self
2025
Dune: Part Two
Screenplay (Writing)
2024
Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
as Self
2024
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
as Self
2022
The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis Villeneuve
as Self
2022
Dune
Director (Directing)
2021
Last and First Men
Thanks (Crew)
2020
Thlípsi
Thanks (Crew)
2018
Le cri du rhinocéros
as Self
2018
Trumbull Land
as Self
2018
Blade Runner 2049
Director (Directing)
2017
Three Kinds of Close Encounters
as Self
2017
Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival'
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
Arrival
Director (Directing)
2016
Sicario
Director (Directing)
2015
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
as Self
2014
Enemy
Director (Directing)
2014
Prisoners
Director (Directing)
2013
Whitewash
Thanks (Crew)
2013
Mars and April
Production Consultant (Production)
2012
Empirical Study on the Influence of Sound on the Persistence of Vision
Director (Directing)
2011
Hope
Thanks (Crew)
2011
Rated R for Nudity
Director (Directing)
2011
Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyes
2010
Incendies
Director (Directing)
2010
Polytechnique
Director (Directing)
2009
Next Floor
Director (Directing)
2008
Happiness Bound
Director (Directing)
2007
120 Seconds to Get Elected
Director (Directing)
2006
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
as Self
2004
Maelström
Director (Directing)
2000
August 32nd on Earth
Director (Directing)
1999
Cosmos
Director (Directing)
1996
Zigrail
as Denis
1995
REW-FFWD
Writer (Writing)
1994
Icewarrior
Intern (Crew)
1994
L'ozone n'a qu'une bosse
Director (Directing)
1991
TV Shows (9)
Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
as Self
2024
Question de jugement
as Self
2021
Directors on Directors
as Self
2021
La semaine des 4 Julie
as Self - Guest
2020
Faire oeuvre utile
as Self
2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
Tout le monde en parle
as Self
2004