Denis Villeneuve

Directing·Oct 3, 1967·Gentilly, Québec, Canada

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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.

Film	Credit
Dune: Part Three2026 · Screenplay, Director, Producer	Screenplay, Director, Producer
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean2026 · Self	Self
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert2025 · Self	Self
Dune: Part Two2024 · Screenplay, Director, Producer	Screenplay, Director, Producer
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel2022 · Self	Self
The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis Villeneuve2022 · Self	Self
Dune2021 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
Le cri du rhinocéros2018 · Self	Self
Trumbull Land2018 · Self	Self
Blade Runner 20492017 · Director	Director
Three Kinds of Close Encounters2017 · Self	Self
Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival'2017 · Self	Self
EEternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival'2017 · Self	Self
NNonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival'2017 · Self	Self
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'2017 · Self	Self
Arrival2016 · Director	Director
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario2016 · Self	Self
Sicario2015 · Director	Director
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy2014 · Self	Self
Enemy2014 · Director	Director
Prisoners2013 · Director	Director
Empirical Study on the Influence of Sound on the Persistence of Vision2011 · Director	Director
Rated R for Nudity2011 · Director	Director
Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyes2010 · Actor	Actor
Incendies2010 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Polytechnique2009 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Next Floor2008 · Director	Director
Happiness Bound2007 · Director	Director
120 Seconds to Get Elected2006 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche2004 · Self	Self
Maelström2000 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
August 32nd on Earth1999 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Cosmos1996 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Zigrail1995 · Denis	Denis
REW-FFWD1994 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
L'ozone n'a qu'une bosse1991 · Director	Director
Land of Men1991 · Director	Director
Black Ink1991 · Director	Director
In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur1990 · Pilot / Engineer / Teacher / Narrator (voice), Director	Pilot / Engineer / Teacher / Narrator (voice), Director
SScreening Interview: Dune with Hans Zimmer and Denis VilleneuveActor	Actor
NNuclear War: A ScenarioProducer	Producer
II'm Waiting for YouDirector	Director
Bond 26Director	Director