Denis Villeneuve
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.
Acting
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
TV
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Movie
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert
as Self
2025
TV
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
Movie
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
as Self
2022
TV
Tout le monde en parle
as Self
2004
Movie
Trumbull Land
as Self
2018
Movie
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
as Self
2004
Movie
Zigrail
as Denis
1995
Movie
Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival'
as Self
2017
Movie
Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival'
as Self
2017
Movie
Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival'
as Self
2017
Movie
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
as Self
2017
Movie
Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyes
2010
Movie
Le cri du rhinocéros
as Self
2018
Movie
Three Kinds of Close Encounters
as Self
2017
Movie
The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis Villeneuve
as Self
2022
TV
La semaine des 4 Julie
as Self - Guest
2020
TV
Faire oeuvre utile
as Self
2018
Movie
Screening Interview: Dune with Hans Zimmer and Denis Villeneuve
Movie
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
as Self
2014
Movie
In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur
as Pilot / Engineer / Teacher / Narrator (voice)
1990
Crew
Movie
Arrival
Director
2016
Movie
Blade Runner 2049
Director
2017
Movie
Dune
Director
2021
Movie
Prisoners
Director
2013
Movie
Sicario
Director
2015
Movie
Dune: Part Two
Screenplay
2024
Movie
Enemy
Director
2014
Movie
Incendies
Director
2010
Movie
Polytechnique
Director
2009
Movie
Next Floor
Director
2008
Movie
Maelström
Director
2000
Movie
Last and First Men
Thanks
2020