
Denis Villeneuve
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 ·Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desertas Self
- 2024 ·Dans un cinéma près de chez vousas Self
- 2024 ·Dans un cinéma près de chez vousas Self
- 2022 ·Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebelas Self
- 2022 ·The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis Villeneuveas Self
- 2021 ·Question de jugementas Self
- 2021 ·Variety Studio: Directors on Directorsas Self
- 2020 ·La semaine des 4 Julieas Self - Guest
- 2018 ·Le cri du rhinocérosas Self
- 2018 ·Trumbull Landas Self
- 2017 ·Three Kinds of Close Encountersas Self
- 2017 ·Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'as Self
- 2017 ·Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival'as Self
- 2017 ·Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival'as Self
- 2017 ·Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival'as Self
- 2015 ·The Late Show with Stephen Colbertas Self - Guest
- 2015 ·The Late Show with Stephen Colbertas Self
- 2015 ·Close Up with The Hollywood Reporteras Self
- 2014 ·Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemyas Self
- 2014 ·The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonas Self
- 2004 ·Tout le monde en parleas Self
- 2004 ·Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psycheas Self
- 1995 ·Zigrailas Denis
- 1990 ·In the Footsteps of the Camerosauras Pilot / Engineer / Teacher / Narrator (voice)
- 1988 ·La Course Destination Mondeas Judge
- 1988 ·La Course Destination Mondeas Self
- 1953 ·The Oscarsas Self
- Future ·Screening Interview: Dune with Hans Zimmer and Denis Villeneuveas
- Future ·Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyesas