Denis Villeneuve
Born: 1967-10-03 in Gentilly, Québec, Canada
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2026
- Dune: Part Three ... (Screenplay)
2025
2024
- Dune: Part Two ... (Screenplay)
- Dans un cinéma près de chez vous as Self
- Dans un cinéma près de chez vous as Self
2022
2021
- Dune ... (Director)
- Variety Studio: Directors on Directors as Self
- Question de jugement as Self
2020
- La semaine des 4 Julie as Self - Guest
- Last and First Men ... (Thanks)
2018
- Thlípsi ... (Thanks)
- Faire oeuvre utile as Self
- Trumbull Land as Self
- Le cri du rhinocéros as Self
2017
- Blade Runner 2049 ... (Director)
- Three Kinds of Close Encounters as Self
- Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' as Self
- Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival' as Self
- Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival' as Self
- Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival' as Self
2016
- Arrival ... (Director)
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Sicario ... (Director)
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Enemy ... (Director)
- Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy as Self
2012
- Mars and April ... (Production Consultant)
2011
- Hope ... (Thanks)
- Rated R for Nudity ... (Director)
- Empirical Study on the Influence of Sound on the Persistence of Vision ... (Director)
2010
- Incendies ... (Director)
- Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyes
2009
- Polytechnique ... (Director)
2008
- Next Floor ... (Director)
2007
- Happiness Bound ... (Director)
2006
- 120 Seconds to Get Elected ... (Director)
2004
2000
- Maelström ... (Writer)
1999
- August 32nd on Earth ... (Director)
1996
- Cosmos ... (Director)
1995
- Zigrail as Denis
1994
- REW-FFWD ... (Writer)
- Icewarrior ... (Intern)
1991
- Black Ink ... (Camera Operator)
- Land of Men ... (Camera Operator)
- L'ozone n'a qu'une bosse ... (Camera Operator)
1990
- In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur as Pilot / Engineer / Teacher / Narrator (voice)
1988
- La Course Destination Monde as Judge
1953
- The Oscars as Self