
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.
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Acting (13 movies)

Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
2014

Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyes
2010

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022

Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
2024

In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur
1990

Zigrail
1995

Le cri du rhinocéros
2018

Trumbull Land
2018

Three Kinds of Close Encounters
2017

Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival'
2017

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
2017

The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis Villeneuve
2022

Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert
2025
Directing (23 movies)

Polytechnique
2009

Maelström
2000

Incendies
2010

Next Floor
2008

August 32nd on Earth
1999

Cosmos
1996

Prisoners
2013

Enemy
2014

Dune: Part Three
2026

120 Seconds to Get Elected
2006

REW-FFWD
1994

Sicario
2015

Rated R for Nudity
2011

Arrival
2016

Empirical Study on the Influence of Sound on the Persistence of Vision
2011

Dune
2021

Land of Men
1991

In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur
1990

L'ozone n'a qu'une bosse
1991

Black Ink
1991

Blade Runner 2049
2017

Dune: Part Two
2024

Happiness Bound
2007
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| REW-FFWD | 1994 | Writer |
| Cosmos | 1996 | Writer |
| August 32nd on Earth | 1999 | Writer |
| Maelström | 2000 | Writer |
| 120 Seconds to Get Elected | 2006 | Writer |
| Polytechnique | 2009 | Writer |
| Incendies | 2010 | Screenplay |
| Dune | 2021 | Producer |
| Dune | 2021 | Screenplay |
| Dune: Part Two | 2024 | Screenplay |
| Dune: Part Two | 2024 | Producer |
| Dune: Part Three | 2026 | Screenplay |
| Dune: Part Three | 2026 | Producer |