Denis Villeneuve
Known for: Directing
Born: October 3, 1967
Place of birth: Gentilly, Québec, Canada
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.
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Filmography
49 movies · 14 TV shows, newest first
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James Bond 26
2028
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Dune: Part Three
2026
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Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
2026
8.2
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert
2025
8.1
Dune: Part Two
2024
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Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
2024
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Je viens vers toi
2023
7.2
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022
2.0
The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis Villeneuve
2022
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The Dune Saga by Denis Villeneuve
2021
7.8
Dune
2021
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Question de jugement
2021
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Directors on Directors
2021
6.3
Last and First Men
2020
2.0
La semaine des 4 Julie
2020
4.3
Thlípsi
2018
5.0
Le cri du rhinocéros
2018
10.0
Faire oeuvre utile
2018
7.3
Trumbull Land
2018
7.5
Konbini Vidéo Club
2018
7.6
Blade Runner 2049
2017
7.0
Three Kinds of Close Encounters
2017
7.0
Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival'
20177.0
Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival'
20177.0
Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival'
2017
7.0
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
2017
7.6
Arrival
2016
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Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
2016
7.4
Sicario
2015
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
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Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
2014
6.8
Enemy
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
8.1
Prisoners
2013
5.9
Whitewash
2013
5.6
Mars and April
2012
4.2
Empirical Study on the Influence of Sound on the Persistence of Vision
20115.0
Hope
2011
4.8
Rated R for Nudity
2011
5.0
Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyes
2010
8.1
Incendies
2010
7.1
Polytechnique
2009
7.1
Next Floor
2008
2.0
Happiness Bound
2007
5.9
120 Seconds to Get Elected
2006
4.7
Tout le monde en parle
2004
6.0
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004
6.2
Maelström
2000
6.5
August 32nd on Earth
1999
5.8
Cosmos
1996
7.3
Zigrail
1995
6.1
REW-FFWD
1994
7.0
Icewarrior
1994
5.0
L'ozone n'a qu'une bosse
1991
5.0
Land of Men
1991
2.0
Black Ink
1991
3.5
In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur
1990
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La Course Destination Monde
1988
7.0
The Oscars
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Screening Interview: Dune with Hans Zimmer and Denis Villeneuve
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Nuclear War: A Scenario
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I'm Waiting for You
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