Denis Villeneuve
Known for Directing · 29 credits
- Born
- 1967-10-03 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- Gentilly, Québec, Canada
- Also known as
- 드니 빌뇌브 · 丹尼斯·维勒弗 · Дени Вильнёв · Дени Вильнев · 丹尼斯·维伦纽瓦 · Denis Villeneuve OC CQ RCA
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (11)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Tout le monde en parle
2004
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
La semaine des 4 Julie
2020
as Self - Guest
Directors on Directors
2021
as Self
Question de jugement
2021
as Self
La Course Destination Monde
1988
as Self - Judge
Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
2024
as Self
Faire oeuvre utile
2018
as Self
Movies (18)
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert
2025
as Self
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004
as Self
Three Kinds of Close Encounters
2017
as Self
Le cri du rhinocéros
2018
as Self
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
2026
as Self
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
2014
as Self
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022
as Self
Trumbull Land
2018
as Self
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
2016
as Self
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
2017
as Self
The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis Villeneuve
2022
as Self
Zigrail
1995
as Denis
Screening Interview: Dune with Hans Zimmer and Denis Villeneuve
Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival'
2017
as Self
Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyes
2010
In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur
1990
as Pilot / Engineer / Teacher / Narrator (voice)
Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival'
2017
as Self
Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival'
2017
as Self
About 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 internatio… With 29 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Denis Villeneuve has appeared in 18 films and 11 TV shows.
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- Le cri du rhinocéros (2018) — as Self
- Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean (2026) — as Self
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