Denis Villeneuve
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 3, 1967
- Birthplace
- Gentilly, Québec, Canada
Denis Villeneuve (born October 3, 1967) is a French-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 dramatization 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.
Filmography
Untitled James Bond Film TBA
Director
- Nuclear War: A Scenario
Nuclear War: A Scenario TBA
Producer, Director
- Screening Interview: Dune with Hans Zimmer and Denis Villeneuve
Screening Interview: Dune with Hans Zimmer and Denis Villeneuve TBA
Actor
Dune: Part Three 2026
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean 2026
as Self
Digger 2026
Thanks
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert 2025
as Self
Dune: Part Two 2024
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel 2022
as Self
The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis Villeneuve 2022
as Self
Dune 2021
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Last and First Men 2020
Thanks
Thlípsi 2018
Thanks
Le cri du rhinocéros 2018
as Self
Trumbull Land 2018
as Self
Blade Runner 2049 2017
Director
Three Kinds of Close Encounters 2017
as Self
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' 2017
as Self
- Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival'
Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival' 2017
as Self
- Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival'
Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival' 2017
as Self
Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival' 2017
as Self
Arrival 2016
Director
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario 2016
as Self
Sicario 2015
Director
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy 2014
as Self
Enemy 2014
Director
Prisoners 2013
Director
Whitewash 2013
Thanks
Mars and April 2012
Production Consultant
Empirical Study on the Influence of Sound on the Persistence of Vision 2011
Director
Hope 2011
Thanks
Rated R for Nudity 2011
Director
Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyes 2010
Actor
Incendies 2010
Director, Screenplay
Polytechnique 2009
Director, Writer
Next Floor 2008
Director
Happiness Bound 2007
Director
120 Seconds to Get Elected 2006
Director, Writer
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche 2004
as Self, Thanks
Maelström 2000
Director, Screenplay
August 32nd on Earth 1999
Director, Screenplay
Cosmos 1996
Director, Writer
Zigrail 1995
as Denis
REW-FFWD 1994
Director, Writer
Icewarrior 1994
Intern
L'ozone n'a qu'une bosse 1991
Director, Camera Operator
Land of Men 1991
Director, Editor, Camera Operator
Black Ink 1991
Camera Operator, Director
In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur 1990
as Pilot / Engineer / Teacher / Narrator (voice), Editor, Director, Camera Operator
Credits from TMDB.