Denis Villeneuve

About

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...

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DiggerMovie • 2026Dune: Part ThreeMovie • 2026Dune: Part TwoMovie • 2024DuneMovie • 2021Blade Runner 2049Movie • 2017ArrivalMovie • 2016PrisonersMovie • 2013SicarioMovie • 2015EnemyMovie • 2014IncendiesMovie • 2010MaelströmMovie • 2000Last and First MenMovie • 2020PolytechniqueMovie • 2009August 32nd on EarthMovie • 1999REW-FFWDMovie • 1994Rated R for NudityMovie • 2011Empirical Study on the Influence of Sound on the Persistence of VisionMovie • 2011WhitewashMovie • 2013Next FloorMovie • 2008CosmosMovie • 1996120 Seconds to Get ElectedMovie • 2006Mars and AprilMovie • 2012