Denis Villeneuve
Directing
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
Directing25
movieDune: Part Three
2026
Director
movieDune: Part Two
2024
Director
movieDune
2021
Director
movieBlade Runner 2049
2017
Director
movieArrival
2016
Director
movieSicario
2015
Director
movieEnemy
2014
Director
moviePrisoners
2013
Director
movieRated R for Nudity
2011
Director
movieIncendies
2010
Director
moviePolytechnique
2009
Director
movieNext Floor
2008
Director
movieHappiness Bound
2007
Director
movieMaelström
2000
Director
movieAugust 32nd on Earth
1999
Director
movieCosmos
1996
Director
movieREW-FFWD
1994
Director
movieLand of Men
1991
Director
movieBlack Ink
1991
Director
movieBond 26
Director
Acting29
tvLa semaine des 4 Julie
2020
Self - Guest
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest / Self
movieZigrail
1995
Denis
movieIn the Footsteps of the Camerosaur
1990
Pilot / Engineer / Teacher / Narrator (voice)
tvLa Course Destination Monde
1988
Self - Judge / Self
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
Writing10
movieDune: Part Three
2026
Screenplay
movieDune: Part Two
2024
Screenplay
movieDune
2021
Screenplay
movieIncendies
2010
Screenplay
moviePolytechnique
2009
Writer
movieMaelström
2000
Screenplay
movieAugust 32nd on Earth
1999
Screenplay
movieCosmos
1996
Writer
movieREW-FFWD
1994
Writer
Crew6
Production5
movieDune: Part Three
2026
Producer
movieDune: Part Two
2024
Producer
movieDune
2021
Producer
movieMars and April
2012
Production Consultant
Camera4
movieL'ozone n'a qu'une bosse
1991
Camera Operator
movieLand of Men
1991
Camera Operator
movieBlack Ink
1991
Camera Operator
movieIn the Footsteps of the Camerosaur
1990
Camera Operator
