Director
Denis Villeneuve
October 3, 1967 · 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).
Notable work
Often works with
Dave Bautista
3 titles together
Blade Runner 2049, Dune, Dune: Part Two
David Dastmalchian
3 titles together
Blade Runner 2049, Dune, Prisoners
Josh Brolin
3 titles together
Dune, Sicario, Dune: Part Two
Alexis Martin
3 titles together
August 32nd on Earth, 120 Seconds to Get Elected, Cosmos
Sonia Vigneault
2 titles together
Arrival, Zigrail
Timothée Chalamet
2 titles together
Dune, Dune: Part Two
Full filmography · 25
Dune: Part Three
Director
2026
Dune: Part Two
Director
20248.1
Dune
Director
20217.8
Blade Runner 2049
Director
20177.6
Arrival
Director
20167.6
Sicario
Director
20157.4
Enemy
Director
20146.8
Prisoners
Director
20138.1
Empirical Study on the Influence of Sound on the Persistence of Vision
Director
20114.2
Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyes
cast
2010
Incendies
Director
20108.1
Polytechnique
Director and Writer
20097.1