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Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve’s screen credits include director work on Prisoners, director work on Dune, and director work on Blade Runner 2049.
Born October 3, 1967 Gentilly, Québec, Canada6 movies on MoviHero
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About Denis Villeneuve
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. …
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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.
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- 2026Dune: Part Three2h 20m · Adventure · Science FictionDirectorUpcoming
- 2021Dune2h 35m · Adventure · Science FictionDirector
- 2017Blade Runner 20492h 44m · Drama · Science FictionDirector
- 2016Arrival1h 56m · Drama · MysteryDirector
- 2015Sicario2h 2m · Action · CrimeDirector
- 2013Prisoners2h 33m · Crime · DramaDirector
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- 2026Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David LeanSelf
- 2025Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the DesertSelf
- 2024Dune: Part TwoWriter · Director · Producer
- 2022Hans Zimmer: Hollywood RebelSelf
- 2022The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis VilleneuveSelf
- 2018Le cri du rhinocérosSelf
- 2018Trumbull LandSelf
- 2017Three Kinds of Close EncountersSelf
- 2017Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival'Self
- 2017Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival'Self
- 2017Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival'Self
- 2017Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'Self
- 2016Battle Zone: The Origins of SicarioSelf
- 2014Lucid Dreams: The Making of EnemySelf
- 2014EnemyDirector
- 2011Empirical Study on the Influence of Sound on the Persistence of VisionDirector
- 2011Rated R for NudityDirector
- 2010Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their EyesActor
- 2010IncendiesDirector · Writer
- 2009PolytechniqueDirector · Writer
- 2008Next FloorDirector
- 2007Happiness BoundDirector
- 2006120 Seconds to Get ElectedDirector · Writer
- 2004Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic PsycheSelf
- 2000MaelströmDirector · Writer
- 1999August 32nd on EarthDirector · Writer
- 1996CosmosDirector · Writer
- 1995ZigrailDenis
- 1994REW-FFWDWriter · Director
- 1991L'ozone n'a qu'une bosseDirector
- 1991Land of MenDirector
- 1991Black InkDirector
- 1990In the Footsteps of the CamerosaurDirector · Pilot / Engineer / Teacher / Narrator (voice)
- Nuclear War: A ScenarioProducer
- Screening Interview: Dune with Hans Zimmer and Denis VilleneuveActor
- Untitled James Bond FilmDirector
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