Denis Villeneuve

DirectorProducerWriterActorCrew Oct 3 (age 58) Gentilly, Québec, Canada 1988–2026 (38 year career)

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Biography

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 Incendi…

Known For

Film

Prisoners

Director

Film

Arrival

Director

Film

Dune

Director

Film

Blade Runner 2049

Director

Film

Dune: Part Two

Director

Film

Sicario

Director

Film

Incendies

Director

Film

Enemy

Director

Filmography

Acting (30)

Movies (18)

Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert

2025

as Self

8.2

Dans un cinéma près de chez vous

2024

as Self

7.0

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

2022

as Self

7.2

The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis Villeneuve

as Self

Trumbull Land

as Self

Le cri du rhinocéros

as Self

Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival'

2017

as Self

7.0

Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival'

2017

as Self

7.0

Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival'

2017

as Self

7.0

Three Kinds of Close Encounters

2017

as Self

6.0

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

2017

as Self

7.0

Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario

2016

as Self

Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy

2014

as Self

Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyes

2010

Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche

as Self

Zigrail

as Denis

In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur

1990

as Pilot / Engineer / Teacher / Narrator (voice)

Screening Interview: Dune with Hans Zimmer and Denis Villeneuve

Television (12)

Dans un cinéma près de chez vous

2024

as Self

Directors on Directors

2021

as Self

Question de jugement

2021

as Self

La semaine des 4 Julie

2020

as Self - Guest

2.0

Faire oeuvre utile

2018

as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self - Guest

6.1

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015

as Self

6.2

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Tout le monde en parle

2004

as Self

4.2

La Course Destination Monde

1988

as Self

La Course Destination Monde

1988

as Self

The Oscars

1953

as Self

7.0

Crew (48)

Movies (48)

Dune: Part Three

2026 Upcoming

Director

Dec 16

Dune: Part Three

2026 Upcoming

Producer

Dec 16

Dune: Part Three

2026 Upcoming

Screenplay

Dec 16

Nuclear War: A Scenario

2026

Producer

Dune: Part Two

Director

Dune: Part Two

Producer

Dune: Part Two

Screenplay

Dune

Director

Dune

Producer

Dune

Screenplay

Last and First Men

Thanks

Thlípsi

Thanks

Blade Runner 2049

Director

Arrival

Director

Sicario

Director

Enemy

Director

Prisoners

Director

Whitewash

Thanks

Mars and April

Production Consultant

5.6

Hope

2011

Thanks

Empirical Study on the Influence of Sound on the Persistence of Vision

Director

Rated R for Nudity

Director

Incendies

Director

Incendies

Screenplay

Polytechnique

Director

Polytechnique

Writer

Next Floor

Director

Happiness Bound

Director

120 Seconds to Get Elected

2006

Director

5.9

Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche

Thanks

Maelström

Director

Maelström

Screenplay

Maelström

Writer

August 32nd on Earth

Director

August 32nd on Earth

Screenplay

The Fool’s Trial: A Solar Odyssey

1999

Director of Photography

Cosmos

Director

Cosmos

Writer

Icewarrior

Intern

REW-FFWD

Director

L'ozone n'a qu'une bosse

1991

Director

Land of Men

1991

Director

Black Ink

1991

Director

In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur

1990

Director

Untitled James Bond Film

Director

Cleopatra

Director

Rendezvous with Rama

Director

I'm Waiting for You

Director