Actor

Denis Villeneuve

Directing

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TMDB popularity

2.9

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Movies: 42Series: 11Crew credits: 30

TMDB ID: 137427

IMDb ID: nm0898288

Known for: Directing

Born: October 3, 1967

Age: 58

Place of birth: Gentilly, Québec, Canada

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 2026

Years active: 74

Average TMDB rating: 6.73

Wikidata: Q548823

Also known as

드니 빌뇌브 • 丹尼斯·维勒弗 • Дени Вильнёв • Дени Вильнев • 丹尼斯·维伦纽瓦 • Denis Villeneuve OC CQ RCA • دنی ویلنوو

Other jobs

Director (21)Thanks (3)Screenplay (2)Camera Operator (1)Editor (1)Intern (1)Production Consultant (1)

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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 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.