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Denis Villeneuve

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 10/03/1967 (57) | Trois-Rivières, Québec (Canada)
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Denis Villeneuve (French: [dəni vilnœv]; 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 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 then shifted his focus to English-language thrillers; these included Prisoners (2013), Enemy (2013), and ()
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Denis Villeneuve OC CQ (French: [dəni vilnœv]; born October 3, 1967) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is a four-time recipient of the Canadian Screen Award (formerly Genie Award) for Best Direction, winning for Maelström in 2001, Polytechnique in 2009, Incendies in 2010 and Enemy in 2013. The first three of these films also won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture, while the latter was awarded the prize for best Canadian film of the year by the Toronto Film Critics Association.Internationally, he is known for directing several critically acclaimed films, including the thrillers Prisoners (2013) and Sicario (2015), as well as the science fiction films Arrival (2016) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). For his work on Arrival, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. He was awarded the prize of Director of the Decade by the Hollywood Critics Association in December 2019.His latest film, Dune (2021), based on Frank Herbert's novel of the same name, premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival; the film received critical acclaim, was a commercial success at the box office internationally, is currently his highest grossing film to date, and earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture, with the film itself winning a leading six Oscars at the 94th Academy Awards.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Science Fiction

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Awards & Nominations for Denis Villeneuve

Officer of The Order of Canada Companion of The Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres du Québec Governor General's Performing Arts Award Order of Canada National Order of Quebec 2x Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay Hugo Award 3x Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Direction Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Movies with Denis Villeneuve as Actor(9)

TV Shows/Series with Denis Villeneuve as Actor(4)

Movies with Denis Villeneuve as Crew(37)

Directing/Director2024 Dune: Part Two
Production/Producer2024 Dune: Part Two
Writing/Screenplay2024 Dune: Part Two
Directing/Director2024 Dune Messiah
Writing/Screenplay2024 Dune Messiah
Production/Producer2024 Dune Messiah
Directing/Director2023 Rendezvous with Rama
Directing/Director2023 Cleopatra
Directing/Director2021 Dune
Production/Producer2021 Dune
Writing/Screenplay2021 Dune
Crew/Thanks2020 Last and First Men
Directing/Director2017 Blade Runner 2049
Directing/Director2016 Arrival
Directing/Director2015 Sicario
Directing/Director2013 Prisoners
Directing/Director2013 Enemy
Directing/Director2011 Rated R for Nudity
Directing/Director2010 Incendies
Writing/Writer2010 Incendies
Writing/Dialogue2010 Incendies
Directing/Director2009 Polytechnique
Writing/Writer2009 Polytechnique
Directing/Director2008 Next Floor
Directing/Director2007 Happiness Bound
Directing/Director2006 120 Seconds to Get Elected
Writing/Writer2006 120 Seconds to Get Elected
Directing/Director2000 Maelstrom
Writing/Writer2000 Maelstrom
Directing/Director1998 August 32nd on Earth
Writing/Writer1998 August 32nd on Earth
Crew/Intern1996 Icewarrior
Directing/Director1996 Cosmos
Writing/Writer1996 Cosmos
Directing/Director1994 REW-FFWD
Writing/Writer1994 REW-FFWD

TV Shows/Series with Denis Villeneuve as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer2024 Dune: Prophecy

Full Name: Denis Villeneuve
Citizenship: Canada
Born: Tuesday, 10/03 1967 (October) in Trois-Rivières, Québec (Canada) (current age: 57 years + 1 days)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN), French (FR)
Educated at: Université du Québec à Montréal, Séminaire Saint-Joseph de Trois-Rivières
Member of: Writers Guild of America, East
Children: Salomé Villeneuve
Siblings: Martin Villeneuve, Claude Villeneuve
Other names for Denis Villeneuve (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"드니 빌뇌브"
"丹尼斯·维勒弗"
"Дени Вильнёв"
"Дени Вильнев"
"丹尼斯·维伦纽瓦"
Denis Villeneuve frequently works together with these people:
Donald Mowat (10x, Crew)
Sam Hudecki (8x, Crew)
Patrice Vermette (7x, Crew)
André Turpin (7x, Crew)
Julius Jefferson (7x, Crew)
Hans Zimmer (6x, Crew)
Renée April (6x, Crew)
Jon Spaihts (5x, Crew)
Francine Maisler (5x, Crew)
Jean-Thomas Jobin (5x, Actor)
Keith Clark (5x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2689, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 09/17/2024