Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve OC CQ (born October 3, 1967) is a French-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 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.
Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 1.96 |
Birthday | 1967-10-03 |
Place of Birth | Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada |
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, |
1995
Zigrail
7/3
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Zigrail
2004
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
5/4
This compelling documentary explores Canadian film culture and tries to discover what defines Canadian film through interviews with notable filmmakers...
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Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2018
Le cri du rhinocéros
5/1
Marc Labrèche, the Director of this documentary, himself an author, actor and host, meets other creators to ask them these questions that inhabit him....
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Le cri du rhinocéros
2018
Trumbull Land
7.6/7
Everyone has seen a Trumbull sequence in Stanley Kubrick's "2001 A Space Odyssey", Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" or Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounte...
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Trumbull Land
2017
Three Kinds of Close Encounters
6/1
This new extra begins with a look back at the movie's impact at the time it was made. It goes on to explore filmmaking techniques, the human character...
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Three Kinds of Close Encounters
2017
Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival'
7/2
A discussion of the film's use of sound, its positioning as a character in the film, what it represents, technical details of the sound design, and mo...
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Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival'
2017
Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival'
7/2
This piece offers a fascinating discussion of how the music was made and why it compliments the story and tone.
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Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival'
2017
Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival'
7/2
An in-depth discussion of the movie's editing process and, like the music piece, it discusses rather intelligently how the process makes and enhances...
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Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival'
2017
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
7/2
A look at the source story, core human themes, the challenges and process of bringing the story to the screen, casting, creating realistic characters...
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Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyes
0/0
In Jordan, in the heart of the Middle East, Iraqi, Palestinian and Lebanese refugees are working on the filming of "Incendies", an adaptation of Wajdi...
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Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyes
2022
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
7.222/9
An in-depth look of the 40 year journey, from post-war Germany to Hollywood royalty, of Hans Zimmer, the man who’s become the dominant force in the wo...
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Screening Interview: Dune with Hans Zimmer and Denis Villeneuve
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Composer Hans Zimmer and director Denis Villeneuve speak with Tim Greiving about the music of Dune. Presented by the SCL.
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Screening Interview: Dune with Hans Zimmer and Denis Villeneuve
2014
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
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The cast and crew of 'Enemy' guide the audience through the making of the film and the possible meanings behind its enigmatic imagery.
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Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
2024
Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
7/1
Karine Vanasse goes behind the scenes of our cinema and showcases the talent of our artists and artisans. The objective? Make as many people as possib...
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Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
1990
In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur
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Described as a self-portrait, this early auto-biographical short by Denis Villeneuve was presented by host Michel Désautels to introduce the young fil...
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