Cast & creator
Denis Villeneuve
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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.
Also known as: Дени Вильнев, Denis Villeneuve OC CQ RCA, Deni Vilenüv
71
film credits
15
television credits
33
1953–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (86)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Digger
Thanks
2026
Blade Runner 2049
Director
2017
Tout le monde en parle
Self
2004
Dune: Part Two
Screenplay
2024Dune: Part Two
Director
2024Dune: Part Two
Producer
2024
Dune
Director
2021Dune
Producer
2021Dune
Screenplay
2021
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
La semaine des 4 Julie
Self - Guest
2020
The Oscars
Self
1953
Arrival
Director
2016
Dune: Part Three
Director
2026Dune: Part Three
Screenplay
2026Dune: Part Three
Producer
2026
Prisoners
Director
2013
Sicario
Director
2015
Incendies
Director
2010Incendies
Screenplay
2010
Question de jugement
Self
2021
Directors on Directors
Self
2021
Je viens vers toi
Self
2023
Enemy
Director
2014
La Course Destination Monde
Self - Judge
1988La Course Destination Monde
Self
1988
Last and First Men
Thanks
2020
Untitled James Bond Film
Director
Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
Self
2024
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert
Self
2025
Maelström
Director
2000Maelström
Screenplay
2000
Faire oeuvre utile
Self
2018
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
Self
2022
Polytechnique
Director
2009Polytechnique
Writer
2009
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Self
2004Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Thanks
2004
August 32nd on Earth
Director
1999August 32nd on Earth
Screenplay
1999
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
Self
2026
Le cri du rhinocéros
Self
2018
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
Self
2016
Thlípsi
Thanks
2018
Blade Runner 2049: Behind the Scenes
2018
Three Kinds of Close Encounters
Self
2017
Rated R for Nudity
Director
2011
Happiness Bound
Director
2007
Land of Men
Director
1991Land of Men
Camera Operator
1991Land of Men
Editor
1991
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
Self
2014Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival'
Self
2017
REW-FFWD
Writer
1994REW-FFWD
Director
1994Hope
Thanks
2011
Trumbull Land
Self
2018
Next Floor
Director
2008
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
Self
2017
Whitewash
Thanks
2013
The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis Villeneuve
Self
2022Nuclear War: A Scenario
Producer
Black Ink
Director
1991Black Ink
Camera Operator
1991
Cosmos
Director
1996Cosmos
Writer
1996Screening Interview: Dune with Hans Zimmer and Denis Villeneuve
Mars and April
Production Consultant
2012
In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur
Pilot / Engineer / Teacher / Narrator (voice)
1990In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur
Director
1990In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur
Camera Operator
1990In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur
Editor
1990
120 Seconds to Get Elected
Director
2006120 Seconds to Get Elected
Writer
2006
Icewarrior
Intern
1994Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival'
Self
2017
L'ozone n'a qu'une bosse
Director
1991L'ozone n'a qu'une bosse
Camera Operator
1991
Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyes
2010
Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival'
Self
2017
The Dune Saga by Denis Villeneuve
Creator
2021
Empirical Study on the Influence of Sound on the Persistence of Vision
Director
2011
Zigrail
Denis
1995