Denis Villeneuve

Denis Villeneuve

1967-10-03 Gentilly, Canada 53 Credits

Biography

Denis Villeneuve OC CQ RCA OAL (French: [dənivilnœv]; 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...

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Dune: Part Three

Dune: Part Three

2026

Screenplay, Director, Producer

Writing Directing Producing

The third installment in the Dune franchise, based on the second novel in the series, Dune: Messiah. Details TBA.

Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert

Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert

2025

as Self

8.8
Acting

Conversations with collaborators and friends, alongside special live performances from Dubai's Coca-Cola Arena and beyond, from the dunes of the Arabi...

Dune: Part Two

Dune: Part Two

2024

Screenplay, Director, Producer

8.1
Writing Directing Producing

Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed hi...

Dans un cinéma près de chez vous

Dans un cinéma près de chez vous

2024

as Self

7.0
Acting

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...

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

2022

as Self

7.2
Acting

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...

The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis Villeneuve

The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis Villeneuve

2022

as Self

2.0
Acting

Visionary director Denis Villeneuve discusses the creative benefits of early collaboration with his sound team, the process of crafting Dune's unique ...

Dune

Dune

2021

Director, Producer, Screenplay

7.8
Directing Producing Writing

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the un...

Last and First Men

Last and First Men

2020

Thanks

6.4

As the end approaches inexorably, the last humans, living millions of years into the future, send a message to the humanity of the present that is bot...

Thlípsi

Thlípsi

2018

Thanks

6.7

A man who is paranoid and deluded by his own conspiracies that someone out there is after him must come to terms with the root of his suffering.

Le cri du rhinocéros

Le cri du rhinocéros

2018

as Self

5.0
Acting

Marc Labrèche, the Director of this documentary, himself an author, actor and host, meets other creators to ask them these questions that inhabit him....

Trumbull Land

Trumbull Land

2018

as Self

7.5
Acting

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...

Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner 2049

2017

Director

7.6
Directing

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge wh...

Three Kinds of Close Encounters

Three Kinds of Close Encounters

2017

as Self

6.0
Acting

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...

Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival'

2017

as Self

7.0
Acting

This piece offers a fascinating discussion of how the music was made and why it compliments the story and tone.

Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival'

Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival'

2017

as Self

7.0
Acting

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...

Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival'

2017

as Self

7.0
Acting

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 ...

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

2017

as Self

7.0
Acting

A look at the source story, core human themes, the challenges and process of bringing the story to the screen, casting, creating realistic characters ...

Arrival

Arrival

2016

Director

7.6
Directing

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are ...

Sicario

Sicario

2015

Director

7.4
Directing

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexi...

Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy

Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy

2014

as Self

Acting

The cast and crew of 'Enemy' guide the audience through the making of the film and the possible meanings behind its enigmatic imagery.

Enemy

Enemy

2014

Director

6.9
Directing

A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

Prisoners

Prisoners

2013

Director

8.1
Directing

Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minute...

Whitewash

Whitewash

2013

Thanks

5.9

In the harsh, wintry woods of rural Quebec, Bruce (Thomas Haden Church), a down-on-his-luck snowplow operator, accidentally kills a man during a drunk...

Mars and April

Mars and April

2012

Production Consultant

5.6

In the near future, as humanity prepares to set foot on Mars, Jacob Obus, an elderly musician, takes pride in slowing down time by playing instruments...

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

2011

Director

4.3
Directing

An experimental short about the relationship between music and color.

Hope

2011

Thanks

Hope explores the fragmented violence of war seen through the eyes of a General on his deathbed. A mind accustomed to a life on the battlefield surren...

Rated R for Nudity

Rated R for Nudity

2011

Director

5.2
Directing

A playful stab at mass hypnosis. Celebrating the mesmerizing power of movies, mischievous glimpses into a subconscious world inhabited by Bergman, Spi...

Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyes

Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyes

2010

Acting

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...

Incendies

Incendies

2010

Director, Screenplay

8.1
Directing Writing

A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaime...

Polytechnique

Polytechnique

2009

Director, Writer

7.1
Directing Writing

A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989 where several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.

Next Floor

Next Floor

2008

Director

7.1
Directing

During an opulent and luxurious banquet, complete with hordes of servers and valets, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritual...

Happiness Bound

Happiness Bound

2007

Director

Directing

Poetry and cinema merge as 11 filmmakers bring to life 21 poems by Québécois poets.

120 Seconds to Get Elected

120 Seconds to Get Elected

2006

Director, Writer

5.9
Directing Writing

A politician has just a couple of minutes to convince people to vote for him, and tries to seduce his audience with promises he thinks they want to he...

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

2004

as Self

5.0
Acting

This compelling documentary explores Canadian film culture and tries to discover what defines Canadian film through interviews with notable filmmakers...

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

2004

Thanks

5.0

This compelling documentary explores Canadian film culture and tries to discover what defines Canadian film through interviews with notable filmmakers...

Maelström

Maelström

2000

Writer, Director

6.2
Writing Directing

A young woman's life spirals into chaos after she is involved in a hit-and-run accident. Then she encounters a mysterious man named Evian who offers h...

August 32nd on Earth

August 32nd on Earth

1999

Director, Writer

6.5
Directing Writing

After escaping unscathed from a car accident, photo model Simone decides that having a baby is the only way to give her vacant life some meaning. She ...

Cosmos

Cosmos

1996

Director, Writer

6.0
Directing Writing

Through an immigrant cab driver, our world collides with a nervous filmmaker, a lawyer whose new breasts her ex-boyfriend wants to see, a mystery man,...

Zigrail

Zigrail

1995

as Denis

7.0
Acting
REW-FFWD

REW-FFWD

1994

Writer, Director

6.1
Writing Directing

A young photographer is on assignment in Jamaica. It's a cultural shock! First anguished, he later becomes quite fascinated by the people he meets, th...

Icewarrior

Icewarrior

1994

Intern

6.0

Not far from the North Pole on Ellesmere Island, for one hundred and twenty days, a watchful camera stalks a beast of fleece and hoof, the ancient mus...

L'ozone n'a qu'une bosse

L'ozone n'a qu'une bosse

1991

Camera Operator, Director

Directing

The last film Denis Villeneuve made during his participation in the third season of La Course Destination Monde, a show broadcast on Radio-Canada in w...

Land of Men

Land of Men

1991

Camera Operator, Editor, Director

Directing

Denis Villeneuve created this film during his participation in the third season of La Course Destination Monde, a show broadcast on Radio-Canada in w...

Black Ink

Black Ink

1991

Camera Operator, Director

Directing

Denis Villeneuve created this film during his participation in the third season of La Course Destination Monde, a show broadcast on Radio-Canada in wh...

In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur

In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur

1990

as Pilot / Engineer / Teacher / Narrator (voice)

Acting

Described as a self-portrait, this early auto-biographical short by Denis Villeneuve was presented by host Michel Désautels to introduce the young fil...

In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur

In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur

1990

Camera Operator, Director, Editor

Directing

Described as a self-portrait, this early auto-biographical short by Denis Villeneuve was presented by host Michel Désautels to introduce the young fil...

Screening Interview: Dune with Hans Zimmer and Denis Villeneuve

N/A

Acting

Composer Hans Zimmer and director Denis Villeneuve speak with Tim Greiving about the music of Dune. Presented by the SCL.

The Making of 'Dune: Part Two'

The Making of 'Dune: Part Two'

N/A

Acting

Go behind the scenes of Dune: Part Two with exclusive footage and interviews that reveal the epic scale of production. Discover how Denis Villeneuve a...

Cleopatra

N/A

Director

Directing

Planned adaptation of Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff.

Rendezvous with Rama

Rendezvous with Rama

N/A

Director

Directing

In the 2130s, a team of astronauts is tasked with intercepting a mysterious 50-by-20-kilometre cylindrical alien starship that enters the solar system...

Nuclear War: A Scenario

N/A

Producer, Director

Producing Directing

Explores a ticking-clock scenario about what would happen in the event of a nuclear war, based on dozens of exclusive new interviews with military and...

I'm Waiting for You

N/A

Director

Directing

A man journeys through time and space in an increasingly desperate and unlikely attempt to reunite with his fiancée. However, small incidents wreak ha...

Untitled James Bond Film

Untitled James Bond Film

N/A

Director, Executive Producer

Directing Producing