Denis Villeneuve

Personal Info

Birthday

October 3, 1967

(57 years old)

Place of Birth

Gentilly, 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

دنی ویلنوو

Denis Villeneuve

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 Polytechnique massacre; and Incendies (2010).

Known For

La Course Destination Monde

In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur

Zigrail

Filmography

2025
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert
as Self
2022
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
as Self
The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis Villeneuve
as Self
2018
Le cri du rhinocéros
as Self
Trumbull Land
as Self
2017
Three Kinds of Close Encounters
as Self
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
as Self
Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival'
as Self
Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival'
as Self
Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival'
as Self
2014
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
as Self
2004
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
as Self
1995
Zigrail
as Denis
1990
In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur
as Pilot / Engineer / Teacher / Narrator (voice)