Denis Villeneuve

Born: 1967-10-03

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.


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Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

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Released: 2017-02-14

A look at the source story, core human themes, the challenges and process of bringing the story...

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Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

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Released: 2022-10-16

An in-depth look of the 40 year journey, from post-war Germany to Hollywood royalty, of Hans...

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Trumbull Land

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Released: 2018-10-15

Everyone has seen a Trumbull sequence in Stanley Kubrick's "2001 A Space Odyssey", Ridley...

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Dans un cinéma près de chez vous

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Released: 2024-01-14

Karine Vanasse goes behind the scenes of our cinema and showcases the talent of our artists and...

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Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy

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Released: 2014-06-24

The cast and crew of 'Enemy' guide the audience through the making of the film and the possible...

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Le cri du rhinocéros

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Released: 2018-11-27

Marc Labrèche, the Director of this documentary, himself an author, actor and host, meets other...

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Three Kinds of Close Encounters

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Released: 2017-09-19

This new extra begins with a look back at the movie's impact at the time it was made. It goes on...

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Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival'

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Released: 2017-02-14

A discussion of the film's use of sound, its positioning as a character in the film, what it...

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In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur

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Released: 1990-09-24

Described as a self-portrait, this early auto-biographical short by Denis Villeneuve was...

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Zigrail

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Released: 1995-06-23

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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First aired: 2015-09-08

Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,...

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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First aired: 2015-09-08

Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,...

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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First aired: 2014-02-17

After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent...

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La semaine des 4 Julie

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First aired: 2020-01-06

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Tout le monde en parle

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First aired: 2004-09-12

Host Guy A. Lepage brings together six to eight personalities from different milieus—sports,...

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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

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First aired: 2015-08-02

Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of...

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The Oscars

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First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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La Course Destination Monde

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First aired: 1988-10-08

"La Course destination monde" is a Canadian reality television series, which aired on Télévision...

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La Course Destination Monde

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First aired: 1988-10-08

"La Course destination monde" is a Canadian reality television series, which aired on Télévision...

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