Denis Villeneuve

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 Villeneuves films have grossed more than 18 billion worldwide Villeneuve began his career in his home country directing four Frenchlanguage 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 Englishlanguage 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 twopart adaptation of Frank Herberts 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