Denis Villeneuve
Biography
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 $1.8 billion worldwide.
Villeneuve began his career in his home country, directing four French-language dramas: August 32nd on Earth (1998); Maelström (2000); Polytechnique (2009), a dramatisation of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre; and Incendies (2010). The last of these gained him international prominence and earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He expanded to English-language films by directing the thrillers Prisoners (2013), Enemy (2013), and Sicario (2015).
Villeneuve gained wider recognition for directing science fiction films. His work on Arrival (2016) earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. This was followed by Blade Runner 2049 (2017), which was critically lauded but financially unsuccessful. His next projects were Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024), a two-part adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel of the same name. Both films were critically and commercially successful, with the former earning him Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.
Most directed genres
Recurring actors
- Javier Bardem 4
- Josh Brolin 4
- Rebecca Ferguson 4
- Timothée Chalamet 4
- Florence Pugh 3
- Zendaya 3
- Alexis Martin 2
- Austin Butler 2
The career in numbers
- US$ 638 mi Total budget from 8 film(s) with data
- US$ 1.8 bi Total box office from 8 film(s) with data
- US$ 80 mi Average budget from 8 film(s) with data
- US$ 226 mi Average box office from 8 film(s) with data
- 7.4 Average rating from 12 film(s) with data
- 2.8× Return on investment from 8 film(s) with data
Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.
Films directed
| Film | Year | Budget | Box office | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dune: Part Three
|
2026 | — | — | — |
Dune: Part Two
|
2024 | US$ 190 mi | US$ 715 mi | 8.1 |
Dune: Part Two - An Ensemble for the Ages
|
2024 | — | — | — |
Dune
|
2021 | US$ 165 mi | US$ 411 mi | 7.8 |
Blade Runner 2049
|
2017 | US$ 150 mi | US$ 259 mi | 7.6 |
Arrival
|
2016 | US$ 47 mi | US$ 203 mi | 7.6 |
Sicario
|
2015 | US$ 30 mi | US$ 85 mi | 7.4 |
Enemy
|
2014 | US$ 4 mi | US$ 3 mi | 6.8 |
Prisoners
|
2013 | US$ 46 mi | US$ 122 mi | 8.1 |
Rated R for Nudity
|
2011 | — | — | 4.8 |
Incendies
|
2010 | US$ 7 mi | US$ 7 mi | 8.1 |
Polytechnique
|
2009 | — | — | 7.1 |
Next Floor
|
2008 | — | — | 7.1 |
Happiness Bound
|
2007 | — | — | 2.0 |
120 Seconds to Get Elected
|
2006 | — | — | 5.9 |
Maelström
|
2000 | — | — | 6.2 |
August 32nd on Earth
|
1999 | — | — | 6.5 |
Cosmos
|
1996 | — | — | 5.8 |
REW-FFWD
|
1994 | — | — | 6.1 |
Untitled James Bond Film
|
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