Denis Villeneuve

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Acting
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Birthday
Oct 03, 1967 (57 years old)

Denis Villeneuve

Known For

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
0h 59m
Movie 2022

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

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 world of movie soundtracks. His film credits include The Lion King, Rain Man, Pirates of The Caribbean, Gladiator, The Dark Knight Trilogy, 12 Year A Slave, The Thin Red Line, The Da Vinci Code and Dune.

The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis Villeneuve
0h 28m
Movie 2022

The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis Villeneuve

Visionary director Denis Villeneuve discusses the creative benefits of early collaboration with his sound team, the process of crafting Dune's unique soundscapes including: Arrakis desert, sandworm, ornithopter, spice (melange) and the voice of the Bene Gesserit.

Le cri du rhinocéros
0h 52m
Movie 2018

Le cri du rhinocéros

Marc Labrèche, the Director of this documentary, himself an author, actor and host, meets other creators to ask them these questions that inhabit him. Do artists have an expiry date? Do we create our best works in our youth or, on the contrary, does experience allow us to develop a greater mastery of our medium? In this respect, are there important differences between the different forms of art such as music, cinema and literature?

Trumbull Land
0h 52m
Movie 2018

Trumbull Land

Everyone has seen a Trumbull sequence in Stanley Kubrick's "2001 A Space Odyssey", Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" or Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". Recognized and respected SFX maestro, he has also directed two full-length films which left their mark on sci-fi cinema: "Silent Running" and "Brainstorm". Today, at over 70, Trumbull-the-pioneer continues his quest for innovation and still dreams of a cinema which places spectators into the film. "Trumbull Land" is an immersive portrait of Douglas Trumbull in his studios and a diving headfirst in his cinema.

Three Kinds of Close Encounters
0h 22m
Movie 2017

Three Kinds of Close Encounters

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 drama in the film, crafting key scenes, the film's terrors and tensions, John Williams' score, cast and performances, Spielberg's passion for Arrival, the film's legacy and the spirit it maintains today, and more. Speakers include Spielberg, J.J. Abrams, and Denis Villeneuve.

Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival'
0h 11m
Movie 2017

Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process of 'Arrival'

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 the film.

Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival'
0h 12m
Movie 2017

Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival'

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'
0h 14m
Movie 2017

Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design of 'Arrival'

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 more.

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
0h 30m
Movie 2017

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

A look at the source story, core human themes, the challenges and process of bringing the story to the screen, casting, creating realistic characters within their fields of expertise, alien ship and being design, costumes, alien language construction, and Denis Villeneuve's work.

Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
0h 17m
Movie 2014

Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy

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

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). 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denis Villeneuve, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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