Denis Villeneuve

Denis Villeneuve Biography

Denis Villeneuve (born October 3, 1967) is a Canadian film director and writer.

Life and career

Villeneuve was born in Gentilly, Quebec. In his early career he won Radio-Canada's youth film competition "La Course Europe-Asie" in 1990"91. He is a three-time winner of the Genie Award for Best Director, for Maelström in 2001, Polytechnique in 2010 and Incendies in 2011. All three films also won the Best Picture award. His 2010 film Incendies represented Canada at the 83rd Academy Awards in the category of Best Foreign Language Film and made the list of nominees. In January 2011 he was selected as one of the top ten filmmakers to watch. Incendies is considered by the New York Times as one of the 10 best films of 2011.

Filmography

Director
Year	Film	Type	Other notes
1994	REW-FFWD	short	Produced by the National Film Board of Canada
1996	Cosmos	short	Presented at Directors' Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival
1998	Un 32 août sur terre		Un Certain Regard section, Cannes Film Festival
2000	Maelström		FIPRESCI Prize, Berlin International Film Festival
2008	Next Floor	short	Prize of Best Short Film, Cannes Film Festival
2009	Polytechnique		Presented at Cannes Film Festival
2010	Incendies		Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2011
2013	Prisoners		Premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival
2013	Enemy		Premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival

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