Denis Villeneuve
11 credits on file—11 films, spanning 1996–2026.
77
Average MEANRANK
across 10 scored credits
across 10 scored credits
11
Credits
in the catalogue
in the catalogue
30
Years active
1996–2026
1996–2026
Also credited for writing (6).
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On record for their credited titles
Oscars
5 nominations
Golden Globes
1 nomination
BAFTAs
6 nominations
- Nominated Oscar · Best Picture Dune: Part Two · 2025
- Nominated Oscar · Best Picture Dune · 2022
- Nominated Oscar · Best Adapted Screenplay Dune · 2022
- Nominated Oscar · Best Director Arrival · 2017
- Nominated Oscar · Best Foreign Language Film Incendies · 2011
- Nominated Golden Globe · Best Director Dune · 2022
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Director Dune: Part Two · 2025
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Film Dune · 2022
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Adapted Screenplay Dune · 2022
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Director Blade Runner 2049 · 2018
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Direction Arrival · 2017
- Nominated BAFTA · Film Not in the English Language Incendies · 2012
41
Wins
83
Nominations
124 awards — Denis Villeneuve
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Venice Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Future Film Festival Digital Award | Arrival · 2016 | Winner |
| Golden Lion | Arrival · 2016 | Nominee |
Academy Awards
5 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Arrival · 2017 | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Incendies · 2011 | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
Critics Choice Awards
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
| Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Arrival · 2017 | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
2 nominations
| Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Nominee |
| Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
BAFTA Awards
1 nomination
| Film Not in the English Language | Incendies · 2012 | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | Arrival · 2016 | Nominee |
César Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Incendies · 2012 | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
4 nominations, 3 won
| Best Canadian Film | Incendies · 2011 | Winner |
| Best Director | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Director of a Canadian Film | Incendies · 2011 | Winner |
| Best Director | Arrival · 2016 | Nominee |
Genie Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Incendies · 2011 | Winner |
| Best Direction | Polytechnique · 2010 | Winner |
| Best Director | Incendies · 2011 | Winner |
Jutra Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Direction | Incendies · 2011 | Winner |
| Best Direction | Polytechnique · 2010 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Incendies · 2011 | Winner |
Valladolid International Film Festival
3 nominations, 3 won
| Audience Award | Incendies · 2010 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Incendies · 2010 | Winner |
| Youth Jury Award | Incendies · 2010 | Winner |
Saturn Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Film Direction | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Director | Blade Runner 2049 · 2018 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Arrival · 2017 | Nominee |
| Best Film Screenwriting | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Nominee |
AACTA International Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Direction | Dune · 2022 | Winner |
| Best Direction | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Arrival · 2017 | Nominee |
Georgia Film Critics Association
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Arrival · 2017 | Nominee |
Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dune: Part Two · 2024 | Winner |
| Best Director | Dune: Part Two · 2024 | Nominee |
Astra Midseason Movie Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Dune: Part Two · 2024 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Dune: Part Two · 2024 | Nominee |
St. Louis Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Dune: Part Two · 2024 | Winner |
| Best Director | Blade Runner 2049 · 2017 | Nominee |
Adelaide Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| International Award for Best Feature Film | Incendies · 2011 | Winner |
Atlantic Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Canadian Feature | Incendies · 2010 | Winner |
Australian Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Overseas Film (Foreign Language) | Incendies · 2012 | Winner |
Boston Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Incendies · 2011 | Winner |
Cinema Audio Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Filmmaker Award | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Winner |
Gotham Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Director Tribute | Dune: Part Two · 2024 | Winner |
Hollywood Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Dune · 2022 | Winner |
Hugo Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Dramatic Presentation | Arrival · 2017 | Winner |
Hugo Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form | Dune · 2022 | Winner |
IGN's Best of 2017 Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Blade Runner 2049 · 2017 | Winner |
International Film Festival Rotterdam
1 nomination, 1 won
| UPC Audience Award | Incendies · 2011 | Winner |
Lumière Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best French-Language Film | Incendies · 2012 | Winner |
Palm Springs International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Visionary Award | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Winner |
Prix Aurora Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Visual Presentation | Arrival · 2017 | Winner |
Ray Bradbury Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Dramatic Presentation | Arrival · 2017 | Winner |
SFFILM Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Irving M. Levin Award for Film Direction | Dune: Part Two · 2024 | Winner |
San Diego Film Critics Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Dune: Part Two · 2024 | Winner |
Toronto Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Canadian Film | Incendies · 2010 | Winner |
Toronto International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Canadian Feature Film | Incendies · 2010 | Winner |
Vancouver International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Canadian Film | Incendies · 2011 | Winner |
Vilnius International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| The Audience Award | Incendies · 2011 | Winner |
Winter IndieWire Honors
1 nomination, 1 won
| Visionary Award | Dune: Part Two · 2024 | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
5 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Arrival · 2017 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Blade Runner 2049 · 2018 | Nominee |
| Best Film | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
Austin Film Critics Association
4 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Blade Runner 2049 · 2018 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Arrival · 2016 | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
3 nominations
| Best Director | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Arrival · 2017 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Sicario · 2015 | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
3 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
Seattle Film Critics Society
3 nominations
| Best Director | Dune: Part Two · 2024 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Blade Runner 2049 · 2017 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Arrival · 2017 | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
3 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dune: Part Two · 2024 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Dune: Part Two · 2024 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Arrival · 2016 | Nominee |
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
2 nominations
| Best Director | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Screenwriter | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Nominee |
Austin Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society
2 nominations
| Best Director | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Arrival · 2017 | Nominee |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dune · 2021 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Dune · 2021 | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
1 nomination
| Best Director | Arrival · 2016 | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Incendies · 2011 | Nominee |
David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Incendies · 2011 | Nominee |
Dorian Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | Arrival · 2017 | Nominee |
Florida Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dune: Part Two · 2024 | Nominee |
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
London Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Director of the Year | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle
1 nomination
| Director of the Year | Dune: Part Two · 2025 | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dune: Part Two · 2024 | Nominee |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Director | Arrival · 2016 | Nominee |
Seattle Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | Dune · 2021 | Nominee |
USC Scripter Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay — Film | Dune · 2022 | Nominee |
