Denis Villeneuve

Born in Gentilly near Trois-Rivières, Quebec, this French-Canadian film director and writer is a three-time Genie Award winner for his well-acclaimed works ‘Maelström’ in 2001, ‘Polytechnique’ in 2010 and ‘Incendies’ in 2011. His career kicked off by making short films, one of which won the Radio-Canada’s youth film competition in 1990-91. He first caught attention for his 2001 movie Maelström, which has been screened at numerous festivals around the world.

Furthermore, he won 8 Jutra Awards, and this film was adjudged “Best Canadian Film” in the Toronto International Film Festival. Denis says that as strange as it is, he has always felt that rather than a person choosing his projects it’s the other way around with the projects choosing the person. Denis Villeneuve was quoted saying this when asked about this long list of his sinister, white-knuckle films made in the last few years. Next in line was his controversial yet critically acclaimed film Polytechnique (2009) based on the shootings at the Montreal University.

Villeneuve’s career marked a sharp escalation when his film Incendies (2010) received critical acclaim and won him accolades at the Venice and Toronto International Film Festival in 2010. Along with this, it also secured a nomination at the 83rd Academy Awards for the category of the ‘Best Foreign Language Film’, and the movie further went on to win eight 31st Genie Awards for numerous categories.

But Villeneuve’s Incendies’s fame was eclipsed with his first studio film ‘ Prisoners Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ (2013) which had Hugh Jackman He’s one of the sexiest men alive. His solitary de >> Read More... and Jake Gyllenhaal An actor that rooted from a family that cinema is >> Read More... in the lead roles. On the pretext of this, Villeneuve started getting recognized in Hollywood. Such has been the extent of his fame that he has been working on making new films around the clock, without any breaks. His last movie ‘ Sicario Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ had premiered at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Sicario was praised and acknowledged for an honest portrayal of the government’s battle against drugs, mainly the drug cartels of Mexico based out of Juarez.

The movie showcased Emily Blunt Emily Blunt, also known as Emily Olivia Leah Blunt >> Read More... as a tough FBI agent. She is seen working with the DEA Task Force to bring down the rule of a dangerous drug dealer in Mexico. All in all, Denis Villeneuve today is acknowledged not only for his dark movies but also his honest portrayal of harsh realities that make his movies all the more captivating.