Denis Villeneuve Quotes

Canada, Film Director
October 3, 1967

Denis Villeneuve, OC (French: [dəni vilnœv];) is a French Canadian film director and writer. He is a four-time recipient of the Canadian Screen Award (formerly Genie Award) for Best Direction, for Maelström in 2001, Polytechnique in 2009, Incendies in 2011, and Enemy in 2014. The first three of these films also won the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture.

Also known as Writer

It's not about choosing a specific genre; that's not how I go about deciding what movies to make.

Denis Villeneuve
On a film crew, you can see very quickly that some people who are working with you are stronger than you. Then you have to have the humility to listen to them. And because very often they have better ideas than yours, it can be tough on the evil ego. But it makes a better film.

Denis Villeneuve
- People
- Evil
- Ego

I started in documentaries. I started alone with a camera. Alone. Totally alone. Shooting, editing short documentaries for a French-Canadian part of CBC. So to deal with the camera alone, to approach reality alone, meant so much. I made a few dozen small documentaries, and that was the birth of a way to approach reality with a camera.

Denis Villeneuve
- Reality
- Small
- Alone
I always have a strange feeling that projects choose you. It's always mysterious.

Denis Villeneuve
- Feeling
- Mysterious
From 'Polytechnique,' I started to get scripts and after 'Incendies,' of course, it exploded.

Denis Villeneuve