Denis Villeneuve

Canadian · 1967–

Quebecois filmmaker whose immersive, cerebral science fiction — from Arrival to Dune — balances spectacle with profound emotional and philosophical depth.

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“I love to put the audience in a state of dreaming. I want people to come out of the movie theatre and feel like they need to readjust to reality.”

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“Cinema is an art of time. You can play with time in cinema — you can compress it or expand it. That's the magic of cinema.”

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