Denis Villeneuve
Bio
Denis Villeneuve was born near Trois-Rivières, Quebec, and studied film at l’Université du Quebec à Montréal before going on to direct a number of award-winning videos and short films, including La course Europe-Asie (91) and Rew FFD (94). He won in Cannes for his short film Next Floor (2008). His acclaimed features include Un 32 août sur terre (98) and Maelström (00) Polytechnique (09), Incendies (10) is his fourth feature (nominated for Best Foreign Language Film).SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
"Ron and I wanted to make a film that looked at what it means to be an outsider and we wanted to explore what it takes to reach out to someone whose life is very removed from your own."
