Denis Villeneuve is an accomplished award winning Canadian film director, who, over a span of almost three decades, has delivered several critically acclaimed and commercially successful films. A multiple-time Canadian Screen Award (formerly Genie Award) winner for Best Direction, Villeneuve has also received several awards including the Jutra Awards as also nominations from the prestigious Academy Awards. Although he started studying science to build up a career in the field, his passion for filmmaking encouraged him to pursue film studies at the Université du Quebec à Montréal. He won La Course Europe-Asie, a youth film competition by Radio-Canada. He commenced filmmaking with short films and had his breakthrough with the Canadian film ‘Maelström’ that not only won eight Jutra Awards but also brought him to limelight garnering widespread recognition. Moving on, he delivered several remarkable films like ‘Polytechnique’, ‘Incendies’, ‘Enemy’, ‘Prisoners’, ‘Sicario’ and ‘Arrival’. He has thrived in proving his versatility by directing films of different genres including science fiction and crime thrillers. His forthcoming film ‘Blade Runner 2049’, a neo-noir science fiction, is slated for a 2017 release. He will also direct film adaptations of two novels namely ‘The Son’ and ‘Dune’ respectively.