As the director of movies like Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, and the upcoming Dune, he’s a director of science fiction movies, but also of a certain type of science fiction movie.
Villeneuve makes “smart” sci-fi, a more esoteric cerebral type of sci-fi that we don’t see as often on the big screen.
Director Denis Villeneuve has built a special reputation in Hollywood.
It’s made the director a darling of awards season year after year, something which may happen yet again this year with Dune.