# List of awards and nominations received by Denis Villeneuve

This is a list of awards and nominations received by French-Canadian film director and writer Denis Villeneuve.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2017 | Arrival | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2022 | Dune | Best Picture | Nominated |
| 2022 | Dune | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated |
| 2025 | Dune: Part Two | Best Picture | Nominated |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2017 | Arrival | Best Direction | Nominated |
| 2018 | Blade Runner 2049 | Best Direction | Nominated |
| 2022 | Dune | Best Film | Nominated |
| 2022 | Dune | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated |
| 2025 | Dune: Part Two | Best Direction | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref |
| 2022 | Dune | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Dune | Best Director | Nominated | |

### Jutra Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1999 | August 32nd on Earth | Best Direction | Nominated |
| 1999 | August 32nd on Earth | Best Screenplay | Nominated |
| 2001 | Maelström | Best Direction | Won |
| 2001 | Maelström | Best Screenplay | Won |
| 2009 | Next Floor | Best Short Film | Won |
| 2010 | Polytechnique | Best Direction | Won |
| 2011 | Incendies | Best Direction | Won |
| 2011 | Incendies | Best Screenplay | Won |
| 2012 | Incendies | Most Successful Film Outside Québec | Won |
| 2015 | Enemy | Best Direction | Nominated |

## Other awards
### AACTA International Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2017 | Arrival | Best Direction | Nominated |
| 2022 | Dune | Best Direction | Won |

### Abu Dhabi Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2014 | Enemy | Best Narrative Feature | Nominated |

### Alliance of Women Film Journalists

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2016 | Arrival | Best Director | Nominated |

### Atlantic Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2011 | Incendies | Best Canadian Feature Film | Won |

### Austin Film Critics Association

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2016 | Arrival | Best Director | Nominated |

### Berlin International Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2001 | Maelström | FIPRESCI Prize | Won |

### Canadian Screen Awards (formerly Genie Awards)

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2001 | Maelström | Best Direction | Won |
| 2001 | Maelström | Best Screenplay | Won |
| 2009 | Next Floor | Best Live Action Short Drama | Won |
| 2010 | Polytechnique | Best Direction | Won |
| 2011 | Incendies | Best Direction | Won |
| 2011 | Incendies | Best Adapted Screenplay | Won |
| 2014 | Enemy | Best Direction | Won |

### Cannes Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1998 | August 32nd on Earth | Un Certain Regard | Nominated |
| 2008 | Next Floor | Leitz Cine Discovery Prize | Nominated |
| 2008 | Next Floor | Canal+ Award | Won |
| 2009 | Polytechnique | Cicae Art Cinema Award | Nominated |
| 2015 | Sicario | Palme d'Or | Nominated |

### Critics' Choice Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2016 | Arrival | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2021 | Dune | Best Picture | Nominated |
| 2021 | Dune | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2021 | Dune | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | Best Picture | Nominated |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated |

### Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2015 | Sicario | Best Director | 5th Place |
| 2016 | Arrival | Best Director | 5th Place |

### Denver Film Critics Society

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2017 | Arrival | Best Director | Nominated |

### Directors Guild of America Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2017 | Arrival | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Nominated |
| 2022 | Dune | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Nominated |

### Directors Guild of Canada

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2014 | Enemy | Feature Film | Won |

### Empire Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2014 | Prisoners | Best Thriller | Nominated |

### Houston Film Critics Society

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2017 | Arrival | Best Director | Nominated |

### Hugo Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2017 | Arrival | Best Dramatic Presentation | Won |
| 2018 | Blade Runner 2049 | Best Dramatic Presentation | Nominated |
| 2022 | Dune | Best Dramatic Presentation | Won |

### IndieWire Critics Poll

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2016 | Arrival | Best Director | 7th Place |

### National Board of Review

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2013 | Prisoners | Top Ten Films | Won |
| 2015 | Sicario | Top Ten Films | Won |
| 2016 | Arrival | Top Ten Films | Won |
| 2021 | Dune | Top Ten Films | Won |

### Online Film Critics Society

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2015 | Sicario | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2017 | Arrival | Best Director | Nominated |

### People's Choice Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2014 | Prisoners | Favorite Dramatic Movie | Nominated |

### Producers Guild of America Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2022 | Dune | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Nominated |

### San Francisco Film Critics Circle

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2016 | Arrival | Best Director | Nominated |

### Satellite Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2016 | Sicario | Best Film | Nominated |
| 2022 | Dune | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominated |
| 2022 | Dune | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2022 | Dune | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated |

### Saturn Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2017 | Arrival | Best Science Fiction Film | Nominated |
| 2017 | Arrival | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2018 | Blade Runner 2049 | Best Science Fiction Film | Won |
| 2018 | Blade Runner 2049 | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2025 | Dune: Part Two | Best Science Fiction Film | Won |
| 2025 | Dune: Part Two | Best Director | Won |
| 2025 | Dune: Part Two | Best Writing | Nominated |

### St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2016 | Arrival | Best Director | Runner-up |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Best Director | Nominated |

### Teen Choice Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2017 | Arrival | Choice Movie: Sci-Fi | Nominated |
| 2018 | Blade Runner 2049 | Choice Movie: Sci-Fi | Nominated |

### Toronto International Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2000 | Maelström | Best Canadian Film | Won |
| 2008 | Next Floor | Best Canadian Short Film | Won |
| 2011 | Incendies | Best Canadian Feature Film | Won |
| 2013 | Prisoners | People's Choice Awards | 3rd Place |
| 2021 | Dune | TIFF Ebert Director Award | Won |

### Vancouver Film Critics Circle

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2011 | Incendies | Best Director of a Canadian Film | Won |
| 2015 | Enemy | Best Director of a Canadian Film | Won |
| 2016 | Arrival | Best Director | Nominated |

### Vancouver International Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2011 | Incendies | Best Canadian Feature Film | Won |

### Venice Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2016 | Arrival | Future Film Festival Digital Award | Won |
| 2016 | Arrival | Young Cinema Award | Won |
| 2016 | Arrival | Golden Lion | Nominated |

### Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2016 | Arrival | Best Director | Nominated |

### Writers Guild of America Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2022 | Dune | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated |