Denis Villineuve

Denis Villeneuve OC CQ RCA (French: born October 3, 1967) is a French-Canadian filmmaker.

Biography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Villeneuve

He is a four-time recipient of the Canadian Screen Award (formerly Genie Award) for Best Direction, winning for Maelström in 2001, Polytechnique in 2009, Incendies in 2010 and Enemy in 2013.[1][2] The first three of these films also won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture, while the latter was awarded the prize for best Canadian film of the year by the Toronto Film Critics Association.

Internationally, he is known for directing several critically acclaimed films, including the thrillers Prisoners (2013) and Sicario (2015), as well as the science fiction films Arrival (2016) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017).[3][4] For his work on Arrival, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director.[5] He was awarded the prize of Director of the Decade by the Hollywood Critics Association in December 2019.[6]

His latest film, Dune (2021), based on Frank Herbert's novel of the same name, premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival; the film received critical acclaim, was a commercial success at the box office internationally, and is his highest grossing film to date,[7] and earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture, with the film itself winning a leading six Oscars at the 94th Academy Awards.
In total, Villeneuve's films have grossed nearly $1.1 billion worldwide. His next film, Dune: Part Two (2023), is set to be released on November 3, 2023, by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Family

Villeneuve was born on October 3, 1967, in the village of Gentilly in Bécancour, Quebec, to Nicole Demers, a homemaker, and Jean Villeneuve, a notary. He is the eldest of four siblings. His younger brother, Martin, also became a filmmaker.[8][9]

Villeneuve is married to Tanya Lapointe, a journalist and filmmaker,[60] and he has three children from a previous relationship.[61] His daughter Salomé Villeneuve is also a filmmaker, whose debut short film III premiered at the 2022 Venice Film Festival.[62]

Previously, Villeneuve had a relationship with Macha Grenon.[63]

References

• Jonathan Chénier-Daoust, Paul Delaney, et John P. DuLong, “Les sœurs Boyleau, descendantes de Pierre de Portebise,” Mémoires de la Société généalogique canadienne-française, 74, no. 2, issue 316 (été2023): 91-108. This article provides the key information to show how the Boyleau sisters descend from Jeanne de Portebise and through her back to Henry III, King of England.
• https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/JCuWH86kRdU/m/...