Before receiving the Visionary Award at the 2024 IndieWire Honors, Denis Villeneuve talks 'Dune: Part Two' and the future of cinema in a new interview

If there’s one thing that director Denis Villeneuve has proven, it’s that he is capable of pulling off large-scale sci-fi films better than almost any other working filmmaker. He first demonstrated that when he dipped his toes into the sci-fi genre with 2016’s Arrival and did so again a year later when he helmed Blade Runner 2049.

During his conversation with Matthew Belloni on The Town podcast, Denis Villeneuve admitted that he was the “target audience” for Star Wars: A New Hope when it came out in 197

Yes, the "Dune" director hated Ewoks that much. "It became like a recipe, and there were no more surprises," he says.

Few directors have captured my imagination in recent years like Denis Villeneuve. The visionary filmmaker has brought stunning worlds to life and imbued them with heart and passion. Arrival gave me hope for humanity.

Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve was born in 1967; his filmography also includes plenty of forays into the futuristic and extraterrestrial. (Plus whatever you’d like to classify Enemy as.) Knowing his age and penchant for ambitious science fiction,