“I feel, since 2001, this huge need for Americans to have superheroes on the screen. This idea that a super-being will protect you. That this being can go above the law but, at the end of the day, would be a good force and defeat the evil. This idea that this half-god exists. This need in the subconscious of America to find these gods.”

Canadian film director and screenwriter

Denis Villeneuve is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He has won seven Canadian Screen Awards and has received nominations for four Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. His films have grossed more than $1.8 billion worldwide. He is known for work that has drawn major industry recognition and broad commercial success, placing him among the most visible Canadian filmmakers of his generation.