It's a great week for Canadian film, because the Hollywood Critics Association just announced that Quebec director Denis Villeneuve is their filmmaker of the decade. 

The association announced their decision in a tweet earlier this week, adding that Villeneuve will be presented with the award at a ceremony on January 9. 

We at the HCA are proud to announce that Denis Villeneuve will receive the Filmmaker of the Decade Award at our ceremony on January 9, 2020. Villeneuve's incredible filmography includes Incendies, Prisoners, Arrival, Sicario, and Blade Runner 2049. #DenisVilleneuve pic.twitter.com/BWkOa7oqNb

— Hollywood Critics Association (@LAOFCS) December 11, 2019

Villeneuve was born in Bécancour, QC and studied cinema at the Université du Québec à Montréal. 

He's behind a number of critically-acclaimed movies including Polytechnique, Incendies, Prisoners, Enemy, Sicario, Arrival and Blade Runner 2049. 

2010 Incendies
2013 Enemies
2014 Prisoners
2015 Sicario
2016 Arrival
2017 Blade Runner 2049
6 excellent movies this decade and 5 of them in consecutive years. He is one of the absolute best filmmakers working today and definitely deserves it. Highly recommend his films.

— Shanks 🌐 (@ShanksR123) December 11, 2019

Villeneuve's work has been recognized by multiple awards associations prior to this one, including 18 Academy Awards nominations (three of which he won), 21 BAFTA awards nominations (three of which he also won) and two Golden Globe nominations.

Denis Villeneuve revived a marriage between modern and classic cinema.

He is a filmmaker of our times.

— Ben (@SirBenKenobi) December 12, 2019

Altogether, his films have grossed a total of almost $700 million at the box office worldwide.

His upcoming title, Dune, is a futuristic, science fiction movie adaptation of the 1965 novel of the same name by Frank Herbert.