Denis Villeneuve

Academy Award nominee Denis Villeneuve directed DUNE based on a screenplay by Jon Spaihts, Villeneuve, and Oscar winner Eric Roth (“Forrest Gump”).

David Lynch

David Lynch is not only the director of Dune, the motion picture, but also the author of the screenplay.

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Back in the 1970s, when Lynch was still preoccupied with Eraserhead and Dune was nowhere on the subsequent Frank Herbert's immediate horizon, director Alejandro Jodorowsky made an insanely ambitious attempt at a film adaptation for Dune — one that would have featured Salvador Dali, Orson Welles, and the music of Pink Floyd.

Villeneuve

Villeneuve directed Dune from a script Paul Atreides co-wrote with Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth, which was based on Frank Herbert’s book of the same name.

John Harrison

John Harrison, the director of the Sci-fi Dune and writer of the Sci-fi COD, originally promised to adapt GEOD into a TV series instead of the usual miniseries, and that John Harrisonwould cover the lost years between COD and GEOD.

by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Denis Villenueve

Directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Denis Villenueve, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond Paul Atreides's understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of Paul Atreides's family and Paul Atreides's people.

Frank Pavich

Directed by Frank Pavich, Jodorowsky’s Dune takes an exhaustive look at the development and collapse of what is considered the greatest film never made – an epic adaptation of Frank Herbert‘s classic sci-fi novel Dune helmed by the Chilean surrealist filmmaker responsible for such mind-melting cult classics as El Topo, The Holy Mountain, and Santa Sangre – through contemporary interviews with Alejandro Jodorowsky, Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz,

Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert's Dune won two Emmy Awards in 2001 for Outstanding Cinematography and Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a miniseries or movie, and was nominated for a third Emmy for Outstanding Sound Editing.

Lynch

In 1984, Lynch directed Dune, a movie that took over a decade, and several aborted attempts, to produce.

by Denis Villenueve

Dune is directed by Denis Villenueve, who has done a good job of flying under the radar while masterfully directing science fiction films like Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival.

the then-popular singer/songwriter ,

The original Dune directed by David Lynch was released in 1984 and starred the then-popular singer/songwriter and former frontman for The Police, Sting.

Ridley Scott

These obvious similarities created a problem for David Lynch as Ridley Scott prepared to film Dune.

by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Denis Villenueve

Directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Denis Villenueve, “Dune” follows Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond Paul Atreides's understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of Paul Atreides's family and Paul Atreides's people.

Martin Scorsese

Arrival director Denis Villeneuve won’t have to wait nearly that long to tackle Martin Scorsese's dream project, though: Martin Scorsese is officially directing Dune.

Peter Berg

Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel Dune—which spawned five sequels in Herbert's lifetime and prequels after his death—has been problematic for filmmakers, but that's not stopping director Peter Berg from developing a new movie director Peter Berg plans to direct.

by Greg Yaitanes

Dune was directed by Greg Yaitanes off a screenplay by John Harrison, executive producer of the forthcoming Dune film.

Dino de Laurentiis

Soon after, however, the opportunity to direct another big-budget science fiction epic arose when Dino de Laurentiis of the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group asked Ben Barenholtz to create a film adaptation of Frank Herbert's science fiction novel Dune (1965).

with Jon Spaihts and , Eric Roth which was based on Frank Herbert’s book of the same name

Villeneuve directed Dune from a script Paul Atreides co-wrote with Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth, which was based on Frank Herbert’s book of the same name.

on the novel by Brian’s late father Frank Herbert

The movie Dune, based on the novel by Brian’s late father Frank Herbert, was released in 2021 and starred Timothée Chalamet as Atreides and Stellan Skarsgård as late father Frank Herbert's family’s enemy Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.

Paul Atreides , a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond Paul Atreides's understanding

The Dune movie follows Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond Paul Atreides's understanding.