"Everybody has to focus and be entirely in the present," the filmmaker said of why he forbids smart devices during filming

"When you say cut, you don’t want someone going to his phone to look at his Facebook account," the Oscar-nominated director says.

Renowned filmmaker Denis Villeneuve has revealed why he insists on banning phones on his movie sets in a recent interview.

Denis Villeneuve is one of the highly respected directors in the Hollywood film industry. With his mind-bending outings having a very peculiar take, the filmmaker even has an intriguing rule for those present on his movie sets.