David Cronenberg
Biography
David Paul Cronenberg [CC OOnt], born 15 March 1943, is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is a principal originator of the body horror genre, with his films exploring visceral bodily transformation, infectious diseases, and the intertwining of the psychological, physical, and technological. Cronenberg is best known for exploring these themes through sci-fi horror films such as Shivers (1975), Scanners (1981), Videodrome (1983), and The Fly (1986). However, he has also directed dramas, psychological thrillers, and gangster films.
Cronenberg's films have polarized critics and audiences; he has earned critical acclaim and sparked controversy for his depictions of gore and violence. The Village Voice called him "the most audacious and challenging narrative director in the English-speaking world". His films have won numerous awards, including the Special Jury Prize for Crash at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, a unique award that is distinct from the Jury Prize as it is not given annually but only at the request of the official jury, who in this case gave the award "for originality, for daring, and for audacity".
From the 2000s to the 2020s, Cronenberg collaborated on several films with Viggo Mortensen, including A History of Violence (2005), Eastern Promises (2007), A Dangerous Method (2011) and Crimes of the Future (2022). Seven of his films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or, the most recent being The Shrouds (2024), which was screened at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
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Acting (60 movies)
To Die For
1995
The Death of David Cronenberg
2021
Resurrection
1999
Nightbreed
1990
Into the Night
1985
Jason X
2001
The Fly
1986
Last Night
1998
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2010
Blood & Donuts
1995
Tomorrow's Shadows
2016
The Judge
2001
Shivers
1975
The Grace of God
1998
Crash
1996
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
2004
Tales from the Organ Trade
2013
Henry & Verlin
1994
Room 999
2023
Rewind
2013
Naked Making Lunch
1992
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
2005
Falling
2020
The American Nightmare
2000
David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme
1997
Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg
1987
Humane
2024
Blue
1992
Take One: Fear on Film
1982
Extreme Measures
1996
Videodrome
1983
The Stupids
1996
Ape Sodom
2016
The Nest
2013
Boozecan
1994
Too Commercial for Cannes
2006
A Special Day
2012
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Dead Ringers
1988
Palace of Pleasure
1967
Buffalo Airport Visions
1967
The Making of Dead Ringers
1988
Masters of Horror
2002
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
1982
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
2020
L’ inquiétante absence
2019
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
2000
Barney's Version
2010
Trial by Jury
1994
Acts of Violence
2006
Moonshine Highway
1996
Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece
2019
A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now
2019
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
2011
Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard
1990
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
2007
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
The Shrouds
2025
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025
Directing (43 movies)
A History of Violence
2005
M. Butterfly
1993
Videodrome
1983
Naked Lunch
1991
Crash
1996
eXistenZ
1999
Eastern Promises
2007
The Dead Zone
1983
Tourrettes
1971
Letter from Michelangelo
1971
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
1971
Winter Garden
1972
Don Valley
1972
Fort York
1972
Lakeshore
1972
Scarborough Bluffs
1972
In the Dirt
1972
The Fly
1986
Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
1969
Dead Ringers
1988
Scanners
1981
Crimes of the Future
2022
Crimes of the Future
1970
Shivers
1975
Spider
2002
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
The Brood
1979
Rabid
1977
Fast Company
1979
A Dangerous Method
2011
Cosmopolis
2012
The Italian Machine
1976
From the Drain
1967
Camera
2000
The Shrouds
2025
Maps to the Stars
2014
Transfer
1966
Preludes
2000
The Nest
2013
The Death of David Cronenberg
2021
Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection
2023
The Lie Chair
1976
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
2007