David Cronenberg
Directing
Born 1943-03-15
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
153 credits
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David Paul Cronenberg (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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Filmography
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Directing
24 credits
The Fly
Friday the 13th: The Series
Crash
Eastern Promises
A History of Violence
The Dead Zone
Videodrome
The Shrouds
eXistenZ
Naked Lunch
Dead Ringers
Scanners
A Dangerous Method
Maps to the Stars
Crimes of the Future
The Brood
Spider
Cosmopolis
Shivers
M. Butterfly
Rabid
Teleplay
To Each His Own Cinema
Trial by Jury
Acting
35 credits
Star Trek: Discovery
Ready or Not: Here I Come
Late Night with David Letterman
Slasher
The Fly
Kulturzeit
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Cérémonie des César
Crash
Pig Goat Banana Cricket
Alias Grace
Jason X
Alias
SexTV
Prisoners of Gravity
Videodrome
Nightbreed
To Die For
Dead Ringers
Into the Night
Humane
Extreme Measures
Leo
Slasher: Flesh & Blood
Shivers
The Newsroom
Happy Town
The Stupids
Barney's Version
Falling
Rabid
Music, Fashion, Film
Resurrection
A Special Day
To Each His Own Cinema
Writing
14 credits
The Fly
Crash
Videodrome
The Shrouds
eXistenZ
Naked Lunch
Dead Ringers
Scanners
Crimes of the Future
The Brood
Cosmopolis
Shivers
Rabid
Teleplay
Other credits
7 credits
Producing
5 credits
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