David Cronenberg
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-03-15
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Cronenberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known For
To Die For
Sep 22, 1995
The Death of David Cronenberg
Sep 14, 2021
Resurrection
Jun 05, 1999
Nightbreed
Feb 16, 1990
Into the Night
Feb 22, 1985
Jason X
Nov 09, 2001
The Fly
Aug 15, 1986
Last Night
Oct 23, 1998
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Nov 05, 2010
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Nov 09, 2010
Blood & Donuts
Sep 09, 1995
Tomorrow's Shadows
Jun 29, 2016
The Judge
May 06, 2001
The Grace of God
Jun 10, 1998
Shivers
May 16, 1975
Crash
Jul 17, 1996
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
Aug 27, 2004
Tales from the Organ Trade
Sep 20, 2013
Henry & Verlin
Jan 07, 1994
Room 999
Oct 05, 2023
Rewind
Aug 26, 2013
Naked Making Lunch
Dec 29, 1992
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
Mar 03, 2005
Citizens of Cosmopolis
Sep 25, 2012
Falling
Oct 02, 2020
The American Nightmare
Sep 11, 2000
David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme
Jan 19, 1997
Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg
Feb 09, 1987
Humane
Apr 26, 2024
David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh
Oct 20, 1999
Blue
Jan 10, 1992
Take One: Fear on Film
Jan 01, 1982
Extreme Measures
Sep 27, 1996
Videodrome
Feb 04, 1983
The Stupids
Aug 08, 1996
Ape Sodom
Sep 23, 2016
The Nest
Sep 02, 2013
Boozecan
Oct 22, 1994
Too Commercial for Cannes
Mar 17, 2006
A Special Day
May 16, 2012
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Jan 01, 2004
To Each His Own Cinema
Oct 31, 2007
Dead Ringers
Sep 23, 1988
Palace of Pleasure
Jan 01, 1967
Buffalo Airport Visions
Jan 01, 1967
The Making of Dead Ringers
Jan 01, 1988
Masters of Horror
Nov 06, 2002
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
Dec 31, 1982
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
Feb 28, 2020
L’ inquiétante absence
Jul 14, 2019
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
May 08, 2000
Barney's Version
Oct 26, 2010
On Screen!: Shivers
Feb 10, 2008
Trial by Jury
Sep 09, 1994
Acts of Violence
Mar 14, 2006
Moonshine Highway
May 05, 1996
Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece
Jul 29, 2019
A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now
Jul 29, 2019
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
Sep 13, 2011
The Politics of the Dead Zone
Sep 26, 2006
Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard
Jan 01, 1990
David Cronenberg: The Early Years
Jan 01, 2011
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"
Jul 01, 2002
David Cronenberg, en chair et en os
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
May 20, 2007
Ready or Not: Here I Come
Apr 08, 2026
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Nov 29, 2003
The Shrouds
Apr 03, 2025
Prisoners of Gravity
Aug 21, 1989
Alias
Sep 30, 2001
SexTV
Oct 17, 1998
Slasher
Mar 04, 2016
Pig Goat Banana Cricket
Jul 16, 2015
The Newsroom
Oct 21, 1996
Happy Town
Apr 28, 2010
The Judge
May 06, 2001
Alias Grace
Sep 25, 2017
SexTV
Oct 17, 1998
Star Trek: Discovery
Sep 24, 2017
Kulturzeit
Oct 02, 1995
Le Cercle
Mar 04, 2005
