David Cronenberg
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Cronenberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: 15 March 1943
Played In
Ready or Not: Here I Come
Chester Danforth
Cronenberg, à corps ouvert
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
Sangre del Toro
Self (archive footage)
Humane
D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator
Room 999
Self
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest
The Death of David Cronenberg
David Cronenberg
Slasher: Flesh & Blood
Spencer
Falling
Dr. Klausner
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
Walter
Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece
Self
A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now
Self
L’inquiétante absence
Self
Alias Grace
Reverend Verrenger
Star Trek: Discovery
Dr. Kovich
Ape Sodom
Narrator
Tomorrow's Shadows
G.O.D. (voice)
Slasher
Spencer
Pig Goat Banana Cricket
Dr. Cronenbird (voice)
Tales from the Organ Trade
Narrator
The Nest
Dr. Molnar (voice)
Rewind
Rourke
Citizens of Cosmopolis
Self
A Special Day
Self
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
Self
Cronenberg: The Early Years
Self
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Self (archive footage)
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Self
Barney's Version
O'Malley Director #2
Happy Town
Dr. Leichman
On Screen!: Shivers
himself
To Each His Own Cinema
The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ...")
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
The Last Jew
The Politics of the Dead Zone
Self
Too Commercial for Cannes
Self
Acts of Violence
Self
Le Cercle
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
Self
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
Self
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Duncan (archive footage)
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
Masters of Horror
Self
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"
Self (archive footage)
Jason X
Dr. Wimmer
Alias
Dr. Brezzel
The Judge
Det. Stobel
The Judge
Det. Stobel
The American Nightmare
Self
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
Self
David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh
Resurrection
Father Rousell
Last Night
Duncan
SexTV
Self
SexTV
The Grace of God
Psychiatrist
David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme
Himself
The Newsroom
Himself
Extreme Measures
Hospital Lawyer
The Stupids
Postal Supervisor
Crash
Auto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited)
Moonshine Highway
Clem Clayton
Kulturzeit
self
To Die For
Man at Lake
Blood & Donuts
Crime Boss
Boozecan
Stan Coleburn
Trial by Jury
Director
Henry & Verlin
Doc Fisher
Naked Making Lunch
Self
Blue
Nightbreed
Dr. Philip K. Decker
Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard
Self
Prisoners of Gravity
Self
Dead Ringers
Obstetrician (uncredited)
The Making of Dead Ringers
Self - Writer/Director
Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg
Self
The Fly
Gynecologist
Into the Night
Group Supervisor
Videodrome
Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited)
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
Interviewee
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
Take One: Fear on Film
Self
Cérémonie des César
Self - Presenter
Shivers
Infected Crowd Member (uncredited)
Palace of Pleasure
Buffalo Airport Visions
David Cronenberg, en chair et en os
Himself