David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg

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.

Known For: Directing

Born: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1943-03-15

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1967	Palace of Pleasure		70
2	1967	Buffalo Airport Visions		0
3	1975	Shivers	Infected Crowd Member (uncredited)	64
4	1982	Take One: Fear on Film	Self	70
5	1982	The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome	Interviewee	73
6	1983	Videodrome	Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited)	73
7	1985	Into the Night	Group Supervisor	65
8	1986	Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg	Self	72
9	1986	The Fly	Gynecologist	74
10	1988	The Making of Dead Ringers	Self - Writer/Director	80
11	1988	Dead Ringers	Obstetrician (uncredited)	71
12	1990	Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard	Self	70
13	1990	Nightbreed	Dr. Philip K. Decker	64
14	1992	Blue		58
15	1992	Naked Making Lunch	Self	71
16	1994	Henry & Verlin	Doc Fisher	40
17	1994	Trial by Jury	Director	54
18	1994	Boozecan	Stan Coleburn	50
19	1995	Blood & Donuts	Crime Boss	53
20	1995	To Die For	Man at Lake	66
21	1996	Moonshine Highway	Clem Clayton	58
22	1996	Crash	Auto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited)	64
23	1996	The Stupids	Postal Supervisor	47
24	1996	Extreme Measures	Hospital Lawyer	60
25	1997	David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme	Himself	50
26	1998	The Grace of God	Psychiatrist	10
27	1998	Last Night	Duncan	66
28	1999	Resurrection	Father Rousell	62
29	1999	David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh		72
30	2000	Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier	Self	0
31	2000	The American Nightmare	Self	70
32	2001	The Judge	Det. Stobel	45
33	2001	Jason X	Dr. Wimmer	49
34	2002	By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"	Self(archive footage)	60
35	2002	Masters of Horror	Self	77
36	2003	100 Greatest Sexy Moments	Self	50
37	2004	Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche	Duncan (archive footage)	50
38	2004	Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh	Self	65
39	2005	The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter	Self	0
40	2006	Acts of Violence	Self	80
41	2006	Too Commercial for Cannes	Self	85
42	2006	The Politics of the Dead Zone	Self	60
43	2007	At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World	The Last Jew	80
44	2007	To Each His Own Cinema	The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ...")	65
45	2008	On Screen!: Shivers	himself	0
46	2010	Barney's Version	O'Malley Director #2	70
47	2010	William S. Burroughs: A Man Within	Self	66
48	2010	Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics	Self (archive footage)	70
49	2011	David Cronenberg: The Early Years	Self	0
50	2011	Produce Your Own Damn Movie!	Self	0
51	2012	A Special Day	Self	60
52	2012	Citizens of Cosmopolis	Self	61
53	2013	Rewind	Rourke	57
54	2013	The Nest	Dr. Molnar (voice)	51
55	2013	Tales from the Organ Trade	Narrator	64
56	2016	Tomorrow's Shadows	G.O.D. (voice)	0
57	2016	Ape Sodom	Narrator	33
58	2019	L’ inquiétante absence	Self	80
59	2019	Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece	Self	70
60	2019	A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now	Self	60
61	2020	Disappearance at Clifton Hill	Walter	55
62	2020	Falling	Dr. Klausner	65
63	2021	The Death of David Cronenberg	David Cronenberg	61
64	2023	Room 999	Self	58
65	2024	Humane	D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator	53
66		David Cronenberg, en chair et en os	Himself	0
67	2025	The Shrouds	Corpse (uncredited)	60
68	2026	Ready or Not: Here I Come		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1989	Prisoners of Gravity	Self	57
2	1995	Kulturzeit	self	35
3	1996	The Newsroom	Himself	80
4	1998	SexTV	Self	20
5	1998	SexTV		20
6	2001	The Judge	Det. Stobel	45
7	2001	Alias	Dr. Brezzel	68
8	2005	Le Cercle		0
9	2010	Happy Town	Dr. Leichman	58
10	2015	Pig Goat Banana Cricket	Dr. Cronenbird (voice)	35
11	2016	Slasher	Spencer	67
12	2017	Star Trek: Discovery	Dr. Kovich	71
13	2017	Alias Grace	Reverend Verrenger	72
14	2023	Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma	Self - Guest	0

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