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.
To Die For
(Man at Lake)
The Death of David Cronenberg
(David Cronenberg)
Resurrection
(Father Rousell)
Nightbreed
(Dr. Philip K. Decker)
Into the Night
(Group Supervisor)
Jason X
(Dr. Wimmer)
The Fly
(Gynecologist)
Last Night
(Duncan)
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
(Self)
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
(Self (archive footage))
Blood & Donuts
(Crime Boss)
Tomorrow's Shadows
(G.O.D. (voice))
The Judge
(Det. Stobel)
The Grace of God
(Psychiatrist)
Shivers
(Infected Crowd Member (uncredited))
Crash
(Auto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited))
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
(Self)
Tales from the Organ Trade
(Narrator)
Henry & Verlin
(Doc Fisher)
Room 999
(Self)
Rewind
(Rourke)
Naked Making Lunch
(Self)
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
(Self)
Citizens of Cosmopolis
(Self)
Falling
(Dr. Klausner)
The American Nightmare
(Self)
David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme
(Himself)
Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg
(Self)
Humane
(D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator)
David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh
Blue
Take One: Fear on Film
(Self)
Extreme Measures
(Hospital Lawyer)
Videodrome
(Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited))
The Stupids
(Postal Supervisor)
Ape Sodom
(Narrator)
The Nest
(Dr. Molnar (voice))
Boozecan
(Stan Coleburn)
Too Commercial for Cannes
(Self)
A Special Day
(Self)
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
(Duncan (archive footage))
To Each His Own Cinema
(The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ..."))
Dead Ringers
(Obstetrician (uncredited))
Palace of Pleasure
Buffalo Airport Visions
The Making of Dead Ringers
(Self - Writer/Director)
Masters of Horror
(Self)
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
(Interviewee)
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
(Walter)
L’inquiétante absence
(Self)
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
(Self)
Barney's Version
(O'Malley Director #2)
On Screen!: Shivers
(himself)
Trial by Jury
(Director)
Acts of Violence
(Self)
Moonshine Highway
(Clem Clayton)
Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece
(Self)
A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now
(Self)
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
(Self)
The Politics of the Dead Zone
(Self)
Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard
(Self)
David Cronenberg: The Early Years
(Self)
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"
(Self(archive footage))
David Cronenberg, en chair et en os
(Himself)
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
(The Last Jew)
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
(Mr. Danforth)
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
(Self)
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
Sangre del Toro
(Self (archive footage))
Prisoners of Gravity
(Self)
Alias
(Dr. Brezzel)
SexTV
(Self)
Slasher
(Spencer)
Pig Goat Banana Cricket
(Dr. Cronenbird (voice))
The Newsroom
(Himself)
Happy Town
(Dr. Leichman)
The Judge
(Det. Stobel)
Alias Grace
(Reverend Verrenger)
SexTV
Star Trek: Discovery
(Dr. Kovich)
Kulturzeit
(self)
Le Cercle
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
(Self - Guest)
Slasher: Flesh & Blood
(Spencer)
A History of Violence
(Director)
M. Butterfly
(Director)
Videodrome
(Director)
Videodrome
(Writer)
Crash
(Producer)
Crash
(Director)
Naked Lunch
(Director)
eXistenZ
(Director)
eXistenZ
(Screenplay)
eXistenZ
(Producer)
Eastern Promises
(Director)
The Dead Zone
(Director)
Scanners II: The New Order
(Characters)
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
(Director)
Letter from Michelangelo
(Director)
Tourrettes
(Director)
Winter Garden
(Director)
Don Valley
(Director)
Rabid
(Original Film Writer)
Fort York
(Director)
Lakeshore
(Director)
Scarborough Bluffs
(Director)
In the Dirt
(Director)
The Fly
(Director)
The Fly
(Screenplay)
Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
(Producer)
Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
(Director)
Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
(Writer)
Scanners
(Director)
Scanners
(Writer)
Dead Ringers
(Director)
Crimes of the Future
(Director)
Scanners III: The Takeover
(Characters)
Crimes of the Future
(Director)
Crimes of the Future
(Writer)
Crimes of the Future
(Editor)
Crimes of the Future
(Producer)
Shivers
(Director)
Shivers
(Writer)
Spider
(Director)
Spider
(Producer)
To Each His Own Cinema
(Director)
The Brood
(Writer)
The Brood
(Director)
Rabid
(Writer)
Rabid
(Director)
Crimes of the Future
(Writer)
Fast Company
(Director)
A Dangerous Method
(Director)
Cosmopolis
(Director)
Cosmopolis
(Screenplay)
The Italian Machine
(Director)
Cosmopolis
(Producer)
Lakeshore
(Writer)
In the Dirt
(Writer)
Letter from Michelangelo
(Writer)
Tourrettes
(Writer)
Fort York
(Writer)
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
(Producer)
Scarborough Bluffs
(Writer)
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
(Writer)
Scarborough Bluffs
(Director of Photography)
Scanner Cop II
(Characters)
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
(Editor)
In the Dirt
(Editor)
Transfer
(Director of Photography)
Crimes of the Future
(Director of Photography)
Lakeshore
(Editor)
In the Dirt
(Director of Photography)
Don Valley
(Writer)
Tourrettes
(Editor)
Lakeshore
(Director of Photography)
Fort York
(Editor)
Fort York
(Director of Photography)
From the Drain
(Director of Photography)
Scarborough Bluffs
(Editor)
The Plan
(Executive Producer)
Scanner Cop
(Characters)
Winter Garden
(Editor)
Letter from Michelangelo
(Director of Photography)
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
(Director of Photography)
Don Valley
(Director of Photography)
Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
(Editor)
Winter Garden
(Director of Photography)
Letter from Michelangelo
(Editor)
Don Valley
(Editor)
Tourrettes
(Director of Photography)
Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
(Director of Photography)
I'm Losing You
(Executive Producer)
Imagining 'Total Recall'
(Thanks)
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly
(Thanks)
Escape from New York
(Thanks)
Resolving Power
(Thanks)
Down to Sleep
(Thanks)
Skinwalkers
(Thanks)
Mental Saboteur
(Thanks)
Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter
(Thanks)
Highway 61
(Thanks)
Crank Up
(Thanks)
The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners'
(Thanks)
Shortbus
(Thanks)
Pacific Rim
(Thanks)
Candy
(Thanks)
The Dead Don't Die
(Thanks)
Karim
(Thanks)
Tub
(Thanks)
Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk
(Thanks)
Citizens of Cosmopolis
(Thanks)
The Drema
(Thanks)
Camera
(Writer)
From the Drain
(Director)
Camera
(Director)
The Shrouds
(Director)
Maps to the Stars
(Director)
Transfer
(Director)
Preludes
(Director)
The Nest
(Director)
The Death of David Cronenberg
(Director)
The Death of David Cronenberg
(Writer)
Naked Lunch
(Writer)
Dead Ringers
(Writer)
Dead Ringers
(Producer)
Crash
(Writer)
The Shrouds
(Writer)
Fast Company
(Screenplay)
The Double
(Thanks)
Transfer
(Writer)
Ape Sodom
(Additional Dialogue)
Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection
(Writer)
Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection
(Director)
The Lie Chair
(Director)
The Nest
(Writer)
From the Drain
(Editor)
The Italian Machine
(Writer)
From the Drain
(Writer)
Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors
(Production Manager)
Transfer
(Sound)
Transfer
(Producer)
Transfer
(Editor)
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
(Director)
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
(Writer)
Leo
(Original Film Writer)
Friday the 13th: The Series
(Director)
Teleplay
(Writer)
Teleplay
(Director)
Peep Show
(Director)
Scales of Justice
(Director)
Scanners
(Executive Producer)
Programme X
(Director)