David Cronenberg
David Paul Cronenberg, CC, OOnt, FRSC (born March 15, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) is widely regarded as Canada's most influential and internationally celebrated filmmaker. Cronenberg has made a significant impact on genre cinema in Canada. Nicknamed "The Baron of Blood" and "The King of Venereal Horror," he has pushed boundaries with his controversial horror movies. His unique style of "body horror" films, including "Shivers" (1975), "The Brood" (1979), "Scanners" (1981), "Videodrome" (1983), "The Fly" (1986), "Dead Ringers" (1988), "Naked Lunch" (1991), and "Crash" (1996), have captivated audiences with their thought-provoking exploration of the complex relationship between sex, technology, and violence. Cronenberg's contributions to the film industry have been recognized with numerous awards and honours, including being a Companion of the Order of Canada, a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et Lettres de France, and a member of Canada's Walk of Fame. He has received 10 Genie Awards and has been honoured at prestigious international film festivals, as well as receiving lifetime achievement awards from the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards, the Canadian Screen Awards, the Cannes Film Festival, and the Venice Film Festival. Cronenberg has been married twice: first to sound recordist Margaret Hindson, from 1970 to 1977, with whom he had one daughter, Cassandra Cronenberg (born 1972); then to cinematographer Carolyn Zeifman, from 1979 until her death in 2017, with whom he had one son, Brandon Cronenberg (born 1980), and one daughter, Caitlin Cronenberg (born 1984).
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))
Prisoners of Gravity
(Self)
Alias
(Dr. Brezzel)
SexTV
(Self)
Slasher
(Spencer)
Pig Goat Banana Cricket
(Dr. Cronenbird (voice))
The Judge
(Det. Stobel)
The Newsroom
(Himself)
Happy Town
(Dr. Leichman)
Alias Grace
(Reverend Verrenger)
SexTV
Star Trek: Discovery
(Dr. Kovich)
Kulturzeit
(self)
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)
Winter Garden
(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)
Nike Air 180
(Director)
Friday the 13th: The Series
(Director)
Teleplay
(Writer)
Teleplay
(Director)
Peep Show
(Director)
Scales of Justice
(Director)
Scanners
(Executive Producer)
Programme X
(Director)