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David Cronenberg
Known for: DirectingDavid 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.
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The Fly
as Gynecologist 
Ready or Not: Here I Come
as Chester Danforth 
Eastern Promises
Director 
Crash
as Auto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited) 
Spider
Director, Producer 
Nightbreed
as Dr. Philip K. Decker 
The Dead Zone
Director 
A History of Violence
Director 
Alias Grace
as Reverend Verrenger 
Jason X
as Dr. Wimmer 
Naked Lunch
Director, Writer 
Crimes of the Future
Director, Writer 
eXistenZ
Director, Screenplay 
Rabid
Director, Writer 
The Shrouds
Director, Writer 
Maps to the Stars
Director 
Falling
as Dr. Klausner 
Videodrome
as Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited) 
Into the Night
as Group Supervisor 
Dead Ringers
as Obstetrician (uncredited) 
A Dangerous Method
Director 
Scanners
Director, Writer 
The Brood
Director, Writer 
Humane
as D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator 
Cosmopolis
Director, Screenplay 
Shivers
Director, Writer 
Resurrection
as Father Rousell 
M. Butterfly
Director 
The Stupids
as Postal Supervisor 
To Each His Own Cinema
as The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ...") 
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
as Walter 
Trial by Jury
as Director 
Room 999
as Self 
Rewind
as Rourke 
Fast Company
Director, Screenplay 
Crimes of the Future
Director, Writer 
Last Night
as Duncan 
Sangre del Toro
as Self (archive footage) 
Moonshine Highway
as Clem Clayton 
Tales from the Organ Trade
as Narrator 
Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
Director, Writer