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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.
Filmography 43
Ready or Not: Here I Come
+3
as Chester Danforth 
The Fly
+7
as Gynecologist 
Falling
+17
as Dr. Klausner 
Alias Grace
as Reverend Verrenger 
Eastern Promises
+4
Director 
Spider
Director, Producer 
Nightbreed
+17
as Dr. Philip K. Decker 
Videodrome
+4
as Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited) 
The Dead Zone
+8
Director 
A History of Violence
+7
Director 
Crash
as Auto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited) 
Jason X
+7
as Dr. Wimmer 
Naked Lunch
Director, Writer 
A Dangerous Method
+3
Director 
Crimes of the Future
+12
Director, Writer 
eXistenZ
+3
Director, Screenplay 
Rabid
+26
Director, Writer 
The Shrouds
+3
Director, Writer 
Maps to the Stars
+2
Director 
Into the Night
+2
as Group Supervisor 
Dead Ringers
+14
as Obstetrician (uncredited) 
Scanners
Director, Writer 
The Brood
+9
Director, Writer 
Humane
+10
as D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator 
Cosmopolis
+5
Director, Screenplay 
Shivers
+16
Director, Writer 
Resurrection
+8
as Father Rousell 
M. Butterfly
+2
Director 
The Stupids
+5
as Postal Supervisor 
To Each His Own Cinema
as The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ...") 
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
+7
as Walter 
Trial by Jury
+12
as Director 
Room 999
+3
as Self 
Rewind
as Rourke 
Fast Company
+11
Director, Screenplay 
Crimes of the Future
Director, Writer 
Last Night
as Duncan 
+4 
Sangre del Toro
as Self (archive footage) 
Moonshine Highway
+6
as Clem Clayton 
Tales from the Organ Trade
+10
as Narrator 
Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
Director, Writer 
as Self