8.5
8.5
Too Commercial for Cannes
2006
as Self
David Cronenberg
Also known as: David Paul Cronenberg, David P. Cronenberg, David Cronenburg
Directing
Born:March 15, 1943(age 83)
Birthplace:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality:Canada
Height:5'9" (175 cm)
Education:University of Toronto, Harbord Collegiate Institute, North Toronto Collegiate Institute
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (99 movies)
8.0
8.0
L’ inquiétante absence
2019
as Self
8.0
8.0
Acts of Violence
2006
as Self
8.0
8.0
The Making of Dead Ringers
1988
as Self - Writer/Director
7.7
7.7
Masters of Horror
2002
as Self
7.6
7.6
Ready or Not: Here I Come
2026
as Chester Danforth
7.4
7.4
The Fly
1986
Screenplay
7.3
7.3
Eastern Promises
2007
Director
7.3
7.3
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
1982
as Interviewee
7.3
7.3
Videodrome
1983
Writer
7.2
7.2
David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh
1999
7.2
7.2
Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg
1987
as Self
7.2
7.2
A History of Violence
2005
Director
7.1
7.1
Naked Making Lunch
1992
as Self
7.1
7.1
Dead Ringers
1988
Writer
7.0
7.0
The Dead Zone
1983
Director
7.0
7.0
Take One: Fear on Film
1982
as Self
7.0
7.0
Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard
1990
as Self
7.0
7.0
Palace of Pleasure
1967
7.0
7.0
Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece
2019
as Self
7.0
7.0
Naked Lunch
1991
Writer
6.8
6.8
The American Nightmare
2000
as Self
6.8
6.8
eXistenZ
1999
Producer
6.7
6.7
Scanners
1981
Writer
6.7
6.7
The Brood
1979
Director
6.6
6.6
Last Night
1998
as Duncan
6.6
6.6
Spider
2002
Director
6.6
6.6
M. Butterfly
1993
Director
6.5
6.5
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010
as Self
6.5
6.5
Into the Night
1985
as Group Supervisor
6.5
6.5
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
2007
Writer
6.5
6.5
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
2004
as Self
6.5
6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Director
6.5
6.5
Crash
1996
Director
6.5
6.5
Falling
2020
as Dr. Klausner
6.4
6.4
Tales from the Organ Trade
2013
as Narrator
6.4
6.4
Shivers
1975
Director
6.4
6.4
A Dangerous Method
2011
Director
6.4
6.4
Nightbreed
1990
as Dr. Philip K. Decker
6.3
6.3
Rabid
1977
Director
6.2
6.2
Maps to the Stars
2014
Director
6.1
6.1
Resurrection
1999
as Father Rousell
6.1
6.1
The Death of David Cronenberg
2021
Writer
6.1
6.1
Citizens of Cosmopolis
2012
as Self
6.1
6.1
Camera
2000
Writer
6.0
6.0
Crimes of the Future
2022
Writer
6.0
6.0
A Special Day
2012
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Politics of the Dead Zone
2006
as Self
6.0
6.0
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"
2002
as Self(archive footage)
6.0
6.0
A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now
2019
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Italian Machine
1976
Writer
6.0
6.0
The Lie Chair
1976
Director
5.9
5.9
The Shrouds
2025
Writer
5.8
5.8
Moonshine Highway
1996
as Clem Clayton
5.7
5.7
Rewind
2013
as Rourke
5.7
5.7
Blue
1992
5.7
5.7
Cosmopolis
2012
Screenplay
5.6
5.6
Room 999
2023
as Self
5.5
5.5
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
2020
as Walter
5.4
5.4
Humane
2024
as D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator
5.4
5.4
Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
1969
Director
5.3
5.3
Trial by Jury
1994
as Director
5.2
5.2
Blood & Donuts
1995
as Crime Boss
5.1
5.1
The Nest
2013
Director
5.1
5.1
Transfer
1966
Writer
5.1
5.1
Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection
2023
Writer
5.1
5.1
Fast Company
1979
Screenplay
5.0
5.0
Boozecan
1994
as Stan Coleburn
5.0
5.0
David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme
1997
as Himself
4.9
4.9
Crimes of the Future
1970
Director
4.9
4.9
Jason X
2001
as Dr. Wimmer
4.7
4.7
The Stupids
1996
as Postal Supervisor
4.7
4.7
I'm Losing You
1998
Executive Producer
4.5
4.5
The Judge
2001
as Det. Stobel
4.5
4.5
From the Drain
1967
Writer
4.0
4.0
Henry & Verlin
1994
as Doc Fisher
3.5
3.5
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
as Self
3.0
3.0
Ape Sodom
2016
as Narrator
1.0
1.0
The Grace of God
1998
as Psychiatrist
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
2000
as Self
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
2005
as Self
On Screen!: Shivers
2008
as himself
David Cronenberg, en chair et en os
TBA
as Himself
Buffalo Airport Visions
1967
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
2011
as Self
David Cronenberg: The Early Years
2011
as Self
Tomorrow's Shadows
2016
as G.O.D. (voice)
In the Dirt
1972
Director
Fort York
1972
Writer
Don Valley
1972
Writer
Letter from Michelangelo
1971
Writer
Tourrettes
1971
Director
Preludes
2000
Director
The Plan
2008
Executive Producer
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
1971
Producer
Winter Garden
1972
Director
Scarborough Bluffs
1972
Writer
Lakeshore
1972
Writer
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