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David Cronenberg

Name in Native Language: "David Paul Cronenberg" (English/EN)
Film Director / Actor / Film Producer / Screenwriter | * 03/15/1943 (82) | Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
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David Paul Cronenberg (born March 15, 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), though he has also directed dramas, psychological thrillers and gangster films. Cronenberg's films have polarized critics and audiences alike; he has earned critical acclaim and has 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 Cann... ()
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David Paul Cronenberg (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian writer-director. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the 'body horror' or 'venereal horror' genre. This style of filmmaking explores people's fears of bodily transformation and infection. In his films, the psychological is typically intertwined with the physical. In the first half of his career, he explored these themes mostly through horror and science fiction, although his work has since expanded beyond these genres. He has been called "the most audacious and challenging narrative director in the English-speaking world." Cronenberg's films have polarized critics and audiences alike; he has earned critical acclaim and has sparked controversy for his depictions of gore and violence.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Horror

Known for these Movies & Shows

Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, ...

Dead Ringers

R

1988 | 3.6/5 | 1h 55min
Thriller, Horror
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After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to t ...

Crash

NC-17

1996 | 3.2/5 | 1h 36min
Drama
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A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged. ...

eXistenZ

R

1999 | 3.4/5 | 1h 37min
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
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When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and ...

The Fly

R

1986 | 3.7/5 | 1h 36min
Horror, Science Fiction
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Awards & Nominations for David Cronenberg

Knight of The Legion of Honour Companion of The Order of Canada Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture Special Prize of The Angoulême Festival Jury Carrosse d'Or Order of Ontario Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Canada's Walk of Fame Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival) Officer of The Order of Canada Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay Award 2x Sitges Film Festival Best Director Award Time Machine Award The George Pal Memorial Award Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
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Movies with David Cronenberg as Actor(56)

as D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator2024 Humane
2023 Room 999
as himself2021 The Death of David Cronenberg
as Walter2020 Disappearance at Clifton Hill
as Dr. Klausner2020 Falling
as himself2019 L’ inquiétante absence
as himself2019 Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece
as Narrator2016 Ape Sodom
as G.O.D. (voice)2016 Tomorrow's Shadows
as Narrator2013 Tales from the Organ Trade
as Rourke2013 Rewind
as Dr. Molnar (voice)2013 The Nest
as himself2012 Citizens of Cosmopolis
as himself2012 A Special Day
as himself2011 Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
as Self (archive footage)2010 Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
as himself2010 William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
as O'Malley Director #22010 Barney's Version
as himself2008 On Screen!: Shivers
as The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ...")2007 To Each His Own Cinema
as himself2006 The Politics of the Dead Zone
as himself2006 Too Commercial for Cannes
as himself2006 Acts of Violence
as himself2005 The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
as Duncan (archive footage)2004 Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
as himself2004 Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
as himself2002 Masters of Horror
as Dr. Wimmer2001 Jason X
as himself2000 The American Nightmare
2000 Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
1999 David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh
as Father Rousell1999 Resurrection
as Psychiatrist1998 The Grace of God
as Duncan1998 Last Night
as himself1997 David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme
as Auto Wreck Salesman (voice, uncredited)1996 Crash
as Clem Clayton1996 Moonshine Highway
as Postal Supervisor1996 The Stupids
as Hospital Lawyer1996 Extreme Measures
as Man at Lake1995 To Die For
as Crime Boss1995 Blood & Donuts
as Stan Coleburn1994 Boozecan
as Doc Fisher1994 Henry & Verlin
as Director1994 Trial by Jury
as himself1992 Naked Making Lunch
1992 Blue
as himself1990 Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard
as Dr. Philip K. Decker1990 Nightbreed
as Obstetrician (uncredited)1988 Dead Ringers
as himself1986 Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg
as Gynecologist1986 The Fly
as Group Supervisor1985 Into the Night
as Max Renn in helmet (uncredited)1983 Videodrome
1982 Take One: Fear on Film
as Infected Crowd Member (uncredited)1975 Shivers
as Webbed feet (uncredited)1970 Crimes of the Future

TV Shows/Series with David Cronenberg as Actor(11)

as Reverend Verrenger2017 Alias Grace
as Kovich2017 Star Trek: Discovery
as Spencer2016 Slasher
as Dr. Cronenbird (voice)2015 Pig Goat Banana Cricket
as Dr. Leichman2010 Happy Town
as Dr. Brezzel2001 Alias
1998 SexTV
as himself1998 SexTV
as himself1996 The Newsroom
as himself1995 Kulturzeit
1989 Prisoners of Gravity

Movies with David Cronenberg as Crew(137)

Directing/Director2023 The Shrouds
Writing/Writer2023 The Shrouds
Directing/Director2022 Crimes of the Future
Writing/Writer2022 Crimes of the Future
Directing/Director2021 The Death of David Cronenberg
Writing/Writer2021 The Death of David Cronenberg
Writing/Original Film Writer2019 Rabid
Crew/Thanks2019 The Dead Don't Die
Crew/Thanks2019 The Drema
Crew/Additional Dialogue2016 Ape Sodom
Crew/Thanks2014 The Double
Crew/Thanks2014 Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk
Crew/Thanks2014 The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners'
Crew/Thanks2014 Mental Saboteur
Directing/Director2014 Maps to the Stars
Crew/Thanks2013 Candy
Directing/Director2013 The Nest
Writing/Writer2013 The Nest
Crew/Thanks2013 Pacific Rim
Crew/Thanks2012 Citizens of Cosmopolis
Directing/Director2012 Cosmopolis
Production/Producer2012 Cosmopolis
Writing/Screenplay2012 Cosmopolis
Crew/Thanks2011 Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter
Crew/Thanks2011 Down to Sleep
Directing/Director2011 A Dangerous Method
Crew/Thanks2010 Crank Up
Crew/Thanks2010 Tub
Production/Executive Producer2008 The Plan
Directing/Director2007 Eastern Promises
Directing/Director2007 To Each His Own Cinema
Crew/Thanks2007 Karim
Crew/Thanks2006 Shortbus
Crew/Thanks2006 Skinwalkers
Crew/Thanks2005 Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly
Directing/Director2005 A History of Violence
Directing/Director2002 Spider
Production/Producer2002 Spider
Directing/Director2001 Short6
Writing/Writer2001 Short6
Crew/Thanks2001 Imagining 'Total Recall'
Directing/Director2000 Camera
Writing/Writer2000 Camera
Directing/Director1999 eXistenZ
Production/Producer1999 eXistenZ
Writing/Screenplay1999 eXistenZ
Production/Executive Producer1998 I'm Losing You
Directing/Director1996 Crash
Production/Producer1996 Crash
Writing/Writer1996 Crash
Writing/Characters1995 Scanner Cop II
Writing/Characters1994 Scanner Cop
Directing/Director1993 M. Butterfly
Writing/Characters1992 Scanners III: The Takeover
Directing/Director1991 Naked Lunch
Writing/Writer1991 Naked Lunch
Crew/Thanks1991 Highway 61
Writing/Characters1991 Scanners II: The New Order
Directing/Director1988 Dead Ringers
Production/Producer1988 Dead Ringers
Writing/Writer1988 Dead Ringers
Directing/Director1986 The Fly
Writing/Screenplay1986 The Fly
Directing/Director1983 The Dead Zone
Directing/Director1983 Videodrome
Writing/Writer1983 Videodrome
Directing/Director1981 Scanners
Writing/Writer1981 Scanners
Crew/Thanks1981 Escape from New York
Directing/Director1979 The Brood
Writing/Writer1979 The Brood
Directing/Director1979 Fast Company
Writing/Writer1979 Fast Company
Directing/Director1977 Rabid
Writing/Writer1977 Rabid
Directing/Director1976 The Italian Machine
Writing/Writer1976 The Italian Machine
Directing/Director1975 Shivers
Writing/Writer1975 Shivers
Production/Production Manager1973 Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors
Camera/Director of Photography1972 Don Valley
Directing/Director1972 Don Valley
Editing/Editor1972 Don Valley
Writing/Writer1972 Don Valley
Camera/Director of Photography1972 In the Dirt
Directing/Director1972 In the Dirt
Editing/Editor1972 In the Dirt
Writing/Writer1972 In the Dirt
Camera/Director of Photography1972 Fort York
Directing/Director1972 Fort York
Editing/Editor1972 Fort York
Writing/Writer1972 Fort York
Camera/Director of Photography1972 Winter Garden
Directing/Director1972 Winter Garden
Editing/Editor1972 Winter Garden
Writing/Writer1972 Winter Garden
Camera/Director of Photography1972 Lakeshore
Directing/Director1972 Lakeshore
Editing/Editor1972 Lakeshore
Writing/Writer1972 Lakeshore
Camera/Director of Photography1972 Scarborough Bluffs
Directing/Director1972 Scarborough Bluffs
Editing/Editor1972 Scarborough Bluffs
Writing/Writer1972 Scarborough Bluffs
Camera/Director of Photography1971 Tourrettes
Directing/Director1971 Tourrettes
Editing/Editor1971 Tourrettes
Writing/Writer1971 Tourrettes
Camera/Director of Photography1971 Letter from Michelangelo
Directing/Director1971 Letter from Michelangelo
Editing/Editor1971 Letter from Michelangelo
Writing/Writer1971 Letter from Michelangelo
Camera/Director of Photography1971 Jim Ritchie Sculptor
Directing/Director1971 Jim Ritchie Sculptor
Editing/Editor1971 Jim Ritchie Sculptor
Production/Producer1971 Jim Ritchie Sculptor
Writing/Writer1971 Jim Ritchie Sculptor
Camera/Director of Photography1970 Crimes of the Future
Directing/Director1970 Crimes of the Future
Editing/Editor1970 Crimes of the Future
Production/Producer1970 Crimes of the Future
Writing/Writer1970 Crimes of the Future
Camera/Director of Photography1969 Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
Directing/Director1969 Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
Editing/Editor1969 Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
Production/Producer1969 Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
Writing/Writer1969 Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
Camera/Director of Photography1967 From the Drain
Directing/Director1967 From the Drain
Editing/Editor1967 From the Drain
Writing/Writer1967 From the Drain
Camera/Director of Photography1966 Transfer
Directing/Director1966 Transfer
Editing/Editor1966 Transfer
Production/Producer1966 Transfer
Sound/Sound1966 Transfer
Writing/Writer1966 Transfer

TV Shows/Series with David Cronenberg as Crew(6)

Production/Executive Producer2025 Scanners
Directing/Director1990 Scales of Justice
Directing/Director1987 Friday the 13th: The Series
Writing/Writer1976 Teleplay
Directing/Director1976 Teleplay
Directing/Director1975 Peep Show

Additional Information

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Full Name: David Cronenberg
Citizenship: Canada
Born: Monday, 03/15 1943 (March) in Toronto, Ontario (Canada) (current age: 82 years + 96 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Toronto, Harbord Collegiate Institute, North Toronto Collegiate Institute
Member of: Royal Society of Canada, Writers Guild of America, West
Spouses (current/former): Margaret Hindson, Carolyn Zeifman
Children: Brandon Cronenberg, Caitlin Cronenberg, Cassandra Cronenberg
Father: Milton Cronenberg
Mother: Esther Cronenberg
Other names for David Cronenberg (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"데이비드 크로넨버그"
"David Paul Cronenberg"
"Девід Кроненберґ"
"Дэвид Кроненберг"
"데이비드 크로넌버그"
"데이빗 크로넌버그"
"데이빗 크로넨버그"
David Cronenberg frequently works together with these people:
Ronald Sanders (21x, Crew)
Howard Shore (19x, Crew)
Carol Spier (19x, Crew)
Deirdre Bowen (19x, Crew)
Denise Cronenberg (14x, Crew)
Peter Suschitzky (14x, Crew)
Don McKellar (11x, Actor)
Michael Lennick (11x, Crew)
Viggo Mortensen (10x, Actor)
Wayne Griffin (9x, Crew)
Caitlin Cronenberg (9x, Crew)
Nicole Dickinson (8x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:9328, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 06/03/2025