David Cronenberg
Directing • Born 1943-03-15
Biography
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
85 credits
To Die For
Movie • 1995
Man at Lake
The Death of David Cronenberg
Movie • 2021
David Cronenberg
Resurrection
Movie • 1999
Father Rousell
Nightbreed
Movie • 1990
Dr. Philip K. Decker
Into the Night
Movie • 1985
Group Supervisor
Jason X
Movie • 2001
Dr. Wimmer
The Fly
Movie • 1986
Gynecologist
Last Night
Movie • 1998
Duncan
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Movie • 2010
Self
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Movie • 2010
Self (archive footage)
Blood & Donuts
Movie • 1995
Crime Boss
Tomorrow's Shadows
Movie • 2016
G.O.D. (voice)
The Judge
Movie • 2001
Det. Stobel
The Grace of God
Movie • 1998
Psychiatrist
Shivers
Movie • 1975
Infected Crowd Member (uncredited)
Crash
Movie • 1996
Auto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited)
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
Movie • 2004
Self
Tales from the Organ Trade
Movie • 2013
Narrator
Henry & Verlin
Movie • 1994
Doc Fisher
Room 999
Movie • 2023
Self
Rewind
Movie • 2013
Rourke
Naked Making Lunch
Movie • 1992
Self
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
Movie • 2005
Self
Citizens of Cosmopolis
Movie • 2012
Self
Falling
Movie • 2020
Dr. Klausner
The American Nightmare
Movie • 2000
Self
David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme
Movie • 1997
Himself
Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg
Movie • 1987
Self
Humane
Movie • 2024
D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator
David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh
Movie • 1999
Blue
Movie • 1992
Take One: Fear on Film
Movie • 1982
Self
Extreme Measures
Movie • 1996
Hospital Lawyer
Videodrome
Movie • 1983
Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited)
The Stupids
Movie • 1996
Postal Supervisor
Ape Sodom
Movie • 2016
Narrator
The Nest
Movie • 2013
Dr. Molnar (voice)
Boozecan
Movie • 1994
Stan Coleburn
Too Commercial for Cannes
Movie • 2006
Self
A Special Day
Movie • 2012
Self
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Movie • 2004
Duncan (archive footage)
To Each His Own Cinema
Movie • 2007
The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ...")
Dead Ringers
Movie • 1988
Obstetrician (uncredited)
Palace of Pleasure
Movie • 1967
Buffalo Airport Visions
Movie • 1967
The Making of Dead Ringers
Movie • 1988
Self - Writer/Director
Masters of Horror
Movie • 2002
Self
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
Movie • 1982
Interviewee
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
Movie • 2020
Walter
L’inquiétante absence
Movie • 2019
Self
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
Movie • 2000
Self
Barney's Version
Movie • 2010
O'Malley Director #2
On Screen!: Shivers
Movie • 2008
himself
Trial by Jury
Movie • 1994
Director
Acts of Violence
Movie • 2006
Self
Moonshine Highway
Movie • 1996
Clem Clayton
Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece
Movie • 2019
Self
A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now
Movie • 2019
Self
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
Movie • 2011
Self
The Politics of the Dead Zone
Movie • 2006
Self
Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard
Movie • 1990
Self
David Cronenberg: The Early Years
Movie • 2011
Self
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"
Movie • 2002
Self(archive footage)
David Cronenberg, en chair et en os
Movie
Himself
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
Movie • 2026
Mr. Danforth
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Movie • 2003
Self
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
Movie • 2025
Sangre del Toro
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Prisoners of Gravity
TV • 1989
Self
Alias
TV • 2001
Dr. Brezzel
SexTV
TV • 1998
Self
Slasher
TV • 2016
Spencer
Pig Goat Banana Cricket
TV • 2015
Dr. Cronenbird (voice)
The Judge
TV • 2001
Det. Stobel
The Newsroom
TV • 1996
Himself
Happy Town
TV • 2010
Dr. Leichman
Alias Grace
TV • 2017
Reverend Verrenger
SexTV
TV • 1998
Star Trek: Discovery
TV • 2017
Dr. Kovich
Kulturzeit
TV • 1995
self
Le Cercle
TV • 2005
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
TV • 2023
Self - Guest
Slasher: Flesh & Blood
TV • 2021
Spencer
Cérémonie des César
TV • 1976
Self - Presenter
Late Night with David Letterman
TV • 1982
Self - Guest