David Cronenberg

Known for DirectingBorn 1943-03-15 (age 83)Toronto, Ontario, Canada

David 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Drema

Scales of Justice

Scarborough Bluffs

In the Dirt

Fort York

Don Valley

The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter

Winter Garden

Jim Ritchie Sculptor

Too Commercial for Cannes

Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard

L’inquiétante absence

Acts of Violence

Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly

The Newsroom

Ready or Not: Here I Come

The Making of Dead Ringers

David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh

Masters of Horror

Teleplay

Lakeshore

Eastern Promises

Alias Grace

The Fly

Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg

Naked Making Lunch

Peep Show

A History of Violence

Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece

Friday the 13th: The Series

Star Trek: Discovery

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome

Leo

Videodrome

Barney's Version

Pacific Rim

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"

Imagining 'Total Recall'

Dead Ringers

Naked Lunch

Slasher

Escape from New York

The Dead Zone

The American Nightmare

Take One: Fear on Film

Alias

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