David Cronenberg
Born: 1943-03-15 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known For: Directing
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
2026
- Ready or Not 2: Here I Come as Mr. Danforth
2025
- Sangre del Toro as Self (archive footage)
- The Shrouds ... (Director)
- The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2024
- Humane as D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator
2023
- Leo ... (Original Film Writer)
- Room 999 as Self
- Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection ... (Director)
2022
- Crimes of the Future ... (Director)
2021
- The Death of David Cronenberg as David Cronenberg
- Slasher: Flesh & Blood as Spencer
2020
- Falling as Dr. Klausner
- Disappearance at Clifton Hill as Walter
2019
- The Dead Don't Die ... (Thanks)
- L’inquiétante absence as Self
- A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now as Self
- Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece as Self
- Rabid ... (Original Film Writer)
- The Drema ... (Thanks)
2017
- Star Trek: Discovery as Dr. Kovich
- Alias Grace as Reverend Verrenger
2016
- Slasher as Spencer
- Ape Sodom as Narrator
- Tomorrow's Shadows as G.O.D. (voice)
2015
- Pig Goat Banana Cricket as Dr. Cronenbird (voice)
2014
- Maps to the Stars ... (Director)
- The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners' ... (Thanks)
- The Double ... (Thanks)
- Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk ... (Thanks)
- Mental Saboteur ... (Thanks)
2013
- Pacific Rim ... (Thanks)
- Rewind as Rourke
- The Nest as Dr. Molnar (voice)
- Tales from the Organ Trade as Narrator
- Candy ... (Thanks)
2012
- A Special Day as Self
- Citizens of Cosmopolis as Self
- Cosmopolis ... (Director)
2011
- A Dangerous Method ... (Director)
- Produce Your Own Damn Movie! as Self
- Down to Sleep ... (Thanks)
- David Cronenberg: The Early Years as Self
- Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter ... (Thanks)
2010
- Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics as Self (archive footage)
- Barney's Version as O'Malley Director #2
- Tub ... (Thanks)
- William S. Burroughs: A Man Within as Self
- Happy Town as Dr. Leichman
- Crank Up ... (Thanks)
2008
- The Plan ... (Executive Producer)
- On Screen!: Shivers as himself
2007
- Eastern Promises ... (Director)
- At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World as The Last Jew
- To Each His Own Cinema as The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ...")
- Karim ... (Thanks)
2006
- Shortbus ... (Thanks)
- Skinwalkers ... (Thanks)
- Too Commercial for Cannes as Self
- Acts of Violence as Self
- The Politics of the Dead Zone as Self
2005
- A History of Violence ... (Director)
- Le Cercle
- Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly ... (Thanks)
- The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter as Self
2004
- Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche as Duncan (archive footage)
- Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh as Self
2003
- 100 Greatest Sexy Moments as Self
2002
- Spider ... (Director)
- Masters of Horror as Self
- By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X" as Self(archive footage)
2001
- Jason X as Dr. Wimmer
- Alias as Dr. Brezzel
- Imagining 'Total Recall' ... (Thanks)
- The Judge as Det. Stobel
- The Judge as Det. Stobel
- Resolving Power ... (Thanks)
2000
- Preludes ... (Director)
- Camera ... (Director)
- The American Nightmare as Self
- Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier as Self
1999
- eXistenZ ... (Director)
- Resurrection as Father Rousell
- David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh
1998
- SexTV as Self
- Last Night as Duncan
- I'm Losing You ... (Executive Producer)
- The Grace of God as Psychiatrist
1997
1996
- Crash as Auto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited)
- The Stupids as Postal Supervisor
- Moonshine Highway as Clem Clayton
- Extreme Measures as Hospital Lawyer
- The Newsroom as Himself
1995
- Kulturzeit as self
- Blood & Donuts as Crime Boss
- To Die For as Man at Lake
- Scanner Cop II ... (Characters)
1994
- Henry & Verlin as Doc Fisher
- Scanner Cop ... (Characters)
- Trial by Jury as Director
- Boozecan as Stan Coleburn
1993
- M. Butterfly ... (Director)
1992
- Scanners III: The Takeover ... (Characters)
- Naked Making Lunch as Self
- Blue
1991
- Highway 61 ... (Thanks)
- Naked Lunch ... (Director)
- Scanners II: The New Order ... (Characters)
1990
- Nightbreed as Dr. Philip K. Decker
- Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard as Self
- Scales of Justice ... (Director)
1989
- Prisoners of Gravity as Self
1988
- Dead Ringers as Obstetrician (uncredited)
- The Making of Dead Ringers as Self - Writer/Director
1987
- Friday the 13th: The Series ... (Director)
- Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg as Self
1986
- The Fly as Gynecologist
1985
- Into the Night as Group Supervisor
1983
- Videodrome as Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited)
- The Dead Zone ... (Director)
1982
- The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome as Interviewee
- Take One: Fear on Film as Self
1981
- Escape from New York ... (Thanks)
- Scanners ... (Director)
1979
- Fast Company ... (Director)
- The Brood ... (Director)
1977
- Rabid ... (Director)
1976
- The Lie Chair ... (Director)
- Teleplay ... (Writer)
- The Italian Machine ... (Director)
1973
- Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors ... (Production Manager)
1972
- Scarborough Bluffs ... (Director)
- Fort York ... (Director)
- In the Dirt ... (Director)
- Lakeshore ... (Director)
- Don Valley ... (Director)
- Winter Garden ... (Director)
1971
- Programme X ... (Director)
- Jim Ritchie Sculptor ... (Director)
- Tourrettes ... (Director)
- Letter from Michelangelo ... (Director)
1970
- Crimes of the Future ... (Director)
1969
- Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) ... (Director)
1967
- From the Drain ... (Director of Photography)
- Buffalo Airport Visions
- Palace of Pleasure
1966
- Transfer ... (Director of Photography)