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