David Cronenberg

Directing

Born 1943-03-15Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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. 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.

Movies (72)

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Ready or Not: Here I Come

The Fly

Crash

Dead Ringers

Videodrome

Humane

To Die For

Extreme Measures

Jason X

Shivers

Into the Night

Nightbreed

Room 999

The Stupids

Resurrection

Falling

Barney's Version

To Each His Own Cinema

Trial by Jury

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

2003Movie3.5

5.5

Disappearance at Clifton Hill

A Special Day

The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld

The Judge

Boozecan

The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome

Naked Making Lunch

Last Night

Music, Fashion, Film

The American Nightmare

Sangre del Toro

Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg

1987Movie7.4

Joie de Vivre. Notes, thoughts, words, reflections, faces, and visions concerning Bernardo Bertolucci and the cinephilia of the 20th century that no longer exists

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