David Cronenberg
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.
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Fotos
Películas (134)
The Flesh and the Soul
2026
Joie de vivre
2026 · Self
Music, Fashion, Film
2026 · Self
Ready or Not: Here I Come
2026 · Chester Danforth
Cronenberg, à corps ouvert
2025
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025
Sangre del Toro
2025 · Self (archive footage)
The Shrouds
2025 · Director, Writer
Humane
2024 · D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator
Room 999
2023 · Self
Leo
2023 · Original Film Writer
Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection
2023 · Director, Writer
The Death of David Cronenberg
2023 · David Cronenberg, Director, Writer
Crimes of the Future
2022 · Director, Writer
Falling
2020 · Dr. Klausner
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
2020 · Walter
Rabid
2019 · Original Film Writer
Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece
2019 · Self
A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now
2019 · Self
L’inquiétante absence
2019 · Self
The Dead Don't Die
2019 · Thanks
The Drema
2019 · Thanks
Ape Sodom
2016 · Narrator, Additional Dialogue
Tomorrow's Shadows
2016 · G.O.D. (voice)
The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners'
2014 · Thanks
Maps to the Stars
2014 · Director
Mental Saboteur
2014 · Thanks
The Double
2014 · Thanks
Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk
2014 · Thanks
The Nest
2013 · Dr. Molnar (voice), Director, Writer, Producer
Tales from the Organ Trade
2013 · Narrator
Candy
2013 · Thanks
Rewind
2013 · Rourke
Pacific Rim
2013 · Thanks
Citizens of Cosmopolis
2012 · Self, Thanks
Cosmopolis
2012 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
A Special Day
2012 · Self
A Dangerous Method
2011 · Director
Down to Sleep
2011 · Thanks
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
2011 · Self
Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter
2011 · Thanks
Cronenberg: The Early Years
2011 · Self
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2010 · Self (archive footage)
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010 · Self
Barney's Version
2010 · O'Malley Director #2
Crank Up
2010 · Thanks
Tub
2010 · Thanks
The Plan
2008 · Executive Producer
On Screen!: Shivers
2008 · himself
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ..."), Director
Eastern Promises
2007 · Director
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
2007 · The Last Jew, Director, Writer
Karim
2007 · Thanks
Shortbus
2006 · Thanks
The Politics of the Dead Zone
2006 · Self
Skinwalkers
2006 · Thanks
Too Commercial for Cannes
2006 · Self
Acts of Violence
2006 · Self
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly
2005 · Thanks
A History of Violence
2005 · Director
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
2005 · Self
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
2004 · Self
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004 · Duncan (archive footage)
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003 · Self
Masters of Horror
2002 · Self
Spider
2002 · Director, Producer
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Jason X
2001 · Dr. Wimmer
The Judge
2001 · Det. Stobel
Resolving Power
2001 · Thanks
Imagining 'Total Recall'
2001 · Thanks
Preludes
2000 · Director
The American Nightmare
2000 · Self
Camera
2000 · Director, Writer
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
2000 · Self
David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh
1999
Resurrection
1999 · Father Rousell
eXistenZ
1999 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Last Night
1998 · Duncan
I'm Losing You
1998 · Executive Producer
The Grace of God
1998 · Psychiatrist
David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme
1997 · Himself
Extreme Measures
1996 · Hospital Lawyer
The Stupids
1996 · Postal Supervisor
Crash
1996 · Auto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer
Moonshine Highway
1996 · Clem Clayton
To Die For
1995 · Man at Lake
Blood & Donuts
1995 · Crime Boss
Scanner Cop II
1995 · Characters
Boozecan
1994 · Stan Coleburn
Trial by Jury
1994 · Director
Scanner Cop
1994 · Characters
Henry & Verlin
1994 · Doc Fisher
M. Butterfly
1993 · Director
Naked Making Lunch
1992 · Self
Scanners III: The Takeover
1992 · Characters
Blue
1992
Naked Lunch
1991 · Director, Writer
Highway 61
1991 · Thanks
Scanners II: The New Order
1991 · Characters
Nightbreed
1990 · Dr. Philip K. Decker
Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard
1990 · Self
Dead Ringers
1988 · Obstetrician (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer
The Making of Dead Ringers
1988 · Self - Writer/Director
Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg
1987 · Self
The Fly
1986 · Gynecologist, Director, Screenplay
Into the Night
1985 · Group Supervisor
Crimes of the Future
1984 · Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
The Dead Zone
1983 · Director
Videodrome
1983 · Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited), Director, Writer
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
1982 · Interviewee
Take One: Fear on Film
1982 · Self
Escape from New York
1981 · Thanks
Scanners
1981 · Director, Writer
The Brood
1979 · Director, Writer
Fast Company
1979 · Director, Screenplay
Rabid
1977 · Director, Writer
Shivers
1975 · Infected Crowd Member (uncredited), Director, Writer
Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors
1973 · Production Manager
Winter Garden
1972 · Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Scarborough Bluffs
1972 · Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Lakeshore
1972 · Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
In the Dirt
1972 · Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Fort York
1972 · Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Don Valley
1972 · Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Tourrettes
1971 · Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Letter from Michelangelo
1971 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
1971 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
1969 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Palace of Pleasure
1967
From the Drain
1967 · Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Editor
Buffalo Airport Visions
1967
Transfer
1966 · Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Editor, Sound, Producer
David Cronenberg, en chair et en os
· Himself
Series (21)
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023 · Self - Guest
Slasher: Flesh & Blood
2021 · Spencer Galloway
Alias Grace
2017 · Reverend Verrenger
Star Trek: Discovery
2017 · Dr. Kovich
Slasher
2016 · Spencer
Pig Goat Banana Cricket
2015 · Dr. Cronenbird (voice)
Happy Town
2010 · Dr. Leichman
Le Cercle
2005
Alias
2001 · Dr. Brezzel
The Judge
2001 · Det. Stobel
SexTV
1998 · Self
The Newsroom
1996 · Himself
Scales of Justice
1990 · Director
Prisoners of Gravity
1989 · Self
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987 · Director
Late Night with David Letterman
1982 · Self - Guest
The South Bank Show
1978
Teleplay
1976 · Director, Writer
Cérémonie des César
1976 · Self - Presenter
Peep Show
1975 · Director
Programme X
1971 · Director