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.
70 movies · 16 shows
Music, Fashion, Film
2026·7.5
Ready or Not: Here I Come
2026·7.6
Cronenberg, à corps ouvert
2025·0.0
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025·0.0
Sangre del Toro
2025·6.2
Humane
2024·5.4
Room 999
2023·5.6
The Death of David Cronenberg
2021·6.1
Falling
2020·6.4
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
2020·5.6
Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece
2019·7.0
A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now
2019·6.0
L’inquiétante absence
2019·8.0
Ape Sodom
2016·3.0
Tomorrow's Shadows
2016·0.0
Tales from the Organ Trade
2013·6.4
The Nest
2013·5.0
Rewind
2013·5.6
Citizens of Cosmopolis
2012·6.1
A Special Day
2012·6.0
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
2011·0.0
Cronenberg: The Early Years
2011·0.0
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2010·7.0
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010·6.5
Barney's Version
2010·7.0
On Screen!: Shivers
2008·0.0
To Each His Own Cinema
2007·6.5
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
2007·5.0
The Politics of the Dead Zone
2006·6.0
Too Commercial for Cannes
2006·8.5
Acts of Violence
2006·8.0
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
2005·9.0
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
2004·6.7
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004·6.0
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003·3.5
Masters of Horror
2002·7.8
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"
2002·7.0
Jason X
2001·4.8
The Judge
2001·5.3
The American Nightmare
2000·6.8
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
2000·0.0
David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh
1999·7.8
Resurrection
1999·6.1
Last Night
1998·6.7
The Grace of God
1998·3.3
David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme
1997·6.0
Extreme Measures
1996·6.0
The Stupids
1996·4.9
Crash
1996·6.5
Moonshine Highway
1996·6.4
To Die For
1995·6.6
Blood & Donuts
1995·5.4
Boozecan
1994·6.5
Trial by Jury
1994·5.4
Henry & Verlin
1994·6.0
Naked Making Lunch
1992·7.3
Blue
1992·6.0
Nightbreed
1990·6.4
Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard
1990·8.5
Dead Ringers
1988·7.1
The Making of Dead Ringers
1988·8.0
Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg
1987·7.4
The Fly
1986·7.4
Into the Night
1985·6.5
Videodrome
1983·7.2
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
1982·7.3
Take One: Fear on Film
1982·7.0
Shivers
1975·6.4
Palace of Pleasure
1967·7.0
Buffalo Airport Visions
1967·0.0