Biography
David Paul Cronenberg, CC, OOnt, FRSC, is a renowned filmmaker born on March 15, 1943, in Toronto, Ontario. Widely regarded as Canada's most influential and internationally celebrated filmmaker, Cronenberg has made a significant impact on genre cinema in Canada. Known as the "Baron of Blood" and "the King of Venereal Horror," he has pushed boundaries with his controversial horror movies. His unique style of "body horror" films, including Shivers (1975), The Brood (1979), Scanners (1981), Videodrome (1983), The Fly (1986), Dead Ringers (1988), Naked Lunch (1991), and Crash (1996), have captivated audiences with their thought-provoking exploration of the complex relationship between sex, technology, and violence. Cronenberg's contributions to the film industry have been recognized with numerous awards and honours, including being a Companion of the Order of Canada, a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et Lettres de France, and a member of Canada's Walk of Fame. He has received 10 Genie Awards and has been honoured at prestigious international film festivals, as well as receiving lifetime achievement awards from the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards, the Canadian Screen Awards, the Cannes Film Festival, and the Venice Film Festival.
Filmography
all 142
Movies 124
Director 46
self 32
TV Shows 18
Writer 5
Producer 3
Narrator 2
Voice 1
The Shrouds (2024)
Room 999 (2023)
Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection (2023)
Crimes of the Future (2022)
The Death of David Cronenberg (2021)
Falling (2020)
Disappearance at Clifton Hill (2020)
Rabid (2019)
Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece (2019)
A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now (2019)
L’ inquiétante absence (2019)
The Dead Don't Die (2019)
The Drema (2019)
Alias Grace (2017)
Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
Ape Sodom (2016)
Tomorrow's Shadows (2016)
Slasher (2016)
Breakthrough (2015)
Pig Goat Banana Cricket (2015)
Tribes of the Moon: The Making of Nightbreed (2014)
The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners' (2014)
Maps to the Stars (2014)
Mental Saboteur (2014)
The Double (2014)
Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014)
Tales from the Organ Trade (2013)
Candy (2013)
The Nest (2013)
Rewind (2013)
Pacific Rim (2013)
Citizens of Cosmopolis (2012)
Cosmopolis (2012)
A Special Day (2012)
A Dangerous Method (2011)
Down to Sleep (2011)
Produce Your Own Damn Movie! (2011)
Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter (2011)
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010)
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010)
Barney's Version (2010)
Happy Town (2010)
Crank Up (2010)
Tub (2010)
The Plan (2008)
On Screen!: Shivers (2008)
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Eastern Promises (2007)
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World (2007)
Karim (2007)
Shortbus (2006)
The Politics of the Dead Zone (2006)
Skinwalkers (2006)
Too Commercial for Cannes (2006)
Acts of Violence (2006)
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly (2005)
A History of Violence (2005)
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter (2005)
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh (2004)
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004)
Spider (2002)
Masters of Horror (2002)
Jason X (2001)
Alias (2001)
The Judge (2001)
The Judge (2001)
Short6 (2001)
Imagining 'Total Recall' (2001)
Resolving Power (2001)
Preludes (2000)
The American Nightmare (2000)
Camera (2000)
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier (2000)
David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh (1999)
Resurrection (1999)
eXistenZ (1999)
Last Night (1998)
SexTV (1998)
I'm Losing You (1998)
The Grace of God (1998)
David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme (1997)
The Newsroom (1996)
Extreme Measures (1996)
The Stupids (1996)
Crash (1996)
Moonshine Highway (1996)
Kulturzeit (1995)
To Die For (1995)
Blood & Donuts (1995)
Scanners: The Showdown (1995)
Boozecan (1994)
Trial by Jury (1994)
Scanner Cop (1994)
Henry & Verlin (1994)
M. Butterfly (1993)
Naked Making Lunch (1992)
Scanners III: The Takeover (1992)
Blue (1992)
Naked Lunch (1991)
Highway 61 (1991)
Scanners II: The New Order (1991)
Scales of Justice (1990)
Nightbreed (1990)
Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard (1990)
Prisoners of Gravity (1989)
Dead Ringers (1988)
The Making of Dead Ringers (1988)
Friday the 13th: The Series (1987)
The Fly (1986)
Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg (1986)
Into the Night (1985)
Crimes of the Future (1984)
The Dead Zone (1983)
Videodrome (1983)
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome (1982)
Take One: Fear on Film (1982)
Escape from New York (1981)
Scanners (1981)
The Brood (1979)
Fast Company (1979)
Rabid (1977)
The Italian Machine (1976)
Teleplay (1976)
Peep Show (1975)
Shivers (1975)
Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors (1973)
Lakeshore (1972)
In the Dirt (1972)
Winter Garden (1972)
Scarborough Bluffs (1972)
Fort York (1972)
Don Valley (1972)
Tourrettes (1971)
Letter from Michelangelo (1971)
Jim Ritchie Sculptor (1971)
Programme X (1971)
Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) (1969)
From the Drain (1967)
Buffalo Airport Visions (1967)
Palace of Pleasure (1967)
Transfer (1966)
Scanners
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1943-03-15 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceToronto, Canada
Religionatheism
RelationshipsMargaret Hindson (1972-01-01 - 1979-01-01)
ChildrenCaitlin Cronenberg, Brandon Cronenberg, Cassandra Cronenberg
FatherMilton Cronenberg
MotherEsther Cronenberg
SiblingsDenise Cronenberg
CitizenshipsCanada
Also Known AsDavid Paul Cronenberg, Дэвид Кроненберг, 데이비드 크로넌버그, 데이빗 크로넌버그, Дэ́вид Пол Кро́ненберг, Дэ́вид Кро́ненберг, "Baron of Blood", "the King of Venereal Horror" , 大卫·柯南伯格
AwardsSpecial Prize of the Angoulême festival jury, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, The George Pal Memorial Award, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture, Canada's Walk of Fame, Carrosse d'or, Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award, Sitges Film Festival Best Director award, Officer of the Order of Canada, Companion of the Order of Canada, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Order of Ontario, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, Jury Prize
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