David Cronenberg
David Paul Cronenberg, CC, OOnt, FRSC (born March 15, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) is widely regarded as Canada's most influential and internationally celebrated filmmaker. Cronenberg has made a significant impact on genre cinema in Canada. Nicknamed "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. Cronenberg has been married twice: first to sound recordist Margaret Hindson, from 1970 to 1977, with whom he had one daughter, Cassandra Cronenberg (born 1972); then to cinematographer Carolyn Zeifman, from 1979 until her death in 2017, with whom he had one son, Brandon Cronenberg (born 1980), and one daughter, Caitlin Cronenberg (born 1984).
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Humane as D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator
- 2023 · Room 999 as Self
- 2021 · The Death of David Cronenberg as David Cronenberg
- 2020 · Falling as Dr. Klausner
- 2020 · Disappearance at Clifton Hill as Walter
- 2019 · Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece as Self
- 2019 · A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now as Self
- 2019 · L’ inquiétante absence as Self
- 2017 · Alias Grace as Reverend Verrenger
- 2017 · Star Trek: Discovery as Dr. Kovich
- 2016 · Ape Sodom as Narrator
- 2016 · Tomorrow's Shadows as G.O.D. (voice)
- 2016 · Slasher as Spencer
- 2015 · Pig Goat Banana Cricket as Dr. Cronenbird (voice)
- 2013 · Tales from the Organ Trade as Narrator
- 2013 · The Nest as Dr. Molnar (voice)
- 2013 · Rewind as Rourke
- 2012 · Citizens of Cosmopolis as Self
- 2012 · A Special Day as Self
- 2011 · Produce Your Own Damn Movie! as Self
- 2010 · Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · William S. Burroughs: A Man Within as Self
- 2010 · Barney's Version as O'Malley Director #2
- 2010 · Happy Town as Dr. Leichman
- 2008 · On Screen!: Shivers as himself
- 2007 · To Each His Own Cinema as The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ...")
- 2007 · At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World as The Last Jew in the World
- 2006 · The Politics of the Dead Zone as Self
- 2006 · Too Commercial for Cannes as Self
- 2006 · Acts of Violence as Self
- 2005 · The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter as Self
- 2004 · Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh as Self
- 2004 · Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche as Duncan (archive footage)
- 2002 · Masters of Horror as Self
- 2001 · Jason X as Dr. Wimmer
- 2001 · Alias as Dr. Brezzel
- 2001 · The Judge as Det. Stobel
- 2001 · The Judge as Det. Stobel
- 2000 · The American Nightmare as Self
- 2000 · Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier as Self
- 1999 · David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh as
- 1999 · Resurrection as Father Rousell
- 1998 · Last Night as Duncan
- 1998 · SexTV as Self
- 1998 · SexTV as
- 1998 · The Grace of God as Psychiatrist
- 1997 · David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme as Himself
- 1996 · The Newsroom as Himself
- 1996 · Extreme Measures as Hospital Lawyer
- 1996 · The Stupids as Postal Supervisor
- 1996 · Crash as Auto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited)
- 1996 · Moonshine Highway as Clem Clayton
- 1995 · Kulturzeit as self
- 1995 · To Die For as Man at Lake
- 1995 · Blood & Donuts as Crime Boss
- 1994 · Boozecan as Stan Coleburn
- 1994 · Trial by Jury as Director
- 1994 · Henry & Verlin as Doc Fisher
- 1992 · Naked Making Lunch as Self
- 1992 · Blue as
- 1990 · Nightbreed as Dr. Philip K. Decker
- 1990 · Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard as Self
- 1989 · Prisoners of Gravity as Self
- 1988 · Dead Ringers as Obstetrician (uncredited)
- 1988 · The Making of Dead Ringers as Self - Writer/Director
- 1986 · The Fly as Gynecologist
- 1986 · Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg as Self
- 1985 · Into the Night as Group Supervisor
- 1983 · Videodrome as Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited)
- 1982 · The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome as Interviewee
- 1982 · Take One: Fear on Film as Self
- 1975 · Shivers as Infected Crowd Member (uncredited)
- 1967 · Palace of Pleasure as
- 1967 · Buffalo Airport Visions as