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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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As director
The Shrouds
Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection
Crimes of the Future
The Death of David Cronenberg
Maps to the Stars
The Nest
Cosmopolis
A Dangerous Method
Eastern Promises
To Each His Own Cinema
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
A History of Violence
Spider
Camera
Preludes
eXistenZ
Crash
M. Butterfly
Naked Lunch
Dead Ringers
The Fly
Videodrome
The Dead Zone
Scanners
The Brood
Fast Company
Rabid
Shivers
Winter Garden
Scarborough Bluffs
As actor
Ready or Not: Here I Come
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
Sangre del Toro
Cronenberg, à corps ouvert
Humane
Room 999
The Death of David Cronenberg
Falling
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
L’inquiétante absence
Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece
A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now
Tomorrow's Shadows
Ape Sodom
Tales from the Organ Trade
Rewind
The Nest
Citizens of Cosmopolis
A Special Day
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
Cronenberg: The Early Years
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Barney's Version
On Screen!: Shivers
To Each His Own Cinema
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
Too Commercial for Cannes
Acts of Violence
The Politics of the Dead Zone