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David Cronenberg

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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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Films Featuring David Cronenberg

To Die For

19956.6

The Death of David Cronenberg

20216.1

Resurrection

19996.1

Nightbreed

19906.4

Into the Night

19856.5

Jason X

20014.9

The Fly

19867.4

Last Night

19986.6

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

20106.5

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

20107.0

Blood & Donuts

19955.4

Tomorrow's Shadows

2016

The Judge

20015.3

Shivers

19756.4

The Grace of God

19983.3

Crash

19966.5

Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh

20046.7

Tales from the Organ Trade

20136.4

Henry & Verlin

19946.0

Room 999

20235.8

Rewind

20135.6

Naked Making Lunch

19927.3

The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter

20059.0

Citizens of Cosmopolis

Citizens of Cosmopolis

20126.1

Falling

20206.4

The American Nightmare

20006.8

David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme

19976.0

Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg

19877.4

Humane

20245.4

David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh

David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh

19997.8

Blue

19926.0

Take One: Fear on Film

19827.0

Extreme Measures

19966.0

Videodrome

19837.2

The Stupids

19964.8

Ape Sodom

20163.0

The Nest

20135.0

Boozecan

19946.5

Too Commercial for Cannes

20068.5

A Special Day

20125.3

Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche

20046.0

To Each His Own Cinema

20076.5

Dead Ringers

19887.1

Palace of Pleasure

19677.0

Buffalo Airport Visions

1967

The Making of Dead Ringers

19888.0

Masters of Horror

20027.8

The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome

19827.3

Disappearance at Clifton Hill

20205.5

L’inquiétante absence

20198.0

Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier

2000

Barney's Version

20107.0

On Screen!: Shivers

On Screen!: Shivers

2008

Trial by Jury

19945.4

Acts of Violence

20068.0

Moonshine Highway

19966.4

Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece

20197.0

A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now

20196.0

Produce Your Own Damn Movie!

2011

The Politics of the Dead Zone

The Politics of the Dead Zone

20066.0

Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard

19908.5

Cronenberg: The Early Years

2011

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"

20027.0

David Cronenberg, en chair et en os

David Cronenberg, en chair et en os

Ready or Not: Here I Come

20267.6

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

20033.5

The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld

20254.0

Sangre del Toro

20256.2

Cronenberg, à corps ouvert

2025

At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World

20075.0

Music, Fashion, Film

20267.5