David Cronenberg
David Paul Cronenberg CC OOnt (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror genre, with his films exploring visceral bodily transformation, infectious diseases, and the intertwining of the psychological, the physical and the 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), though he has also directed dramas, psychological thrillers and gangster films. Cronenberg's films have polarized critics and audiences alike; he has earned critical acclaim and has 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 ...
Filmography
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The Shrouds
Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection
Crimes of the Future
Maps to the Stars
Cosmopolis
A Dangerous Method
To Each His Own Cinema
Eastern Promises
A History of Violence
Spider
Short6
eXistenZ
Crash
M. Butterfly
Naked Lunch
Dead Ringers
The Fly
The Dead Zone
Videodrome
Scanners
The Brood
Fast Company
Rabid
Shivers
Crimes of the Future
Stereo
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Joie de Vivre. Notes, Thoughts, Words, Reflections, Faces, Visions, Around Bernardo Bertolucci and the Cinephilia of the 20th Century That Is No More
Ready or Not: Here I Come
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
Sangre del Toro
Room 999- TITIFF Talks: Viggo Mortensen & David Cronenberg on Crash
The 75th Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica di Ve
The 67th Cannes International Film Festival- CICitizens of Cosmopolis
A Special Day
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Too Commercial for Cannes
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
Masters of Horror
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"
Jason X
The Judge
The American Nightmare
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
Resurrection
Last Night
The Grace of God
Moonshine Highway
Blood & Donuts
Boozecan
Henry & Verlin
Naked Making Lunch
Nightbreed
The Making of Dead Ringers
Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg
Into the Night