Personal Info
Birth date
1943-03-15 (82 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Directing
Place of birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also known as
David 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
دیوید کراننبرگ
David Cronenberg
Biography
David Paul Cronenberg [CC OOnt], 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Cronenberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Star Trek: Discovery
7.013
Overview:
Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.Pacific Rim
6.911
Overview:
Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes who now stand as earth's final hope against the mounting apocalypse.Slasher
6.715
Overview:
Thirty years ago, in the sleepy community of Waterbury, a killer known as “The Executioner” murdered Sarah Bennett's parents. Now Sarah and her husband Dylan have returned to town, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of horrifying murders centered around the seven deadly sins.Friday the 13th: The Series
7.3
Overview:
Micki and Ryan with the help of their friend Jack try to recover cursed antiques so they can store them in safety inside the antique store's vault.Crash
6.4
Overview:
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims, and he begins to use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.Spider
6.649
Overview:
A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.The Fly
7.4
Overview:
When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.Prisoners of Gravity
5.7
Overview:
Prisoners of Gravity was a Canadian public broadcasting television news magazine program that explored speculative fiction — science fiction, fantasy, horror, comic books — and its relation to various thematic and social issues. Produced by TVOntario, the show was the brainchild of former comic retail manager Mark Askwith and writer Daniel Richler, and was hosted by Rick Green. The series aired 139 episodes over 5 seasons from 1989 to 1994.Alias
6.766
Overview:
Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA.Escape from New York
7.054
Overview:
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.Eastern Promises
7.356
Overview:
A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.The Shrouds
5.9
Overview:
Inconsolable since the death of his wife, Karsh, a prominent businessman, invents a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor their dear departed in their shrouds. One night, multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated, and he sets out to track down the perpetrators.A History of Violence
7.164
Overview:
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.Jason X
4.9
Overview:
In the year 2455, Old Earth is now a contaminated planet abandoned for centuries -- a brown world of violent storms, toxic landmasses and poisonous seas. Yet humans have returned to the deadly place that they once fled, not to live, but to research the ancient, rusting artifacts of the long-gone civilizations. But it's not the harmful environment that could prove fatal to the intrepid, young explorers who have just landed on Old Earth. For them, it's Friday the 13th, and Jason lives!The Dead Don't Die
5.437
Overview:
In a small peaceful town, zombies suddenly rise to terrorize the town. Now three bespectacled police officers and a strange Scottish morgue expert must band together to defeat the undead.Shortbus
6.3
Overview:
In post-9/11 New York City, an eclectic group of citizens find their lives entangled, personally, romantically, and sexually, at Shortbus, an underground Brooklyn salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.Humane
5.389
Overview:
In the wake of an environmental collapse that has forced humanity to shed 20% of its population, a family dinner erupts into chaos when a father's plan to enlist in the government's new euthanasia program goes horribly awry.SexTV
2
Overview:
SexTV is a Canadian documentary television series which explores many issues about human sexuality. The show premiered in 1998 and spun off a television channel called SexTV: The Channel in 2001. The series uses two Leonard Cohen songs, "Everybody Knows" and "Ain't No Cure for Love", as theme music.Alias Grace
7.193
Overview:
Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear. Grace claims to have no memory of the murder yet the facts are irrefutable. A decade after, Dr. Simon Jordan tries to help Grace recall her past.eXistenZ
6.796
Overview:
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.Videodrome
7.263
Overview:
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.Cosmopolis
5.688
Overview:
Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo during a riot in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's life begins to crumble.To Die For
6.586
Overview:
Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in her way, regardless of the ultimate cost or means necessary.The Dead Zone
7
Overview:
Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.The Judge
4.5
Overview:
Everything brilliant and compassionate defense attorney Paul Madriani stands for is put to the test when he's hired to defend an indefensible adversary. Baltimore's Judge Armando Acosti's harsh and inflexible rulings are notorious. His unjust sentence of attorney Paul Madriani's latest client, an abused wife charged with the murder of her husband, is proof. But Madriani soon finds himself in a curious position of power over the judge. Acosti is arrested for soliciting a prostitute-undercover vice cop, Brittany Hill, who's called in as key witness for the prosecution. Acosti denies the charges, but when Hill is murdered-and all evidence points to the judge - Acosti finds himself in desperate need of a savvy defense. The irony isn't lost on Madriani.Le Cercle
NYR
Overview:
As long as there is cinema, LE CERCLE will be there. It is the only television program of critical debates 100% devoted to cinema. Each week, it offers fiery, joyful and non-condescending jousts on the films on the bill; and invites with "Le questionnaire du CERCLE" directors to come and share their passion for cinema.Acting
TBADavid Cronenberg, en chair et en os as Himself
2026Ready or Not: Here I Come as Unknown
2025The Shrouds as Corpse (uncredited)
2024Humane as D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator
2023Room 999 as Self
2023Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2021The Death of David Cronenberg as David Cronenberg
2020Falling as Dr. Klausner
2020Disappearance at Clifton Hill as Walter
2019Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece as Self
2019A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now as Self
2019L’ inquiétante absence as Self
2017Alias Grace (6 Episodes) as Reverend Verrenger
2017Star Trek: Discovery (10 Episodes) as Dr. Kovich
2016Ape Sodom as Narrator
2016Tomorrow's Shadows as G.O.D. (voice)
2016Slasher (8 Episodes) as Spencer
2015Pig Goat Banana Cricket (1 Episode) as Dr. Cronenbird (voice)
2013Tales from the Organ Trade as Narrator
2013The Nest as Dr. Molnar (voice)
2013Rewind as Rourke
2012Citizens of Cosmopolis as Self
2012A Special Day as Self
2011Produce Your Own Damn Movie! as Self
2011David Cronenberg: The Early Years as Self
2010Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics as Self (archive footage)
2010William S. Burroughs: A Man Within as Self
2010Barney's Version as O'Malley Director #2
2010Happy Town (1 Episode) as Dr. Leichman
2008On Screen!: Shivers as himself
2007To Each His Own Cinema as The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ...")
2007At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World as The Last Jew
2006The Politics of the Dead Zone as Self
2006Too Commercial for Cannes as Self
2006Acts of Violence as Self
2005Le Cercle (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter as Self
2004Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh as Self
2004Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche as Duncan (archive footage)
2003100 Greatest Sexy Moments as Self
2002Masters of Horror as Self
2002By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X" as Self(archive footage)
2001Jason X as Dr. Wimmer
2001Alias (2 Episodes) as Dr. Brezzel
2001The Judge as Det. Stobel
2001The Judge (1 Episode) as Det. Stobel
2000The American Nightmare as Self
2000Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier as Self
1999David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh as Unknown
1999Resurrection as Father Rousell
1998Last Night as Duncan
1998SexTV (1, 1 Episode) as Self, Unknown
1998The Grace of God as Psychiatrist
1997David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme as Himself
1996The Newsroom (1 Episode) as Himself
1996Extreme Measures as Hospital Lawyer
1996The Stupids as Postal Supervisor
1996Crash as Auto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited)
1996Moonshine Highway as Clem Clayton
1995Kulturzeit (1 Episode) as self
1995To Die For as Man at Lake
1995Blood & Donuts as Crime Boss
1994Boozecan as Stan Coleburn
1994Trial by Jury as Director
1994Henry & Verlin as Doc Fisher
1992Naked Making Lunch as Self
1992Blue as Unknown
1990Nightbreed as Dr. Philip K. Decker
1990Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard as Self
1989Prisoners of Gravity (4 Episodes) as Self
1988Dead Ringers as Obstetrician (uncredited)
1988The Making of Dead Ringers as Self - Writer/Director
1987Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg as Self
1986The Fly as Gynecologist
1985Into the Night as Group Supervisor
1983Videodrome as Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited)
1982The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome as Interviewee
1982Take One: Fear on Film as Self
1975Shivers as Infected Crowd Member (uncredited)
1967Palace of Pleasure as Unknown
1967Buffalo Airport Visions as Unknown
Production
TBAScanners (1 Episode) ... Executive Producer
2012Cosmopolis ... Producer
2008The Plan ... Executive Producer
2002Spider ... Producer
1999eXistenZ ... Producer
1998I'm Losing You ... Executive Producer
1996Crash ... Producer
1988Dead Ringers ... Producer
1973Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors ... Production Manager
1971Jim Ritchie Sculptor ... Producer
1970Crimes of the Future ... Producer
1969Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) ... Producer
1966Transfer ... Producer
Directing
2025The Shrouds ... Director
2023Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection ... Director
2022Crimes of the Future ... Director
2021The Death of David Cronenberg ... Director
2014Maps to the Stars ... Director
2013The Nest ... Director
2012Cosmopolis ... Director
2011A Dangerous Method ... Director
2007To Each His Own Cinema ... Director
2007Eastern Promises ... Director
2007At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World ... Director
2005A History of Violence ... Director
2002Spider ... Director
2000Preludes ... Director
2000Camera ... Director
1999eXistenZ ... Director
1996Crash ... Director
1993M. Butterfly ... Director
1991Naked Lunch ... Director
1990Scales of Justice (2 Episodes) ... Director
1988Dead Ringers ... Director
1987Friday the 13th: The Series (1 Episode) ... Director
1986The Fly ... Director
1983The Dead Zone ... Director
1983Videodrome ... Director
1981Scanners ... Director
1979The Brood ... Director
1979Fast Company ... Director
1977Rabid ... Director
1976The Italian Machine ... Director
1976Teleplay (1 Episode) ... Director
1976The Lie Chair ... Director
1975Peep Show (2 Episodes) ... Director
1975Shivers ... Director
1972Winter Garden ... Director
1972Scarborough Bluffs ... Director
1972Lakeshore ... Director
1972In the Dirt ... Director
1972Fort York ... Director
1972Don Valley ... Director
1971Tourrettes ... Director
1971Letter from Michelangelo ... Director
1971Jim Ritchie Sculptor ... Director
1971Programme X (1 Episode) ... Director
1970Crimes of the Future ... Director
1969Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) ... Director
1967From the Drain ... Director
1966Transfer ... Director
Writing
2025The Shrouds ... Writer
2023Leo ... Original Film Writer
2023Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection ... Writer
2022Crimes of the Future ... Writer
2021The Death of David Cronenberg ... Writer
2019Rabid ... Original Film Writer
2013The Nest ... Writer
2012Cosmopolis ... Screenplay
2007At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World ... Writer
2000Camera ... Writer
1999eXistenZ ... Screenplay
1996Crash ... Writer
1995Scanner Cop II ... Characters
1994Scanner Cop ... Characters
1992Scanners III: The Takeover ... Characters
1991Naked Lunch ... Writer
1991Scanners II: The New Order ... Characters
1988Dead Ringers ... Writer
1986The Fly ... Screenplay
1983Videodrome ... Writer
1981Scanners ... Writer
1979The Brood ... Writer
1979Fast Company ... Screenplay
1977Rabid ... Writer
1976The Italian Machine ... Writer
1976Teleplay (1 Episode) ... Writer
1975Shivers ... Writer
1972Winter Garden ... Writer
1972Scarborough Bluffs ... Writer
1972Lakeshore ... Writer
1972In the Dirt ... Writer
1972Fort York ... Writer
1972Don Valley ... Writer
1971Tourrettes ... Writer
1971Letter from Michelangelo ... Writer
1971Jim Ritchie Sculptor ... Writer
1970Crimes of the Future ... Writer
1969Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) ... Writer
1967From the Drain ... Writer
1966Transfer ... Writer
Crew
2019The Dead Don't Die ... Thanks
2019The Drema ... Thanks
2016Ape Sodom ... Additional Dialogue
2014The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners' ... Thanks
2014Mental Saboteur ... Thanks
2014The Double ... Thanks
2014Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk ... Thanks
2013Candy ... Thanks
2013Pacific Rim ... Thanks
2012Citizens of Cosmopolis ... Thanks
2011Down to Sleep ... Thanks
2011Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter ... Thanks
2010Crank Up ... Thanks
2010Tub ... Thanks
2007Karim ... Thanks
2006Shortbus ... Thanks
2006Skinwalkers ... Thanks
2005Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly ... Thanks
2001Resolving Power ... Thanks
2001Imagining 'Total Recall' ... Thanks
1991Highway 61 ... Thanks
1981Escape from New York ... Thanks
Editing
1972Winter Garden ... Editor
1972Scarborough Bluffs ... Editor
1972Lakeshore ... Editor
1972In the Dirt ... Editor
1972Fort York ... Editor
1972Don Valley ... Editor
1971Letter from Michelangelo ... Editor
1971Jim Ritchie Sculptor ... Editor
1971Tourrettes ... Editor
1970Crimes of the Future ... Editor
1969Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) ... Editor
1967From the Drain ... Editor
1966Transfer ... Editor
Camera
1972Winter Garden ... Director of Photography
1972Scarborough Bluffs ... Director of Photography
1972Lakeshore ... Director of Photography
1972In the Dirt ... Director of Photography
1972Fort York ... Director of Photography
1972Don Valley ... Director of Photography
1971Letter from Michelangelo ... Director of Photography
1971Jim Ritchie Sculptor ... Director of Photography
1971Tourrettes ... Director of Photography
1970Crimes of the Future ... Director of Photography
1969Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) ... Director of Photography
1967From the Drain ... Director of Photography
1966Transfer ... Director of Photography
Sound
1966Transfer ... Sound