David Cronenberg

Director | Actor | Writer

David Cronenberg, also known as the King of Venereal Horror or the Baron of Blood, was born in ...

Born: March 15, 1943

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Filmography

Known For

The Fly Director (1986)
Dead Ringers Director (1988)
eXistenZ Director (1999)
Known For

Crash Director (1996)
Director

Consumed (2014)
Maps to the Stars (2014)
The Nest (2013)
Cosmopolis (2012)
A Dangerous Method (2011)
Eastern Promises (2007)
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
A History of Violence (2005)
Spider (2002)
Short6 (2001)
Camera (2000)
eXistenZ (1999)
Crash (1996)
M. Butterfly (1993)
Naked Lunch (1991)
Scales of Justice (1990-1991)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Friday the 13th: The Series (1988)
The Fly (1986)
The Dead Zone (1983)
Videodrome (1983)
Scanners (1981)
The Brood (1979)
Fast Company (1979)
Rabid (1977)
Teleplay (1976)
Peep Show (1976)
Shivers (1975)
Winter Garden (1972)
Scarborough Bluffs (1972)
Lakeshore (1972)
In the Dirt (1972)
Fort York (1972)
Don Valley (1972)
Programme X (1972)
Tourettes (1971)
Letter from Michelangelo (1971)
Jim Ritchie Sculptor (1971)
Crimes of the Future (1970)
Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) (1969)
From the Drain (1967)
Director

Transfer (1966)
Actor

Star Trek: Discovery Kovich (2020)
Falling Dr. Klausner (2020)
Disappearance at Clifton Hill Walter (2019)
Alias Grace Reverend Verringer (2017)
Tomorrow's Shadows G.O.D. (2017)
Pig Goat Banana Cricket Dr. Cronenbird (2017)
Ape Sodom Narrator (2016)
Consumed Interviewer (2014)
The Nest Dr. Molnar (2013)
Rewind Rourke (2013)
Happy Town Dr. Leichman (2010)
Barney's Version O'Malley Director #2 (2010)
To Each His Own Cinema The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew in the world in the last cinema in the world") (2007)
Alias Dr. Brezzel (2003)
Jason X Dr. Wimmer (2001)
The Judge Det. Stobel (2001)
Resurrection Father Rousell (1999)
The Grace of God Psychiatrist (1998)
Last Night Duncan (1998)
The Newsroom David Cronenberg (1997)
Extreme Measures Hospital Lawyer (1996)
The Stupids Postal Supervisor (1996)
Henry & Verlin Doc Fisher (1996)
Crash Auto Wreck Salesman (1996)
Moonshine Highway Clem Clayton (1996)
Blood & Donuts Crime Boss (1995)
To Die For Man at Lake (1995)
Boozecan Stan Coleburn (1994)
Trial by Jury Director (1994)
Blue (1992)
Nightbreed Dr. Philip K. Decker (1990)
Dead Ringers Obstetrician (1988)
The Fly Gynecologist (1986)
Into the Night Group Supervisor (1985)
Videodrome Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (1983)
Shivers Infected Crowd Member / Stabbed Shoulder (1975)
Actor

Slasher (2016)
Writer

Consumed (2014)
Cosmopolis (2012)
Short6 (2001)
Camera (2000)
eXistenZ (1999)
Crash (1996)
Scanner Cop II (1995)
Scanner Cop (1994)
Naked Lunch (1991)
Scanners III: The Takeover (1991)
Scanners II: The New Order (1991)
Dead Ringers (1988)
The Fly (1986)
Videodrome (1983)
Scanners (1981)
The Brood (1979)
Fast Company (1979)
Rabid (1977)
Teleplay (1976)
Shivers (1975)
Winter Garden (1972)
Scarborough Bluffs (1972)
Lakeshore (1972)
In the Dirt (1972)
Fort York (1972)
Don Valley (1972)
Tourettes (1971)
Letter from Michelangelo (1971)
Jim Ritchie Sculptor (1971)
Crimes of the Future (1970)
Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) (1969)
From the Drain (1967)
Writer

Transfer (1966)
Producer

Consumed (2014)
The Plan (2008)
Spider (2002)
eXistenZ (1999)
I'm Losing You (1998)
Crash (1996)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Jim Ritchie Sculptor (1971)
Crimes of the Future (1970)
Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) (1969)
Producer

Transfer (1966)
Archive footage

We're Gonna Need Bigger Skits: An Interview with Carl Gottlieb (2018)
John Landis: Back into the Night (2017)
Tribes of the Moon: Making Nightbreed (2014)
Welcome to the Basement (2013)
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010)
Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2008)
On Screen! (2008)
Un écran nommé désir (2006)
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of 'The Fly' (2005)
Cinema mil (2005)
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004)
X-Rated (2004)
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh (2004)
Histoires de festival (2002)
The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect (2000)
Archive footage

To the Galaxy and Beyond with Mark Hamill (1997)
Nightbreed: The Interactive Movie (1990)
Editor

Winter Garden (1972)
Scarborough Bluffs (1972)
Lakeshore (1972)
In the Dirt (1972)
Fort York (1972)
Don Valley (1972)
Tourettes (1971)
Letter from Michelangelo (1971)
Jim Ritchie Sculptor (1971)
Crimes of the Future (1970)
Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) (1969)
From the Drain (1967)
Editor

Transfer (1966)
Cinematographer

Winter Garden (1972)
Scarborough Bluffs (1972)
Lakeshore (1972)
In the Dirt (1972)
Fort York (1972)
Don Valley (1972)
Tourettes (1971)
Letter from Michelangelo (1971)
Jim Ritchie Sculptor (1971)
Crimes of the Future (1970)
Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) (1969)
Cinematographer

From the Drain (1967)
Transfer (1966)
Sound Department

Transfer (1966)
Production Manager

Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors (1973)

Videos

Awards

70 wins & 81 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 75th Venice International Film Festival in 2018.

If religion is used to allow you to come to terms with death, and also to guide you in how you live your life, then I think art can do the same thing. But in a schematic way, in a much less rigid and absolute way, which is why it appeals to me and ...