David Cronenberg

Actor | Director | 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 Gynecologist (1986)
eXistenZ Director (1999)
Dead Ringers Obstetrician (1988)
Known For

Crash Auto Wreck Salesman (1996)
Director

The Death of David Cronenberg (2021)
Consumed (2014)
Maps to the Stars (2014)
The Nest (2013)
Cosmopolis (2012)
A Dangerous Method (2011)
Eastern Promises (2007)
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World (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 (2020-2021)
The Death of David Cronenberg David Cronenberg (2021)
Slasher Spencer (2021)
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)
Actor

Shivers Infected Crowd Member / Stabbed Shoulder (1975)
Writer

The Death of David Cronenberg (2021)
Consumed (2014)
Cosmopolis (2012)
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World (2007)
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

Minty Comedic Arts (2022)
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 & 83 nominations.

Did You Know

His father was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and his mother was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. All of his grandparents were Lithuanian Jewish immigrants. His father, who died at age 61, was a bookstore owner and sometime columnist for the Toronto ...

Quotes

I think of horror films as art, as films of confrontations. Films that make you confront aspects of your own life that are difficult to face. Just because you're making a horror film doesn't mean you can't make an artful film.