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David Cronenberg

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David Cronenberg, also known as the King of Venereal Horror or the Baron of Blood, was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1943. His father was a journalist, and his mother was a piano player. After showing an inclination for literature at an early age (he wrote and published eerie short stories, thus following his father's path) and for music (playing classical guitar until he was 12)... See full bio »

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David Paul Cronenberg
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Hide HideDirector (40 titles)
2014 Maps to the Stars (pre-production)
 
2012 Cosmopolis
 
2011 A Dangerous Method
 
2007 Eastern Promises
 
2007 To Each His Own Cinema (segment "At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World")
 
2005 A History of Violence
 
2002 Spider
 
2001 Short6 (segment "Camera")
 
2000/III Camera (short)
 
1999 eXistenZ
 
1996 Crash
 
1993 M. Butterfly
 
1991 Naked Lunch
 
1990 Scales of Justice (TV series)
– Regina vs Logan (1990)
– Regina vs Horvath
 
1988 Dead Ringers
 
1988 Friday the 13th (TV series)
– Faith Healer (1988)
 
1986 The Fly
 
1983 The Dead Zone
 
1983 Videodrome
 
1981 Scanners
 
1979 The Brood
 
1979 Fast Company
 
1977 Rabid
 
1976 Teleplay (TV series)
– The Italian Machine (1976)
 
1975 They Came from Within
 
1975 Peep Show (TV series)
– The Lie Chair (1975)
– The Victim (1975)
 
1972 Winter Garden (TV short)
 
1972 Scarborough Bluffs (TV short)
 
1972 Lakeshore (TV short)
 
1972 In the Dirt (TV short)
 
1972 Fort York (TV short)
 
1972 Don Valley (TV short)
 
1972 Programme X (TV series)
– Secret Weapons (1972)
 
1971 Tourettes (TV movie)
 
1971 Letter from Michelangelo (TV movie)
 
1971 Jim Ritchie Sculptor (TV movie)
 
1970 Crimes of the Future
 
1969 Stereo
 
1967 From the Drain (short)
 
1966 Transfer (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (32 titles)
2012 Cosmopolis (screenplay)
 
2001 Short6 (segment "Camera")
 
2000/III Camera (short)
 
1999 eXistenZ (written by)
 
1996 Crash (written by)
 
1995 Scanner Cop II (video) (characters)
 
1994 Scanner Cop (video) (characters)
 
1991 Naked Lunch (written by)
 
1991 Scanners II: The New Order (video) (characters)
 
1991 Scanners III: The Takeover (video) (characters)
 
1988 Dead Ringers (written by)
 
1986 The Fly (screenplay)
 
1983 Videodrome (written by)
 
1981 Scanners (written by)
 
1979 The Brood (written by)
 
1979 Fast Company (writer)
 
1977 Rabid
 
1976 Teleplay (TV series)
– The Italian Machine (1976) (written by)
 
1975 They Came from Within (written by)
 
1972 Winter Garden (TV short)
 
1972 Scarborough Bluffs (TV short)
 
1972 Lakeshore (TV short)
 
1972 In the Dirt (TV short)
 
1972 Fort York (TV short)
 
1972 Don Valley (TV short)
 
1971 Tourettes (TV movie)
 
1971 Letter from Michelangelo (TV movie)
 
1971 Jim Ritchie Sculptor (TV movie)
 
1970 Crimes of the Future
 
1969 Stereo (writer)
 
1967 From the Drain (short)
 
1966 Transfer (short)
 
Show ShowActor (27 titles)
2014 Body Art (pre-production)
 
2013 Rewind (TV movie)
 
2010 Barney's Version
O'Malley Director #2
 
2010 Happy Town (TV series)
Dr. Leichman
– Polly Wants a Crack at Her (2010) … Dr. Leichman
 
2007 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")
 
2003 Alias (TV series)
Dr. Brezzel
– Remnants (2003) … Dr. Brezzel
– Conscious (2003) … Dr. Brezzel
 
2001 Jason X
Dr. Wimmer
 
2001 The Judge (TV movie)
Det. Stobel
 
1999 Resurrection
Father Rousell
 
1998 The Grace of God
Psychiatrist
 
1998/I Last Night
Duncan
 
1997 Henry & Verlin
Doc Fisher
 
1996 Extreme Measures
Hospital Lawyer
 
1996 The Stupids
Postal Supervisor
 
1996 Crash
Auto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited)
 
1996 Moonshine Highway (TV movie)
Clem Clayton
 
1995 Blood & Donuts
Crime Boss
 
1995 To Die For
Man at Lake
 
1994 Trial by Jury
Director
 
1994 Boozecan
Stan Coleburn
 
1992 Blue (short)
 
1990 Nightbreed
Dr. Philip K. Decker
 
1988 Dead Ringers
Obstetrician (uncredited)
 
1986 The Fly
Gynecologist
 
1985 Into the Night
Group Supervisor
 
1983 Videodrome
Max Renn in helmet (uncredited)
 
1975 They Came from Within
Infected in the crowd/The stabbed shoulder (uncredited)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (13 titles)
1972 Don Valley (TV short)
 
1972 Fort York (TV short)
 
1972 In the Dirt (TV short)
 
1972 Lakeshore (TV short)
 
1972 Scarborough Bluffs (TV short)
 
1972 Winter Garden (TV short)
 
1971 Jim Ritchie Sculptor (TV movie)
 
1971 Letter from Michelangelo (TV movie)
 
1971 Tourettes (TV movie)
 
1970 Crimes of the Future
 
1969 Stereo
 
1967 From the Drain (short)
 
1966 Transfer (short)
 
Show ShowEditor (13 titles)
1972 Don Valley (TV short)
 
1972 Fort York (TV short)
 
1972 In the Dirt (TV short)
 
1972 Lakeshore (TV short)
 
1972 Scarborough Bluffs (TV short)
 
1972 Winter Garden (TV short)
 
1971 Jim Ritchie Sculptor (TV movie)
 
1971 Letter from Michelangelo (TV movie)
 
1971 Tourettes (TV movie)
 
1970 Crimes of the Future
 
1969 Stereo
 
1967 From the Drain (short)
 
1966 Transfer (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (10 titles)
2008/I The Plan (short) (executive producer)
 
2002 Spider (producer)
 
1999 eXistenZ (producer)
 
1998 I'm Losing You (executive producer)
 
1996 Crash (producer)
 
1988 Dead Ringers (producer)
 
1971 Jim Ritchie Sculptor (TV movie) (producer)
 
1970 Crimes of the Future (producer)
 
1969 Stereo (producer)
 
1966 Transfer (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (1 title)
1973 Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors (documentary) (assistant production manager)
 
Show ShowThanks (13 titles)
2012 Citizens of Cosmopolis (video documentary) (very special thanks)
 
2011 Down to Sleep (short) (special thanks)
 
2011 Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter (special thanks)
 
2010 Crank Up (short) (special thanks)
 
2010 Tub (short) (special thanks)
 
2006 Skinwalkers (thanks)
 
2006 Shortbus (thanks)
 
2005 Fear of the Flesh: The Making of 'The Fly' (video documentary) (very special thanks)
 
2001 Resolving Power (short) (thanks)
 
2001 Imagining 'Total Recall' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
1999 The Directors (TV series documentary) (acknowledgment: stills and clips provided by - 1 episode)
– The Films of David Cronenberg (1999) (acknowledgment: stills and clips provided by)
 
1991 Highway 61 (special thanks)
 
1981 Escape from New York (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (63 titles)
2013 Tales from the Organ Trade (TV documentary) (post-production)
Narrator (voice)
 
1989-2012 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 October 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 24 November 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 29 September 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 1 November 1996 (1996) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 April 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
2012 In Studio: Genie Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 Citizens of Cosmopolis (video documentary)
Himself
 
2012 The Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.170 (2012) … Himself
– Episode #8.72 (2012) … Himself
 
2011-2012 Janela Indiscreta (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.119 (2012) … Himself
– Episode #1.91 (2011) … Himself
 
2012 Kulturzeit (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 May 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Une journée particulière (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Film '72 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 January 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2005-2011 Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 December 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 May 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2011 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 November 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 3 November 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 November 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 55th BFI London Film Festival (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 Produce Your Own Damn Movie! (video documentary)
Himself
 
2010 William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Jornal Nacional (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 November 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2008 Deutschland, deine Künstler (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Armin Mueller-Stahl (2008) … Himself
 
2008 28th Annual Genie Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2007 The Culture Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.3 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 El blog de Cayetana (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Ceremonia de apertura - 55º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 September 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Tracks (TV series documentary)
Himself
– David Lynch Special (2007) … Himself
 
2006 Visions and Horror from 'The Dead Zone' (video short)
Himself
 
2006 The Politics of 'The Dead Zone' (video short)
Himself
 
2006 Memories from 'The Dead Zone' (video short)
Himself
 
2006 The Look of 'The Dead Zone' (video short)
Himself
 
2006 Torrent (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.14 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 L'hebdo cinéma (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 May 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Too Commercial for Cannes (short)
Himself
 
2006 Violence's History: United States Version vs. International Version (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Acts of Violence (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003-2005 SexTV (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Monstrous Desires: Sexuality and Horror/A Moment with... David Cronenberg (2005) … Himself
– Romantic Love/Strip Club DJ's/A Moment with... David Cronenberg (2003) … Himself
– Dark Desires: Sexuality in the Horror Film (2003) … Himself
 
2005 Tout le monde en parle (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 October 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Magacine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 October 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Go' morgen Danmark (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 October 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– A History of Violence (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Comme au cinéma (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 May 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Dusty Wright's Culture CatchCulture Catch (TV series)
Himself
 
2004 Je t'aime... moi non plus: Artistes et critiques (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 La caja negra (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2003 100 Greatest Sexy Moments (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Open Mike with Mike Bullard (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 February 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Charlie Rose (TV series)
– Alan Parker/Kevin Spacey/Kate Winslet/Laura Linney/Ralph Fiennes/David Cronenberg (2003)
 
2002 Boogeymen II: Masters of Horror (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Festival Pass with Chris Gore (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Record Man: The Life and Times of Sam Sniderman (documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Jason X' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 The American Nightmare (documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Royal Canadian Air Farce (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 31 December 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
1999 Cinéma, de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Himself
– David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh (1999) … Himself
 
1999 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Films of David Cronenberg (1999) … Himself
 
1998 Cronenberg Interview: Rabid (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 Cronenberg Interview: Shivers (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1997 The Newsroom (TV series)
Himself
– Meltdown: Part 1 (1997) … Himself
 
1997 David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1996 Late Review (TV series)
Himself - Interview at London Film Festival
– Censorship and Cronenberg 's Crash (1996) … Himself - Interview at London Film Festival
 
1992 Maniac Mansion (TV series)
Himself
– Idella's Breakdown (1992) … Himself
 
1992 Naked Making Lunch (documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Untitled 'Naked Lunch' Featurette (short)
Himself
 
1988-1989 The Media Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.4 (1989) … Himself
– Episode #3.8 (1988) … Himself
 
1986 Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (9 titles)
2010 Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2006 Un écran nommé désir (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Fear of the Flesh: The Making of 'The Fly' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 
2004 X-Rated (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2004 Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (TV documentary)
Duncan
 
2000 The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect (TV documentary)
Himself (1986)
 
1997 To the Galaxy and Beyond with Mark Hamill (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Curated the exhibition 'Andy Warhol Supernova: Stars, Deaths and Disasters, 1962-64," at the Art Gallery of Ontario, July 8-Oct. 22, 2006. Guardian interview: http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1869602,00.html See more »

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2 Biographical Movies  | 4 Print Biographies  | 49 Interviews  | 20 Articles  | 3 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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[on Michael Fassbender] Even with an intellectual character, his approach is visceral. He jokingly likes to say the only research he did was read 'The Idiots Guide to Carl Jung'. He's just so perky it drives you crazy. One day I found him standing out in the sun in his costume and makeup, with this big smile. I said to him, 'Michael, why are you smiling like that?' He said, 'I don't know... See more »

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At one point he was in line to direct The Singing Detective, with Al Pacino in the lead. See more »

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