David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg

Directing

Born March 15, 1943 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

46 films as director · Active 1966–2025

David Paul Cronenberg (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 bodil…

Known for

Ready or Not: Here I Come

Ready or Not: Here I Come

2026

Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: Discovery

2017

Late Night with David Letterman

Late Night with David Letterman

1982

Kulturzeit

Kulturzeit

1995

Slasher

Slasher

2016

The Fly

The Fly

1986

Prisoners of Gravity

Prisoners of Gravity

1989

The Newsroom

The Newsroom

1996

Directed(46)

The Shrouds

2025The Shrouds★ 5.9

Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection

2023Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection★ 5.1

Crimes of the Future

2022Crimes of the Future★ 6.0

The Death of David Cronenberg

2021The Death of David Cronenberg★ 6.1

Maps to the Stars

2014Maps to the Stars★ 6.2

The Nest

2013The Nest★ 5.0

Cosmopolis

2012Cosmopolis★ 5.7

A Dangerous Method

2011A Dangerous Method★ 6.3

Eastern Promises

2007Eastern Promises★ 7.3

To Each His Own Cinema

2007To Each His Own Cinema★ 6.5

At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World

2007At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World★ 5.0

A History of Violence

2005A History of Violence★ 7.2

Spider

2002Spider★ 6.7

Camera

2000Camera★ 6.1

Preludes

eXistenZ

1999eXistenZ★ 6.8

Crash

1996Crash★ 6.5

M. Butterfly

1993M. Butterfly★ 6.6

Naked Lunch

1991Naked Lunch★ 7.0

Dead Ringers

1988Dead Ringers★ 7.1

The Fly

1986The Fly★ 7.4

Videodrome

1983Videodrome★ 7.2

The Dead Zone

1983The Dead Zone★ 7.0

Scanners

1981Scanners★ 6.7

The Brood

1979The Brood★ 6.7

Fast Company

1979Fast Company★ 5.1

Rabid

1977Rabid★ 6.3

Shivers

1975Shivers★ 6.4

Winter Garden

1972Winter Garden★ 9.0

1972Scarborough Bluffs★ 10.0

1972Lakeshore★ 8.0

1972In the Dirt★ 10.0

1972Fort York★ 10.0

1972Don Valley★ 10.0

1971Tourrettes★ 7.0

1971Letter from Michelangelo★ 7.0

1971Jim Ritchie Sculptor★ 9.0

Crimes of the Future

1970Crimes of the Future★ 4.8

Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)

1969Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)★ 5.5

From the Drain

1967From the Drain★ 4.5

Transfer

1966Transfer★ 5.2

Acting(87)

2026Music, Fashion, FilmSelf

2026Ready or Not: Here I ComeChester Danforth

2025Cronenberg, à corps ouvert

2025The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld

2025Sangre del ToroSelf (archive footage)

2024HumaneD.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator

2023Room 999Self

2023Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinémaSelf - Guest

2021The Death of David CronenbergDavid Cronenberg

2021Slasher: Flesh & BloodSpencer Galloway

2020FallingDr. Klausner

2020Disappearance at Clifton HillWalter

2019Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's MasterpieceSelf

2019A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look NowSelf

2019L’inquiétante absenceSelf

2017Alias GraceReverend Verrenger

2017Star Trek: DiscoveryDr. Kovich

2016Ape SodomNarrator

2016Tomorrow's ShadowsG.O.D. (voice)

2016SlasherSpencer

2015Pig Goat Banana CricketDr. Cronenbird (voice)

2013Tales from the Organ TradeNarrator

2013The NestDr. Molnar (voice)

2013RewindRourke

2012Citizens of CosmopolisSelf

2012A Special DaySelf

2011Produce Your Own Damn Movie!Self

2011Cronenberg: The Early YearsSelf

2010Secret Origin: The Story of DC ComicsSelf (archive footage)

2010William S. Burroughs: A Man WithinSelf

2010Barney's VersionO'Malley Director #2

2010Happy TownDr. Leichman

2008On Screen!: Shivershimself

2007To Each His Own CinemaThe 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 WorldThe Last Jew

2006The Politics of the Dead ZoneSelf

2006Too Commercial for CannesSelf

2006Acts of ViolenceSelf

2005The Best of Secter & the Rest of SecterSelf

2004Videodrome: Forging the New FleshSelf

2004Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic PsycheDuncan (archive footage)

2003100 Greatest Sexy MomentsSelf

2002Masters of HorrorSelf

2002By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"Self (archive footage)

2001Jason XDr. Wimmer

2001AliasDr. Brezzel

2001The JudgeDet. Stobel

2001The JudgeDet. Stobel

2000The American NightmareSelf

2000Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol SpierSelf

1999David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh

1999ResurrectionFather Rousell

1998Last NightDuncan

1998The Grace of GodPsychiatrist

1997David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the ExtremeHimself

1996The NewsroomHimself

1996Extreme MeasuresHospital Lawyer

1996The StupidsPostal Supervisor

1996CrashAuto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited)

1996Moonshine HighwayClem Clayton

1995Kulturzeitself

1995To Die ForMan at Lake

1995Blood & DonutsCrime Boss

1994BoozecanStan Coleburn

1994Trial by JuryDirector

1994Henry & VerlinDoc Fisher

1992Naked Making LunchSelf

1990NightbreedDr. Philip K. Decker

1990Moving Pictures: J.G. BallardSelf

1989Prisoners of GravitySelf

1988Dead RingersObstetrician (uncredited)

1988The Making of Dead RingersSelf - Writer/Director

1987Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David CronenbergSelf

1986The FlyGynecologist

1985Into the NightGroup Supervisor

1983VideodromeMax Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited)

1982The Making of David Cronenberg's VideodromeInterviewee

1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf - Guest

1982Take One: Fear on FilmSelf

1976Cérémonie des CésarSelf - Presenter

1975ShiversInfected Crowd Member (uncredited)

1967Palace of Pleasure

1967Buffalo Airport Visions

David Cronenberg, en chair et en osHimself

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