David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg

1943-03-15 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 142 Credits

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 al...

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Ready or Not: Here I Come

Ready or Not: Here I Come

2026

Acting

The sequel to the 2019 film. Plot TBA.

The Shrouds

The Shrouds

2025

as Corpse (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

Inconsolable since the death of his wife, Karsh, a prominent businessman, invents a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living...

The Shrouds

The Shrouds

2025

Director, Writer

5.9
Directing Writing

Inconsolable since the death of his wife, Karsh, a prominent businessman, invents a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living...

Humane

Humane

2024

as D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator

5.3
Acting

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 pla...

Leo

Leo

2023

Original Film Writer

6.9
Writing

A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, but it brings forth consequences with connection to a dangerous world, one which ...

Room 999

Room 999

2023

as Self

5.8
Acting

In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, in Cannes...

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

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

2023

Director, Writer

4.7
Directing Writing

Cronenberg's speculative historical work draws inspiration from the anatomical waxworks at the La Specola museum in Florence, Italy. These wax models,...

Crimes of the Future

Crimes of the Future

2022

Director, Writer

6.1
Directing Writing

With his partner, a celebrity performance artist publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. An investigator from ...

The Death of David Cronenberg

The Death of David Cronenberg

2021

as David Cronenberg

6.1
Acting

David Cronenberg stands in a softly lit bedroom and looks deeply into the camera before his gaze shifts to a motionless figure in the bed...

The Death of David Cronenberg

The Death of David Cronenberg

2021

Director, Writer

6.1
Directing Writing

David Cronenberg stands in a softly lit bedroom and looks deeply into the camera before his gaze shifts to a motionless figure in the bed...

Falling

Falling

2020

as Dr. Klausner

6.5
Acting

John Peterson lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. When he is visited by his aging father Willis from Los An...

Disappearance at Clifton Hill

Disappearance at Clifton Hill

2020

as Walter

5.5
Acting

Following the death of her mother, a young woman returns home to Niagara Falls and becomes entangled in the memory of a kidnapping she claims to have ...

Rabid

Rabid

2019

Original Film Writer

5.8
Writing

The quiet Rose works in women's fashion clothing, hoping to be a designer. A traffic accident damages her face. She gets experimental stem cell treatm...

Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece

Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece

2019

as Self

7.0
Acting

New featurette, writer/director Brad Bird, writer/director Andrew Haigh, director Danny Boyle, and cinematographer Anthony B. Richmond, amongst others...

A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now

A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now

2019

as Self

6.0
Acting

New featurette, David Cronenberg, cinematographer Anthony B. Richomond, and professor Sarah Street (University of Bristol), amongst others, discuss th...

L’ inquiétante absence

L’ inquiétante absence

2019

as Self

8.0
Acting

"L'inquiétante absence" is a documentary that examines the current state of genre films in Québec. In an attempt to answer their questions, the filmma...

The Dead Don't Die

The Dead Don't Die

2019

Thanks

5.4

In a small peaceful town, zombies suddenly rise to terrorize the town. Now three bespectacled police officers and a strange Scottish morgue expert mus...

The Drema

The Drema

2019

Thanks

10.0

When a troubled teen aged girl goes missing, an ex-detective is forced to take on the case which he slowly realizes is a lot stranger than it original...

Ape Sodom

Ape Sodom

2016

as Narrator

3.3
Acting

Three degenerates navigate the descending hierarchy of post-consumerist enlightenment.

Ape Sodom

Ape Sodom

2016

Additional Dialogue

3.3

Three degenerates navigate the descending hierarchy of post-consumerist enlightenment.

Tomorrow's Shadows

Tomorrow's Shadows

2016

as G.O.D. (voice)

Acting

Where futures are known and happiness is guaranteed by G.O.D., a mother is given a choice - her child or her perfect future.

The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners'

2014

Thanks

4.7

This Documentary goes over how the special effects in the 1981 film "Scanners" were done.

Maps to the Stars

Maps to the Stars

2014

Director

6.2
Directing

Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family are chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless g...

Mental Saboteur

2014

Thanks

Michael Ironside discusses his role as Darryl Revok in the 1981 sci-fi/horror cult classic "Scanners."

The Double

The Double

2014

Thanks

6.5

An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman ...

Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk

Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk

2014

Thanks

2.0

A reimagining /regurgitation and re-dubbing of a classic silent horror flick! Shot in mind-shattering 2D (& 36DD), featuring T&A and epic voice-over ‘...

Tales from the Organ Trade

Tales from the Organ Trade

2013

as Narrator

6.4
Acting

A look into the underground world of trafficking human body parts.

Candy

2013

Thanks

3.0

Touching on love, sex, money, and art, Cassandra Cronenberg directs this formally daring inventory of human transactions, which tracks a young woman’s...

The Nest

The Nest

2013

as Dr. Molnar (voice)

5.1
Acting

A doctor must remove a parasite infestation from within a patient's breast.

The Nest

The Nest

2013

Director, Writer

5.1
Directing Writing

A doctor must remove a parasite infestation from within a patient's breast.

Rewind

Rewind

2013

as Rourke

5.7
Acting

Revolves around a team of military field operatives and civilian scientists who must use untested technology to travel back in time to alter past even...

Pacific Rim

Pacific Rim

2013

Thanks

6.9

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 Pac...

Citizens of Cosmopolis

2012

as Self

6.1
Acting

An in-depth documentary about the making of David Cronenberg's feature film, Cosmopolis (2012), an adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel of the same name.

Citizens of Cosmopolis

2012

Thanks

6.1

An in-depth documentary about the making of David Cronenberg's feature film, Cosmopolis (2012), an adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel of the same name.

Cosmopolis

Cosmopolis

2012

Director, Screenplay, Producer

5.7
Directing Writing Producing

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.

A Special Day

A Special Day

2012

as Self

6.0
Acting

At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.

A Dangerous Method

A Dangerous Method

2011

Director

6.4
Directing

Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s we...

Down to Sleep

Down to Sleep

2011

Thanks

A young woman discovers she has the power to bring dead goldfish back to life. But what else is she capable of bringing back?

Produce Your Own Damn Movie!

Produce Your Own Damn Movie!

2011

as Self

Acting

When it comes to producing, no one speaks with more authority than Lloyd Kaufman creator of The Toxic Avenger and founder of the longest-running indep...

Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter

Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter

2011

Thanks

2.0

Acid-scarred teenager Pheromone Labonza (aka Acid Head) is a vengeful, bloodsucking cannibal goth-girl killer that slashes her way though rural Buzzar...

David Cronenberg: The Early Years

2011

as Self

Acting

Director David Cronenberg discusses his transition from the experimental filmmaking of 'Stero' and 'Crimes of the Future' to working within the commer...

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

2010

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

2010

as Self

6.6
Acting

A riveting and emotional journey into the world of writer William S. Burroughs, a man considered as cold as an iceberg on a winter night.

Barney's Version

Barney's Version

2010

as O'Malley Director #2

7.0
Acting

The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.

Crank Up

2010

Thanks

One day, two film making students meet evil.

Tub

Tub

2010

Thanks

4.4

About a guy who can't commit to his girlfriend... Who then jerks off in the shower. And accidentally impregnates his tub.

The Plan

The Plan

2008

Executive Producer

Producing

The short drama is about a group of children in the wing of a hospital plotting a covert operation in the middle of the night. Are they up to no good ...

On Screen!: Shivers

2008

as himself

Acting

The debut feature from Canada's most celebrated filmmaker, David Cronenberg, Shivers provided the young director with a crash course in feature filmma...

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

as The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ...")

6.5
Acting

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmak...

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

Director

6.5
Directing

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmak...

Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises

2007

Director

7.4
Directing

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 Russia...

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

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

2007

as The Last Jew

8.0
Acting

In an unspecified future, a man prepares to kill himself in a cinema toilet. Two unseen radio commentators say he is the last Jew in the world, and th...

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

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

2007

Director, Writer

8.0
Directing Writing

In an unspecified future, a man prepares to kill himself in a cinema toilet. Two unseen radio commentators say he is the last Jew in the world, and th...

Karim

2007

Thanks

'Karim' tells the tale of a troubled boy who finds himself trapped in a world where fear, violence and abuse surround him, preying on his every though...

Shortbus

Shortbus

2006

Thanks

6.3

In post-9/11 New York City, an eclectic group of citizens find their lives entangled, personally, romantically, and sexually, at Shortbus, an undergro...

The Politics of the Dead Zone

2006

as Self

6.0
Acting

A discussion on the politics behind the 1983 David Cronenberg thriller, The Dead Zone.

Skinwalkers

Skinwalkers

2006

Thanks

5.1

Creatures, bound by the blood of the wolf, that can kill with curses and move at lightening speed, watching the night sky for the rise of the blood-re...

Too Commercial for Cannes

Too Commercial for Cannes

2006

as Self

8.5
Acting

A day in a life tour diary with David Cronenberg, as he brings his film "A History of Violence" to the Cannes Film Festival (2005) for its first publi...

Acts of Violence

Acts of Violence

2006

as Self

8.0
Acting

ACTS OF VIOLENCE is a behind the scenes documentary, structured in a scene by scene breakdown of all the incidents of violence in David Cronenberg's f...

Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly

Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly

2005

Thanks

8.0

Feature length documentary on the making of David Cronenberg's The Fly.

A History of Violence

A History of Violence

2005

Director

7.2
Directing

An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.

The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter

The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter

2005

as Self

Acting

Tells the story of David Secter, Canada's first acclaimed indie filmmaker.

Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh

Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh

2004

as Self

6.5
Acting

Through the use of interviews (both vintage and new) with various cast and crew members, including Rick Baker, Bill Sturgeon, David Cronenberg, James ...

Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche

2004

as Duncan (archive footage)

5.0
Acting

This compelling documentary explores Canadian film culture and tries to discover what defines Canadian film through interviews with notable filmmakers...

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

2003

as Self

5.0
Acting

Documentary, based on a British poll, listing the 100 sexiest movie and TV moments. Supplemented by new interviews with performers, filmmakers, and au...

Masters of Horror

Masters of Horror

2002

as Self

7.7
Acting

Documentary showcasing the work of prominent film directors in the horror genre. Featuring interviews with the directors, behind the scenes footage an...

Spider

Spider

2002

Director, Producer

6.6
Directing Producing

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 k...

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"

2002

as Self(archive footage)

6.0
Acting

Produced for the "Jason X" Special Edition DVD.

Jason X

Jason X

2001

as Dr. Wimmer

4.9
Acting

In the year 2455, Old Earth is now a contaminated planet abandoned for centuries -- a brown world of violent storms, toxic landmasses and poisonous se...

The Judge

The Judge

2001

as Det. Stobel

4.5
Acting

When a key witness in a case of corruption is killed in courts all suspicion falls on Judge Armando Acosta. Now the judge Madiani will defend his inno...

Resolving Power

Resolving Power

2001

Thanks

In an abandoned power plant, a paranoiac electrician dreams he discovers a piece of shapeless flesh in a jar. Armed with plans, he wanders about a wo...

Imagining 'Total Recall'

Imagining 'Total Recall'

2001

Thanks

7.0

Making of documentary featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Paul Verhoeven.

Preludes

Preludes

2000

Director

Directing

Commissioned by the Toronto International Film Festival to mark the event's 25th anniversary in September 2000, the "Preludes" program consisted of te...

The American Nightmare

The American Nightmare

2000

as Self

7.0
Acting

An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.

Camera

Camera

2000

Director, Writer

6.1
Directing Writing

While a veteran actor laments the state of film and film acting, a group of young children sneak a Panavision camera into the apartment where the acto...

Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier

Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier

2000

as Self

Acting

The invisible art of production designer Carol Spier. The relationship between director and production designer is a special one. FRAME BY FRAME is a ...

David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh

1999

7.2
Acting

“I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh” is an insightful and candid interview with the man himself about his films and his motivations. Cronenberg is cheer...

Resurrection

Resurrection

1999

as Father Rousell

6.2
Acting

A jaded homicide detective has been put on the case of a ruthless killer in the city of Chicago, who leaves a trail of horribly mutilated and dismembe...

eXistenZ

eXistenZ

1999

Director, Screenplay, Producer

6.8
Directing Writing Producing

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 dam...

Last Night

Last Night

1998

as Duncan

6.6
Acting

Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.

I'm Losing You

I'm Losing You

1998

Executive Producer

4.9
Producing

Based on Bruce Wagner's best selling novel, "I'm Losing You" is the gripping tale of a wealthy Los Angeles family and their journey from profound loss...

The Grace of God

The Grace of God

1998

as Psychiatrist

1.0
Acting

Centering on L'Ecuyer's identity as a gay man, the film unfolds as a series of vignettes depicting various key moments in his life.

David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme

David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme

1997

as Himself

5.0
Acting

A brief documentary about Cronenberg made by the BBC to precede a showing of 'Videodrome' on television.

Extreme Measures

Extreme Measures

1996

as Hospital Lawyer

6.0
Acting

Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency roo...

The Stupids

The Stupids

1996

as Postal Supervisor

4.7
Acting

An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.

Crash

Crash

1996

as Auto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims, and he begins ...

Crash

Crash

1996

Director, Producer, Writer

6.4
Directing Producing Writing

After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims, and he begins ...

Moonshine Highway

Moonshine Highway

1996

as Clem Clayton

5.8
Acting

The plans of a moonshine runner trying to make a better life by becoming a stock car racer go awry when the local sheriff is determined to kill the dr...

To Die For

To Die For

1995

as Man at Lake

6.6
Acting

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 make...

Blood & Donuts

Blood & Donuts

1995

as Crime Boss

5.3
Acting

In 1994, in Toronto, the vampire Boya awakens from his twenty-five years of sleep in a basement hit by a golf ball. He takes a cab to the local cemete...

Scanner Cop II

Scanner Cop II

1995

Characters

5.3

When other Scanners in the Los Angeles area are left drained of life, Sam is forced back into action in a desperate attempt to stop Volkin, who is det...

Boozecan

Boozecan

1994

as Stan Coleburn

5.0
Acting

The owner of an after-hours bar dreams of opening a legitimate establishment.

Trial by Jury

Trial by Jury

1994

as Director

5.4
Acting

Valerie is a juror in the trial of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done.

Scanner Cop

Scanner Cop

1994

Characters

5.8

Rookie cop Sam Staziak has a unique gift: he is a Scanner, which gives him the power to read the thoughts of others, and also to inflict great bodily ...

Henry & Verlin

1994

as Doc Fisher

4.0
Acting

Verlin is 9 years old and does not talk, nor does he even seem to hear. Henry, a child-like adult, befriends Verlin and pulls him from his shell. Verl...

M. Butterfly

M. Butterfly

1993

Director

6.6
Directing

In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.

Naked Making Lunch

Naked Making Lunch

1992

as Self

7.1
Acting

A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.

Scanners III: The Takeover

Scanners III: The Takeover

1992

Characters

4.3

A young scanner with extraordinary telepathic powers transforms into a lethal killing machine after taking one of her father's experimental drugs.

Blue

Blue

1992

5.8
Acting

New carpet factory footage intercut with old porn creates a brief but telling glimpse into the human psyche.

Naked Lunch

Naked Lunch

1991

Director, Writer

7.0
Directing Writing

Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meetin...

Highway 61

Highway 61

1991

Thanks

6.7

A naive Canadian barber who knows US popular culture inside and out meets a flamboyant roadie who needs someone to drive her and her "brother's" corps...

Scanners II: The New Order

Scanners II: The New Order

1991

Characters

5.2

A breed of humans with dangerously powerful telepathic abilities -- the scanners -- are being recruited by a corrupt police commander, John Forrester,...

Nightbreed

Nightbreed

1990

as Dr. Philip K. Decker

6.4
Acting

A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic s...

Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard

Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard

1990

as Self

7.0
Acting

A film essay on Ballard's fiction, and its unrealised cinematic potential, with particular reference to David Cronenberg's (yet to be filmed) Crash, f...

Dead Ringers

Dead Ringers

1988

as Obstetrician (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affa...

Dead Ringers

Dead Ringers

1988

Director, Writer, Producer

7.1
Directing Writing Producing

Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affa...

The Making of Dead Ringers

The Making of Dead Ringers

1988

as Self - Writer/Director

8.0
Acting

A short behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of "Dead Ringers," including interviews with writer-director David Cronenberg, star Jeremy Irons, c...

Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg

Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg

1987

as Self

7.2
Acting

Documentary about the career of director David Cronenberg, with clips from his films and interviews with friends, colleagues, film critics and Cronenb...

The Fly

The Fly

1986

as Gynecologist

7.4
Acting

When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a com...

The Fly

The Fly

1986

Director, Screenplay

7.4
Directing Writing

When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a com...

Into the Night

Into the Night

1985

as Group Supervisor

6.5
Acting

Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.

The Dead Zone

The Dead Zone

1983

Director

7.0
Directing

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 lea...

Videodrome

Videodrome

1983

as Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

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 de...

Videodrome

Videodrome

1983

Director, Writer

7.3
Directing Writing

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 de...

The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome

The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome

1982

as Interviewee

7.3
Acting

A featurette made in 1982 to promote the new film by David Cronenberg, including interviews with the cast and crew.

Take One: Fear on Film

Take One: Fear on Film

1982

as Self

7.0
Acting

Mick Garris hosts this look at horror films with John Carpenter, John Landis and David Cronenberg all discussing their favorite scare films as well as...

Escape from New York

Escape from New York

1981

Thanks

7.1

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 pre...

Scanners

Scanners

1981

Director, Writer

6.7
Directing Writing

After a man with extraordinary, and frighteningly destructive, telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discov...

The Brood

The Brood

1979

Director, Writer

6.7
Directing Writing

A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, while a series of brutal attacks committed b...

Fast Company

Fast Company

1979

Director, Screenplay

5.1
Directing Writing

An over the hill drag racer finds himself considering retirement and ceding the spotlight to his protégé and targeted for replacement by the oil-compa...

Rabid

Rabid

1977

Director, Writer

6.3
Directing Writing

After undergoing radical surgery for injuries from a motorcycle accident, a young woman develops a retractable, vampiric stinger in her armpit and a t...

The Italian Machine

The Italian Machine

1976

Director, Writer

6.0
Directing Writing

This TV play, written and directed David Cronenberg, explores one of his enduring themes: obsessive relationships with technology. A group of bike fan...

The Lie Chair

The Lie Chair

1976

Director

6.0
Directing

A couple gets marooned in an isolated household. The owner and her helper live under the guise that deceased loved ones still live. This gets projecte...

Shivers

Shivers

1975

as Infected Crowd Member (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

When the residents of a luxury apartment complex outside Montreal are infiltrated by parasites and transformed into violent, sex-crazed maniacs, it's ...

Shivers

Shivers

1975

Director, Writer

6.4
Directing Writing

When the residents of a luxury apartment complex outside Montreal are infiltrated by parasites and transformed into violent, sex-crazed maniacs, it's ...

Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors

Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors

1973

Production Manager

3.8

Stompin' Tom performs live at the Horseshoe Tavern on Queen St. in Toronto.

Winter Garden

Winter Garden

1972

Director, Writer, Editor

Directing Writing

A recording of the eponymous ballet choreographed by Olga Roriz, produced for Canadian public television.

Scarborough Bluffs

1972

Director, Writer, Editor

Directing Writing

A short documentary produced for Canadian public television.

Lakeshore

1972

Director, Writer, Editor

Directing Writing

A short documentary produced for Canadian public television.

In the Dirt

1972

Director, Writer, Editor

Directing Writing

A short documentary produced for Canadian public television.

Fort York

1972

Director, Writer, Editor

Directing Writing

A short documentary produced for Canadian public television.

Don Valley

1972

Director, Writer, Editor

Directing Writing

A short documentary produced for Canadian public television.

Tourrettes

1971

Director, Writer, Editor

Directing Writing

A short documentary produced for Canadian public television about the medieval village of Tourrettes-sur-Loup, where Cronenberg stayed in 1971 and had...

Letter from Michelangelo

1971

Director, Writer, Director of Photography

Directing Writing

A short documentary produced for Canadian public television.

Jim Ritchie Sculptor

1971

Director, Writer, Producer

Directing Writing Producing

The work of Montreal sculptor Jim Ritchie, living in France at the time. There is no narration but a music track accompanies this documentary for Cana...

Crimes of the Future

Crimes of the Future

1970

Director, Producer, Writer

4.9
Directing Producing Writing

Crimes of the Future is set in a future where sexually mature women appear to have been obliterated by a plague produced by the use of cosmetics. The ...

Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)

Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)

1969

Director, Writer, Producer

5.4
Directing Writing Producing

A group of Canadian university students agree to partake in a grisly psychological experiment, which renders them incapable of speech but able to comm...

From the Drain

From the Drain

1967

Director of Photography, Director, Writer

4.5
Directing Writing

The film is centered on two men in a bathtub; it is implied that they are veterans of some past conflict. The first man is paranoid about the drain o...

Palace of Pleasure

Palace of Pleasure

1967

7.0
Acting

John Hofsess’s The Palace of Pleasure emerged from the psychedelic haze of 1960s postmodern art. It was a blistering work that combined arresting abst...

Buffalo Airport Visions

Buffalo Airport Visions

1967

Acting

An experimental investigation of Toronto street life and youth culture.

Transfer

Transfer

1966

Director of Photography, Director, Writer

5.1
Directing Writing Producing

A psychiatrist and his patient discuss their relationship in a snow-covered field.

David Cronenberg, en chair et en os

N/A

as Himself

Acting