David Cronenberg
David Cronenberg at Cannes 2002
Born	David Paul Cronenberg March 15, 1943 (1943-03-15) (age 65) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Other name(s)	Dave Deprave
Occupation	Director, Producer, Writer, and Actor
Years active	1966-Present
Spouse(s)	Margaret Hindson (1970 - 1977) (divorced) Caroline Zeifman (1979 - present)

David Paul Cronenberg OC, FRSC (born March 15, 1943^[1]) is a Canadian film director and occasional actor. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, The year 2002 in film involved some significant events The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works The Order of Canada is the highest civilian honour within the Canadian system of honours, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the order's Latin The Royal Society of Canada ( Société royale du Canada) now known as the RSC Academies of Arts Humanities and Sciences of Canada ( SRC Académies des Arts Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or venereal horror genre. Body horror, or biological horror, is Horror fiction in which the horror is principally derived from a sense of physical "wrongness" with the body This style of filmmaking explores people's fears of bodily transformation and infection. Filmmaking is the process of making a Film, from an initial story idea or commission through scriptwriting shooting editing and finally distribution to an audience An infection is the detrimental Colonization of a host Organism by a foreign Species. In his films, the psychological is typically intertwined with the physical. In the first half of his career, he explored these themes mostly through horror and science fiction, although his work has since expanded beyond these genres. Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers Science fiction Film is a Film genre that uses speculative, Science -based depictions of imaginary phenomena such as extra-terrestrial

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1.3 Honours 2 Filmography as director 2.1 Feature films 2.2 Short films 2.3 Television series 2.4 Television spots 2.5 Commercials 3 Filmography as producer 4 Filmography as actor 5 Further reading 6 Bibliographies 7 References 8 External links

Biography

Early life

Cronenberg was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where he currently lives. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page He is the son of Esther (née Sumberg), a musician, and Milton Cronenberg, a writer and editor. ^[1] He was raised in a middle-class secular Jewish family^[2][3][4] and attended North Toronto Collegiate Institute, later graduating from the University of Toronto with a degree in literature, having switched from science. The middle class, in colloquial usage consists of those who have some economic independence but not a great deal of social Influence or power. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ North Toronto Collegiate Institute (NTCI is a non-semestered public High school of about 1000 Students located in Toronto, Ontario This article is about the University of Toronto's St George Campus He has cited William S. Burroughs and Vladimir Nabokov as influences. William Seward Burroughs II ( – ˈbʌroʊz was an American Novelist, Essayist, Social critic, painter and Spoken word This page is about the novelist For his father the politician see Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov.

Career

After two short sketch films and two short art-house features (the black and white Stereo and the colour Crimes of the Future) Cronenberg went into partnership with Ivan Reitman. Stereo is a 1969 Canadian film written, shot, edited and directed by David Cronenberg. Crimes of the Future is a 1970 Canadian film written, shot, edited and directed by David Cronenberg Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946) is a Canadian film producer and director The Canadian government provided financing for Cronenberg's films through the 1970s. Cronenberg alternated his signature "body horror" films such as Shivers with projects reflecting his interest in car racing and bike gangs. Body horror, or biological horror, is Horror fiction in which the horror is principally derived from a sense of physical "wrongness" with the body Shivers (filmed as Orgy of the Blood Parasites; alternate titles The Parasite Murders, They Came from Within Rabid exploited the unexpected acting talents of porn queen Marilyn Chambers (Cronenberg's first choice was a young, then-unknown Sissy Spacek). Rabid is a 1977 Horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg. Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer Marilyn Chambers (born Marilyn Ann Briggs, April 22, 1952, in Providence Rhode Island, U Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek (born December 25, 1949) is an Academy Award &ndashwinning American Actress and singer Rabid was a breakthrough with international distributors and his next two horror features gained stronger support.

Over the arc of his career, Cronenberg's films follow a definite progression, a movement from the social world to the inner life. In his early films, scientists modify human bodies, which results in the breakdown of social order (e. g. Shivers, Rabid). Shivers (filmed as Orgy of the Blood Parasites; alternate titles The Parasite Murders, They Came from Within Rabid is a 1977 Horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg. In his middle period, the chaos wrought by the scientist is more personal, (e. g. The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome). This article is about the 1979 film For the Professional wrestling stable see The Brood (professional wrestling. Scanners is a 1981 action / Science fiction / Horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg. Videodrome is a 1983 sci-fi horror Canadian Film directed by David Cronenberg. In the later period, the scientist himself is altered by his experiment (e. g. Cronenberg's remake of The Fly). The Fly is a 1986 Science fiction / Horror film produced by Brooksfilms and 20th Century Fox, directed by David Cronenberg This trajectory culminates in Dead Ringers in which a twin pair of gynecologists spiral into codependency and drug addiction. Dead Ringers is a 1988 psychological Horror film starring Jeremy Irons in a dual role as Identical twin gynecologists Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) refers to the surgical specialty dealing with health of the female reproductive system ( Uterus Codependence (or codependency) is a Popular psychology concept popularized by Twelve-Step program advocates Drug addiction is widely considered a pathological state. The disorder of addiction involves the progression of acute Drug use to the development of drug-seeking Cronenberg's later films tend more to the psychological, often contrasting subjective and objective realities (eXistenZ, M. Butterfly, Spider). eXistenZ is a 1999 Psychological thriller / Science fiction film by Canadian director David Cronenberg. M Butterfly is a 1993 film directed by David Cronenberg. The screenplay is by David Henry Hwang and based on his play of the same name Spider is a 2002 Psychological thriller directed by Canadian David Cronenberg and based on the novel of the same name Perhaps the best example of a film that straddles the line between his works of personal chaos and psychological confusion is Cronenberg's "adaptation" of his literary hero Burroughs' most controversial book, Naked Lunch. Naked Lunch ( 1991) is a Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by William S The book itself (widely accepted as Burroughs' seminal work) was considered "unfilmable" and Cronenberg acknowledged that a straight translation of the book to film would "cost 100 million dollars and be banned in every country in the world". Instead, Cronenberg--much like in his earlier film, Videodrome--consistently blurred the lines between what appeared to be reality and what appeared to be hallucinations brought on by the main character's drug addiction. Videodrome is a 1983 sci-fi horror Canadian Film directed by David Cronenberg. A hallucination, in the broadest sense is a Perception in the absence of a stimulus. Drug addiction is widely considered a pathological state. The disorder of addiction involves the progression of acute Drug use to the development of drug-seeking Some of the book's "moments" (as well as incidents loosely based upon Burroughs' life) are presented in this manner within the film. Cronenberg stated that while writing the screenplay for Naked Lunch, he felt a moment of synergy with the writing style of William S. Burroughs. Naked Lunch ( 1991) is a Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by William S Synergy (from the Greek el-Latn syn-ergo, el συνεργός meaning working together is the term used to describe a situation where the final outcome William Seward Burroughs II ( – ˈbʌroʊz was an American Novelist, Essayist, Social critic, painter and Spoken word He felt the connection between his screenwriting style and Burroughs' prose style was so strong, that he jokingly remarked that should Burroughs pass on, "I'll just write his next book".

Cronenberg has said that his films should be seen "from the point of view of the disease", and that, for example, he identifies with the characters in Shivers after they become infected with the anarchic parasites. Disease and disaster, in Cronenberg's work, are less problems to be overcome than agents of personal transformation. Morphological freedom designates a proposed Civil right of a Person to either maintain or modify his or her own body, on his or her own terms through Similarly, in Crash (1996), people who have been injured in car crashes attempt to view their ordeal as "a fertilising rather than a destructive event". Crash is a 1996 film written and directed by David Cronenberg based on the J In 2006, Cronenberg would say that he was upset that Paul Haggis had chosen the same name for his Academy Award winning film Crash, feeling it was not only ethically wrong, but annoying as hell. Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953 in London Ontario) is an Academy Award -winning Canadian screenwriter producer "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Crash is a 2005 Drama film directed by Paul Haggis. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2004 and was released

Aside from The Dead Zone (1983) and The Fly, Cronenberg has not generally worked within the world of big-budget, mainstream Hollywood filmmaking, although he has had occasional near misses. At one stage he was considered by George Lucas as a possible director for Return of the Jedi but was passed. George Walton Lucas Jr (born May 14, 1944) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, producer, Screenwriter Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi is a 1983 Space opera Film directed by Richard Marquand and written by George Lucas Cronenberg also worked for nearly a year on a version of Total Recall but experienced "creative differences" with producers Dino De Laurentiis and Ronald Shusett. Total Recall is a 1990 Academy Award -winning American Science fiction film. Agostino De Laurentiis, usually credited as Dino De Laurentiis (born August 8 1919) is an Academy Award -winning Italian Ronald Shusett is a Motion picture Screenwriter and producer, usually in the Science fiction genre A different version of the film was eventually made by Paul Verhoeven. Paul Verhoeven (ˈpʌul vɛrˈhuvən born July 18, 1938) is a Dutch BAFTA Award - nominated Film director, Screenwriter A fan of Philip K. Dick, the author of the short story ("We Can Remember it For You Wholesale") upon which Total Recall was based, Cronenberg related (in the biography/overview of his work, Cronenberg on Cronenberg) that his dissatisfaction with what he envisioned the film to be and what it ended up being pained him so greatly that for a time, he suffered a migraine just thinking about it, akin to a needle piercing his eye. Philip Kindred Dick (December 16 – March 2) was an American Science fiction Novelist and Short story Writer. Migraine is a neurological Syndrome characterized by altered bodily experiences painful headaches and nausea

In the late 1990s, Cronenberg was announced as director of a sequel to another Verhoeven film, Basic Instinct, but this also fell through. Basic Instinct is an American thriller / Neo-noir film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas His recent work, the thriller A History of Violence (2005), is one of his highest budgeted and most mass audience-accessible to date. A History of Violence is an Academy Award nominated 2005 crime thriller Film directed by David Cronenberg He has said that the decision to direct it was influenced by his having had to defer some of his salary on the low-budgeted Spider, but it is one of his most critically acclaimed films to date. Spider is a 2002 Psychological thriller directed by Canadian David Cronenberg and based on the novel of the same name

Cronenberg has hired Howard Shore to compose the soundtrack to nearly all of his films (see List of noted film director and composer collaborations). Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Award -winning Canadian Composer The following Film score composers and Film directors typically work together on projects Other regular collaborators include actor Robert Silverman, art director Carol Spier, sound editor Bryan Day, film editor Ronald Sanders, his sister, costume designer Denise Cronenberg, and, from 1979 until 1988, cinematographer Mark Irwin. The term art director is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in Advertising, Publishing, film and Television, the Internet A sound editor is a creative professional responsible for selecting and assembling Sound recordings in preparation for the final Sound mixing or Mastering Film editing is an art of storytelling practiced by connecting two or more shots together to form a sequence, and the subsequent connecting of sequences to form an Costume design is the Design of the appearance of the characters in a Theater or cinema performance Denise Cronenberg is a Costume designer born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Since 1988's Dead Ringers, Cronenberg has worked with cinematographer Peter Suschitzky on each of his films (see List of noted film director and cinematographer collaborations). Dead Ringers is a 1988 psychological Horror film starring Jeremy Irons in a dual role as Identical twin gynecologists Peter Suschitzky, BSC ASC (born July 25, 1941) is a Polish - British Cinematographer, born in Warsaw the son of fellow The following is a partial list of film director and cinematographer collaborations. Suschitzky was the director of photography for Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, and Cronenberg has repeatedly said that Suschitzky's work in that film made it the most beautiful sci-fi film he had ever seen, which was a motivating factor to work with him on Dead Ringers. Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back is a 1980 Space opera Film directed by Irvin Kershner. Dead Ringers is a 1988 psychological Horror film starring Jeremy Irons in a dual role as Identical twin gynecologists

Coupled with the loyalty he shows to his key personnel, Cronenberg remains a staunchly Canadian filmmaker, with nearly all of his films (including major studio vehicles The Dead Zone and The Fly) having been filmed in his home province Ontario. Notable exceptions include M. Butterfly and Spider, most of which were shot in China and England, respectively. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Also, Rabid and Shivers were shot in and around Montreal. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Most of his films have been at least partially financed by Telefilm Canada, and Cronenberg is a vocal supporter of government-backed film projects, saying "Every country needs [a system of government grants] in order to have a national cinema in the face of Hollywood". Telefilm Canada or Téléfilm Canada is a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Canada. Grants are funds dispersed by one party (Grant Makers often a Government Department Corporation Foundation or Trust to a recipient, often (but not always ^[5]

Cronenberg has also appeared in the films of other directors as an actor. Most of his roles are cameo appearances, as in Into The Night, Jason X, To Die For, and Alias, but on occasion he has played major roles, as in Nightbreed or Last Night. A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as Jason X (also know as Friday the 13th part X Jason X) is a 2002 science fiction / Slasher film, and the tenth in the To Die For is a 1995 film written by Buck Henry, based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Maynard (ISBN 0-595-26939-7 and directed Alias is an American " Spy-fi " television series created by J Nightbreed is a 1990 Horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, based on his Novella Cabal. Last Night is a 1998 Canadian film by Don McKellar. It was filmed in Toronto. He has not played major roles in any of his own films, but he did put in a brief appearance as a gynecologist in The Fly; he can also be glimpsed among the sex-crazed hordes in Shivers; he can be heard as an unseen car-pound attendant in Crash; his hands can be glimpsed in eXistenZ; and he appeared as a stand-in for James Woods in Videodrome for shots in which Woods' character wore a helmet that covered his head. Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) refers to the surgical specialty dealing with health of the female reproductive system ( Uterus eXistenZ is a 1999 Psychological thriller / Science fiction film by Canadian director David Cronenberg. James Howard Woods (born April 18 1947) is a two-time Academy Award -nominated Emmy Award -winning and Golden Globe -winning American

Honours

In 1999, Cronenberg was inducted onto Canada's Walk of Fame. ^[6] In 2002, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, and in 2006 he was awarded the Cannes Film Festival's lifetime achievement award, the Carrosse d'Or. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Order of Canada is the highest civilian honour within the Canadian system of honours, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the order's Latin Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, ^[7] Two of his films, Dead Ringers and Spider, were voted for in the 2002 Sight and Sound Poll. Spiders are Predatory Invertebrate Animals that have two body segments, eight legs no chewing mouth parts and no wings Sight & Sound ( is a British monthly Film Magazine published by the British Film Institute (BFI ^[8]

In 2006, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scientists and scholars. The Royal Society of Canada ( Société royale du Canada) now known as the RSC Academies of Arts Humanities and Sciences of Canada ( SRC Académies des Arts ^[9]

Filmography as director

Filmography as producer

• Drone (2008)
• I'm Losing You (1998)

Filmography as actor

• Into the Night (1985)
• The Fly (1986, cameo)
• Nightbreed (1990)
• To Die For (1995, cameo)
• Blood and Donuts (1995)
• The Stupids (1996, cameo)
• Last Night (1998)
• Resurrection (1999)
• Jason X (2001)
• Alias (TV) (2003) (Episodes "Remnants" and "Conscious")

Further reading

• Mark Browning (2007): David Cronenberg: Author or Filmmaker? (ISBN 9781841501734)
• Thomas J. Into the Night is a 1985 comedy / Adventure movie. It stars Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer and was directed The Fly is a 1986 Science fiction / Horror film produced by Brooksfilms and 20th Century Fox, directed by David Cronenberg Nightbreed is a 1990 Horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, based on his Novella Cabal. To Die For is a 1995 film written by Buck Henry, based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Maynard (ISBN 0-595-26939-7 and directed For the skatepunk band see The Stupids (band For the 1996 film see The Stupids (film The Stupids Last Night is a 1998 Canadian film by Don McKellar. It was filmed in Toronto. Resurrection is a 1999 horror / thriller / Neo-noir film directed by Russell Mulcahy. Jason X (also know as Friday the 13th part X Jason X) is a 2002 science fiction / Slasher film, and the tenth in the Alias is an American " Spy-fi " television series created by J Main characters Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow Ron Rifkin as Arvin Sloane Main characters Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow Ron Rifkin as Arvin Sloane Dreibrodt (2000): Lang lebe das neue Fleisch. Die Filme von David Cronenberg - von 'Shivers' bis 'eXistenZ'. (academic; in German) (ISBN 3-932872-05-3)
• Serge Grünberg, ed. (2006): David Cronenberg (interviews) (ISBN 0-85965-376-5)
• Piers Handling (1983): The Shape of Rage: The Films of David Cronenberg (ISBN 0-7736-1137-1)
• Kim Newman (1989): Nightmare Movies: A Critical History of the Horror Film 1968-1988 (ISBN 0-517-57366-0)
• Drehli Robnik, Michael Palm, eds. Kim Newman (born July 31, 1959) is an English journalist, film critic, and Fiction Writer. (1992): Und das Wort ist Fleisch geworden. Texte über Filme von David Cronenberg. Vienna, PVS: 1992. ISBN 3-901196-02-1
• Chris Rodley, ed. (1996): Cronenberg on Cronenberg (ISBN 0-571-19137-1)

Bibliographies

• David Cronenberg Bibliography (via UC Berkeley)

References

External links

• David Cronenberg at the Internet Movie Database
• David Cronenberg at Northern Stars
• Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
• An article on Salon.com
• An interview, circa 1999
• Director's statement by David Cronenberg on 'Stereo' and 'Crimes of the Future', 2005
• Canadian Film Encyclopedia (A publication of The Film Reference Library/A division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group)
• BBC interview with Cronenberg (Video - 19 October, 2007)

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