David Cronenberg Biography (1943-)

Born May 15, 1943, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; son of Milton (a writer and editor) and Esther (a musician; maiden name, Sumberg) Cronenberg; brother of Denise Cronenberg (a costume designer); married first wife (divorced); marriedCarolyn; children: (first marriage) Cassandra (an assistant director); (second marriage) Caitlin, two others. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.; Contact: c/o184 Cottingham St., Toronto, Ontario M4V 1C5, Canada; c/o Toronto Antenna Ltd., 17 Madison Ave., Suite 201, Toronto, Ontario M5R 2S2, Canada.

Nationality: Canadian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, screenwriter, editor, producer, cinematographer, actor
Birth Details: May 15, 1943; Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Director, producer, editor, and cinematographer, Transfer (short film), 1966
Director, producer, editor, and cinematographer, From the Drain (short film), 1967
Director, producer, editor, and cinematographer, Stereo, EmergentFilms, 1969
Director, producer, editor, and cinematographer, Crimes of the Future, Emergent Films, 1970
Director, producer, editor, and cinematographer, Jim Ritchie, Sculptor, 1971
Director, They Came from Within (also known as Frissons, Orgy of the Blood Parasites, The Parasite Murders, and Shivers), American International Pictures, 1975
Director, Rabid (also known as Rage), New World Pictures, 1977
Director, Fast Company, Topar, 1978
Director, The Brood (also known as La clinique de la terreur and David Cronenberg's The Brood), New World Pictures, 1979
Director, Scanners (also known as Telepathy 2000), Avco Embassy, 1981
Director, Videodrome, Universal, 1983
Director, The Dead Zone, Paramount, 1983
Director, The Fly, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
Director and (with Marc Boyman) producer, Dead Ringers (also knownas Gemini and Twins), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
Director, Naked Lunch, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
Director, M. Butterfly, Warner Bros., 1993
Director and producer, Crash, Fine Line, 1996
Executive producer, I'm Losing You, Lions Gate Films, 1998
Director and producer, eXistenZ, Miramax, 1999
Director, Camera (short film), 2000
Producer and director, Spider, Sony Pictures Classics, 2002
Director, Painkillers, 2003
Producer of short films at the University of Toronto.
Film Appearances
Group supervisor, Into the Night, Universal, 1985
Gynecologist, The Fly, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
Dr. Decker, Nightbreed (also known as Clive Barker's Nightbreed), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
Himself, Naked Making Lunch, 1992
Blue, Miramax, 1993
The director, Trial by Jury, Warner Bros., 1994
Doc Fisher, Henry and Verlin, Original Motion Picture Company, 1994
Stan Coleburn, Boozecan, 1994
Man at lake, To Die For, Columbia, 1995
Stephen, Blood & Donuts, Malofilm, 1995
(Uncredited) Voice of auto salesperson, Crash, Fine Line, 1996
Postal supervisor, The Stupids, New Line Cinema, 1996
Hospital attorney, Extreme Measures, Columbia, 1996
The Grace of God, 1997
Duncan, Last Night, Lions Gate Films, 1998
Himself, David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh, 1999
Himself, The American Nightmare, 2000
Dr. Wimmer, Jason X, New Line Cinema, 2001
Himself/Dr. Wimmer, By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X," New Line Home Video, 2002
Television Work
Specials
Director, editor, and cinematographer, Tourettes, 1971

Director, editor, and cinematographer, Letter from Michelangelo, 1971
Director, editor, and cinematographer, Winter Garden, 1972
Director, editor, and cinematographer, Scarborough Bluffs, 1972
Director, editor, and cinematographer, Lakeshore, 1972
Director, editor, and cinematographer, In the Dirt, 1972
Director, editor, and cinematographer, Fort York, 1972
Director, editor, and cinematographer, Don Valley, 1972
Television Director
Episodic
"Secret Weapons," Programme X, 1972
"The Lie Chair," Peep Show, 1976
"The Victim," Peep Show, 1976
"The Italian Machine," Teleplay, 1976
"Regina vs. Horvath," Scales of Justice, 1990
"Regina vs. Logan," Scales of Justice, 1990
Also directed "Faith Healer," an episode of Friday the 13th: The Series (also known as Friday's Curse, Friday's Game, and Friday the 13th), syndicated.
Television Appearances
Movies
Clem Clayton, Moonshine Highway, Showtime, 1996
Father Rousell, Resurrection, HBO, 1999
Miniseries
Detective Stobel, The Judge (also known as Steve Martini's TheJudge), NBC, 2001
Specials
Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg (documentary), CBC, 1987
(In archive footage) Himself, Hollywood Aliens & Monsters (also known as To Galaxy and Beyond with Mark Hamill), 1997
The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect, AMC, 2000
The American Nightmare, Independent Film Channel, 2000
Masters of Horror, 2002
Episodic
Himself, "Idella's Breakdown," Maniac Mansion, The Family Channel,1992
Himself, "Meltdown: Part 1," The Newsroom, CBC, 1997
Himself, "New Years Eve 1999," Royal Canadian Air Farce, CBC, 1999
Himself, Open Mike with Mike Bullard, 2003
Also appeared as himself, The Directors, Encore; himself, Festival Pass with Chris Gore.
RECORDINGS
Taped Readings
"Sneakers," Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Volume 2, Penguin HighBridge Audio, 1994
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Transfer (short film), 1966
From the Drain (short film), 1967
Stereo, Emergent Films, 1969
Crimes of the Future, Emergent Films, 1970
Jim Ritchie, Sculptor, 1971
They Came from Within (also known as Frissons, Orgy of the Blood Parasites, The Parasite Murders, and Shivers), American International Pictures, 1975
Rabid (also known as Rage), New World Pictures, 1977
Fast Company, Topar, 1978
The Brood (also known as La clinique de la terreur and David Cronenberg's The Brood), New World Pictures, 1979
Scanners (also known as Telepathy 2000), Avco Embassy, 1981
Videodrome, Universal, 1983
(With Charles Pogue) The Fly (based on a story by George Langelaan), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
(With Norman Snider) Dead Ringers (also known as Gemini andTwins; based on the book The Twins by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
Naked Lunch (based on the novel by William S. Burroughs), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
Crash (based on a novel by J. G. Ballard), Fine Line, 1996
eXistenZ (also known as Crimes of the Future), Miramax, 1999
Camera (short film), 2000
Painkillers, 2003
Television Specials
Tourettes, 1971
Letter from Michelangelo, 1971
Winter Garden, 1972
Scarborough Bluffs, 1972
Lakeshore, 1972
In the Dirt, 1972
Fort York, 1972
Don Valley, 1972
Television Episodes
Wrote Teleplay.
Nonfiction
Cronenberg on Cronenberg, edited by Chris Rodley, Faber & Faber, 1992

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Dompierre, Louise, Prent/Cronenberg: Crimes against Nature, PowerPlant, 1987
Gruenberg, Serge, David Cronenberg, Cahiers du Cinema, 1992
Handling, Piers, editor, The Shape of Rage: The Films of David Cronenberg, General Publishing, 1983
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 2: Directors, St. James Press, 1996
Morris, Peter, David Cronenberg: A Delicate Balance, Eclipse Books, 1994

Periodicals

Artforum, March, 1997, p. 76
Film Comment, March/April, 1997, p. 14
Interview, January, 1992, p. 80; August, 1996, p. 64
Maclean's, June 3, 1996, p. 54; November 11, 1996, p. 72
Rolling Stone, February 6, 1992, p. 66
Saturday Night, September, 1993, p. 42; October, 1996, p. 119

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