David CRONENBERG

Director, Actor, Writer

Canada

David CRONENBERG

Canadian director, David Cronenberg, was born in March 1943, in Toronto. While at university, he became interested in film and produced two shorts, Transfer and From the Drain. His first films were Stereo and Crimes of the Future, both shoted in the late '60's. In 1975, Cronenberg shoted his first commercial feature, Shivers. He directed The Brood in 1979, then, Scanners. Cronenberg's next film, Videodrome (1983) was hailed by Andy Warhol as "the Clockwork Orange of the 80s". In 1996, he won the Prix Spécial du Jury at Cannes with Crash. Then he presented two films in Festival de Cannes' official Competition: Spider (2002) and A History of Violence (2005).

Jury attendance

  • President Feature films, 1999

Feature films

THE SHROUDS

In Competition - Feature Films, 2024Director, Screenplay

CHAMBRE 999

Cannes Classics, 2023Actor

CRIMES OF THE FUTURE

In Competition - Feature Films, 2022Director, Screenplay

MAPS TO THE STARS

In Competition - Feature Films, 2014Director

COSMOPOLIS

In Competition - Feature Films, 2012Director, Screenplay

CHACUN SON CINÉMA

Out of Competition, 2007Director

A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

In Competition - Feature Films, 2005Director

SPIDER

In Competition - Feature Films, 2002Director

CRASH

In Competition - Feature Films, 1996Director, Screenplay

Awards

CRASH

In Competition - Feature Films, 1996
1996 Special Jury Prize
Director, Screenplay