David Cronenberg

David Paul Cronenberg (born March 16, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian film director and occasional actor of Jewish descent. He is one of the principal originators of what is sometimes known as the "body horror" genre, which explores people's fears of bodily transformation and infection. 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 long since moved beyond these genres.

Selected films

• Transfer (1966)
• From the Drain (1967)
• Stereo (1969)
• Programme X TV Series (1970) (episode "Secret Weapons")
• Crimes of the Future (1970)
• Tourettes (TV) (1971)
• The Victim (1974)
• Shivers (1975)
• Rabid (1977)
• Fast Company (1979)
• The Brood (1979)
• Scanners (1981)
• Videodrome (1982)
• The Dead Zone (1983)
• The Fly (1986)
• Dead Ringers (1988)
• Naked Lunch (1991)
• Nightbreed (1990, as an actor)
• M. Butterfly (1993)
• Crash (1996)
• Last Night (1998, as an actor)
• eXistenZ (1999)
• Camera (2000) (short)
• Spider (2002)
• A History of Violence (2005)