Filmography of David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is known as a principal originator of the genre commonly known as body horror, 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), though he has also directed dramas, psychological thrillers and gangster films.^[1]

He also directed the psychological thriller Dead Ringers (1988), the surrealist drama Naked Lunch (1991), erotic thriller Crash (1996), the action thriller A History of Violence (2005), the gangster film Eastern Promises (2007), the erotic historical drama A Dangerous Method (2011), the drama Cosmopolis (2012), the satirical drama Maps to the Stars (2014), and the science fiction horror film Crimes of the Future (2022). Six of his films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or. He is known for frequently collaborating with actor Viggo Mortensen.

Film

Year	Title	Credited as					Notes	Ref(s)
Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Editor	Other	Notes	Ref(s)
1969	Stereo	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[a]		^[2]
1970	Crimes of the Future	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[b]		^[2]
1975	Shivers	Yes	Yes	No	No	No		^[3]
1977	Rabid	Yes	Yes	No	No	No		^[4]
1979	Fast Company	Yes	Yes	No	No	No		^[5]
1979	The Brood	Yes	Yes	No	No	No		^[6]
1980	Scanners	Yes	Yes	No	No	No		^[7]
1983	Videodrome	Yes	Yes	No	No	No		^[8]
1983	The Dead Zone	Yes	No	No	No	No		^[9]
1986	The Fly	Yes	Yes	No	No	No		^[10]
1988	Dead Ringers	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No		^[11]
1991	Naked Lunch	Yes	Yes	No	No	No		^[12]
1993	M. Butterfly	Yes	No	No	No	No		^[13]
1996	Crash	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No		^[14]
1999	Existenz	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No		^[15]
2002	Spider	Yes	No	Yes	No	No		^[15]
2005	A History of Violence	Yes	No	No	No	No		^[15]
2007	Eastern Promises	Yes	No	No	No	No		^[15]
2011	A Dangerous Method	Yes	No	No	No	No		^[15]
2012	Cosmopolis	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No		^[15]
2014	Maps to the Stars	Yes	No	No	No	No		^[15]
2022	Crimes of the Future	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
2024	The Shrouds	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1967	Black Zero	Nude scene	Uncredited	^[16]
1975	Shivers	Infected Crowd Member
1983	Videodrome	Max Renn (Helmet Scenes)
1985	Into the Night	Ed's supervisor in the boardroom	Cameo
1986	The Fly	Gynecologist in the dream sequence	Cameo
1988	Dead Ringers	Obstetrician	Uncredited cameo
1990	Nightbreed	Dr. Philip K. Decker
1992	Blue		Directed by Don McKellar	^[17]
1994	Trial by Jury	Director		^[18]
	Boozecan	Stan Coleburn		^[17]
	Henry & Verlin	Doc Fisher
1995	To Die For	Man at the Lake	Cameo
1995	Blood and Donuts	Crime Boss		^[18]
1996	The Stupids	Postal supervisor	Cameo	^[18]
1996	Extreme Measures	Hospital Lawyer
1998	Last Night	Duncan
1998	The Grace of God	Psychiatrist		^[18]
1999	Resurrection	Father Rousell
2002	Jason X	Dr. Wimmer
2010	Barney's Version	O'Malley Director No. 2	Cameo
2020	Disappearance at Clifton Hill	Walter
2020	Falling	Proctologist

Short films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes	Ref.
1966	Transfer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editor and cinematographer	^[19]
1967	From the Drain	Yes	Yes	No	Also editor and cinematographer	^[20]
2000	Camera	Yes	Yes	No	Made for the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival's Preludes program	^[21]
2007	To Each His Own Cinema (Chacun son cinéma)	Yes	No	No	segment: At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World	^[22]
2013	The Nest	Yes	No	No	NSFW short film	^[23]
2021	The Death of David Cronenberg	Yes	Yes	No	Co-directed by Caitlin Cronenberg	^[24]

Television

TV films

Year	Title	Credited as					Notes	Ref(s)
Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Editor	Other	Notes	Ref(s)
1971	Jim Ritchie Sculptor	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[c]	Documentary short	^[25]^[26]
1971	Letter from Michelangelo	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[d]	Documentary short	^[25]^[27]
1971	Tourettes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[e]	Documentary short	^[25]^[27]
1972	Don Valley	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[f]	Documentary short	^[25]^[26]
1972	Fort York	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[g]	Documentary short	^[25]^[26]
1972	Lakeshore	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[h]	Documentary short	^[25]^[26]
1972	Winter Garden	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[i]	Documentary short	^[25]^[26]
1972	Scarborough Bluffs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[j]	Documentary short	^[25]^[26]
1972	In the Dirt	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[k]	Documentary short	^[25]^[26]

TV series

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Episodes	Ref.
1972	Program X	Yes	No	"Secret Weapons"	^[26]
1976	Peep Show	Yes	No	"The Victim" and "The Lie Chair"	^[26]
1976	Teleplay	Yes	Yes	"The Italian Machine"	^[28]
1987	Friday the 13th: The Series	Yes	No	"Faith Healer" and "Hate On Your Dial"	^[29]
1991	Scales of Justice	Yes	No	"Regina vs Horvath" and "Regina vs Logan"	^[30]

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Note	Ref.
1997	The Newsroom	Himself	Episode "Meltdown: Part 1"
2003	Alias	Dr. Brezzel	2 episodes
2013	Rewind	Benjamin Rourke	TV movie
2017	Pig Goat Banana Cricket	Dr. Cronenbird (Voice)	Episode "The Goofy Turkey Zone"
2017	Alias Grace	Reverend Verringer	4 episodes	^[31]
2020–2024	Star Trek: Discovery	Dr. Kovich / Agent Daniels	Recurring role, 8 episodes	^[32]
2021	Slasher	Spencer Galloway	Main Role (Season 4)	^[33]

Commercials

Titles	Client	Product	Agency	Production company	Ref.
Hot Showers	Ontario Hydro	Energy conservation	Burghardt Wolowich Crunkhorn	The Partners' Film Company Ltd.	^[34]
Laundry
Cleaners
Timers
Bistro	William Neilson Ltd.	Cadbury Caramilk	Scali McCabe, Sloves (Canada) Ltd.		^[35]
Surveillance	William Neilson Ltd.	Cadbury Caramilk	Scali McCabe, Sloves (Canada) Ltd.		^[35]
Transformation	Nike International	Nike Air 180	Wieden and Kennedy		^[36]

References

Notes

Works cited

Mathijs, Ernest (2008). The Cinema of David Cronenberg: From Baron of Blood to Cultural Hero. Wallflower Press. ISBN 9781905674657.
Rodley, Chris, ed. (1997). Cronenberg on Cronenberg. Faber and Faber. ISBN 0571191371.

External links

Filmography of David Cronenberg at IMDb

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Filmography of David Cronenberg

Contents

Film

Acting roles

Short films

Television

TV films

TV series

Acting roles

Commercials

References

Notes

Works cited

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