DAVID CRONENBERG

Bio-horror Mastermind

Cronenberg was born in Toronto (15/3/1943), Ontario, where he currently lives. He is the son of Esther, a musician, and Milton Cronenberg, a writer and editor. He was raised in a middle-class progressive Jewish family. Cronenberg attended Harbord Collegiate Institute, later graduating from University College, University of Toronto with a degree in literature, having switched from science. He has cited William S. Burroughs and Vladimir Nabokov as influences. He remains an atheist and does not believe in an afterlife.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

SHIVERS (1975)

Shivers filmed as Orgy of the Blood Parasites. Alternate titles: The Parasite Murders, They Came from Within, and Frissons for the French Canadian distribution

Producer: Ivan Reitman

Writter: David Cronenberg

Starring: Paul Hampton, Barbara Steele, Lynn Lowry, Joe Silver, Ronald Mlodzik, Fred Doederlin, Allan Migicovsky

Running time: 87min.

Rating: 7/10

RABID (1977)

Producer: John Dunning, Ivan Reitman

Writter: David Cronenberg

Starring: Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Howard Ryshpan, Patricia Gage, Susan Roman

Running time: 91min.

Rating: 7,5/10

THE BROOD (1979)

Producer: Claude Heroux

Writter: David Cronenberg

Starring: Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle, Harry Beckman

Running time: 92min.

Rating: 8,5/10

SCANNERS (1981)

Producer: Claude Héroux

Writter: David Cronenberg

Starring: Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside, Patrick McGoohan

Running time: 103min.

Rating: 8/10

VIDEODROME (1983)

Producer: Claude Héroux

Writter: David Cronenberg

Starring: James Woods, Deborah Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky, Leslie Carlson, Jack Creley

Running time: 89min.

Rating: 9,5/10

THE DEAD ZONE (1983)

Producer: Debra Hill

Writter: Novel: Stephen King, Screenplay: Jeffrey Boam

Starring: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Martin Sheen

Running time: 103min.

Rating: 9/10

THE FLY (1986)

Producer: Stuart Cornfield, Mel Brooks (uncredited)

Writter: Short story: George Langelaan, Screenplay: Charles Edward Pogue, David Cronenberg

Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz

Running time: 95min.

Rating: 10/10

DEAD RINGERS (1988)

Producer: Marc Boyman, David Cronenberg

Writter: Novel: Bari Wood, Jack Geasland, Screenplay: David Cronenberg, Norman Snider

Starring: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold

Running time: 116min.

Rating: 8.5/10