David Cronenberg
David CRONENBERG (1943, Canada) is one of the leading authors of Canadian cinema. His eXistenZ (1999) reflected upon the phenomenon of gaming, as Videodrome (1982) did upon television. Crash (1996) was highly controversial upon release, but was awarded the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, which has not been awarded since. His latest film, Maps to the Stars (2014), was nominated for the Palme d'Or. This was Cronenberg's fifth Palme d'Or nomination. He is considered one of the most important directors in the history of cinema, especially in the realms of (body) horror and science fiction. He has been awarded the Carrosse d'Or in Cannes in 2006, the French Légion d'honneur in 2009, and the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the 2018 Biennale. In 1990, the IFFR dedicated a retrospective to Cronenberg.
Filmography
Transfer (1966, short), From the Drain (1967, short), Stereo (1969), Crimes of the Future (1970), Letter from Michelangelo (1971, TV), Tourettes (1971, TV), Jim Ritchie Sculptor (1971, TV), Don Valley (1972, TV short), Winter Garden (1972, TV short), Scarborough Bluffs (1972, TV short), In the Dirt (1972, TV short), Fort York (1972, TV short), Lakeshore (1972, TV short), Shivers (1975), Rabid (1977), Fast Company (1979), The Brood (1979), Scanners (1981), Videodrome (1983), The Dead Zone (1983), The Fly (1986), Dead Ringers (1988), Naked Lunch (1991), M. Butterfly (1993), Crash (1996), eXistenZ (1999), Camera (2000, short), Spider (2002), A History of Violence (2005), Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (2007, segment), Eastern Promises (2007), A Dangerous Method (2011), Cosmopolis (2012), The Nest (2013, short), Maps to the Stars (2014)
David Cronenberg at IFFR
THE BROOD
91'
Canada
IFFR 1990
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE
63'
Canada
IFFR 1990
DEAD RINGERS
112'
Canada
IFFR 1990
THE DEAD ZONE
100'
Canada
IFFR 1990
FAST COMPANY
91'
Canada
IFFR 1990
THE FLY
97'
Canada
IFFR 1990
THE ITALIAN MACHINE
30'
Canada
IFFR 1990
THE LIE CHAIR
30'
Canada
IFFR 1990
The Parasite Murders
87'
Canada
IFFR 1990
RABID
91'
Canada
IFFR 1990
SCANNERS
103'
Canada
IFFR 1990
STEREO
63'
Canada
IFFR 1990
THE VICTIM
30'
Canada
IFFR 1990
Videodrome
87'
Canada
IFFR 1990
Crash
103'
Canada
IFFR 1997
Last Night
90'
Canada
IFFR 1999
Camera
6'
Canada
IFFR 2001
Spider
98'
Canada
IFFR 2003
eXistenZ props
Canada
IFFR 2004
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
5'
Canada
IFFR 2010
Videodrome
87'
Canada
IFFR 2010
A Dangerous Method
93'
France
IFFR 2012
Crash
James Ballard's near-fatal car accident gives rise to extreme desires. Cult film by Cronenberg in which car fetishists go to extremes to satisfy their passion.
100'
Canada
IFFR 2020