David Cronenberg
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| '''David Paul Cronenberg''' (born [[March 15]], [[1943]]) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[film director]] and occasional [[actor]]. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the ''[[body horror]]'' or ''venereal horror'' genre. This style of [[filmmaking]] explore 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 film|horror]] and [[science fiction film|science fiction]], although his work has since expanded beyond these genres. | '''David Paul Cronenberg''' (born [[March 15]], [[1943]]) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[film director]] and occasional [[actor]]. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the ''[[body horror]]'' or ''venereal horror'' genre. This style of [[filmmaking]] explore 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 film|horror]] and [[science fiction film|science fiction]], although his work has since expanded beyond these genres. | ||
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David Paul Cronenberg (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian film director and occasional actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or venereal horror genre. This style of filmmaking explore 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 since expanded beyond these genres.
Feature Films
- Stereo (1969)
- Crimes of the Future (1970)
- 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)
- Spider (2002)
- A History of Violence (2005)
- Eastern Promises (2007)
- Maps to the Stars (TBA)
- London Fields (TBA)
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