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David Cronenberg

Born

in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

March 15, 1943

Genre

Arts & Photography, Literature & Fiction

Influences

William Burroughs, James Ballard, Vladimir Nabokov, Philip K. Dick ...more

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David Paul Cronenberg 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 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, Cronenberg explored these themes mostly through horror and science fiction, culminating in his visceral and emotional remake of The Fly (1986), with Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis, followed by Dead Ringers (1988), with Jeremy Irons in the lead role.

Cronenberg has worked with Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortensen in A History of Violence (2005), Eastern Promises (2007), ...more

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David Cronenberg’s books

Average rating: 3.69 · 11,457 ratings · 1,802 reviews · 42 distinct works • Similar authors

	Consumed 3.15 avg rating — 3,574 ratings — published 2014 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crash 4.12 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	eXistenZ: A Graphic Novel by David Cronenberg, Sean Scoffield (Illustrator) 2.93 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Screenplays 1: Stereo / Crimes of the Future / Shivers / Rabid 3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	David Cronenberg Los Misterios Del Organismo 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Scénario Du "Festin Nu" by David Cronenberg (Screenwriter), William S. Burroughs, Brice Matthieussent (Translator) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	David Cronenberg Evolution by David Cronenberg, Noah Cowan, Piers Handling 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dangerous Method 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cronenberg on Cronenberg (Directors on Directors) by David Cronenberg (1997-02-06) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Quotes by David Cronenberg (?)

“Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos.”
― David Cronenberg

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“Do you remember when you found out you wouldn't live forever? People don't talk about this, but everybody had to go through it because you're not born with that knowledge.”
― David Cronenberg

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“I think of horror films as art, as films of confrontation. Films that make you confront aspects of your own life that are difficult to face. Just because you're making a horror film doesn't mean you can't make an artful film.”
― David Cronenberg

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Polls

What book recommended by King would you like to read in October.

Sole Survivor Dean Koontz

24 votes, 18.2%

The Poet by Michael Connelly

18 votes, 13.6%

A Head Full of Ghosts Paul Tremblay

16 votes, 12.1%

The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafón

10 votes, 7.6%

The Shining Girls Lauren Beukes

10 votes, 7.6%

Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West Cormac McCarthy

10 votes, 7.6%

Summer of Night Dan Simmons

10 votes, 7.6%

You Caroline Kepnes

9 votes, 6.8%

Coldheart Canyon Clive Barker

7 votes, 5.3%

Some Kind of Fairy Tale Graham Joyce

6 votes, 4.5%

Annihilation Jeff VanderMeer

4 votes, 3.0%

The Land of Laughs Jonathan Carroll

4 votes, 3.0%

Consumed David Cronenberg

3 votes, 2.3%

Doing Harm Kelly Parsons

1 vote, 0.8%

The Natural Bernard Malamud

0 votes, 0.0%

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