Horror films are the forte of this director in Hollywood, David Cronenberg. Science fiction and psychological thrillers are some types of movies that he deals in.
David Cronenberg's Background
On March 15 1943, David Cronenberg was born in Toronto, Canada. He attended the North Toronto Collegiate School and later graduated from the University of Toronto in Literature. His was inspired for filmmaking from his friend David Secter. The latter had directed a film in 1965 titled - “Winter Kept Us Warm”. This was a local project and dealt with people and places that Cronenberg knew. This inspired him to direct his first film in 1966.
Career
In 1966, David Cronenberg directed his first project - “Transfer”. In this film, he portrayed two men talking across a table and the duel that follows. In his next venture “From the Drain” in 1967, he showed how a man was strangled to death by a plant that came out of a drain. These films proved that he was coming from a place that most other directors at Hollywood had not treaded. Stereo and Crimes of the Future were two short projects after, which he set up as a partnership with Ivan Reitman.
Films of David Cronenberg
In 1975, David Cronenberg was the director and screenplay artist for Shivers. Two years later in 1977, he directed Rabid. Some other movies in his career include:
- Fast company (1978)
- The Brood (1979)
- Videodrome (1982)
- The Dead Zone (1983)
- Terror in the Ailes (1984)
- Into the Night (1985)
- The Fly (1986)
- Dead Ringers (1988)
Dead Ringers in 1990, Naked Lunch in 1991, Naked making Lunch in 1992, M. Butterfly in 1993, Trail By Jury in 1994, Blood and Donuts in 1995, Extreme Measures in 1996, Crash (1996), |
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I'm Losing You in 1998 are some other movies by David Cronenberg. Dead Ringers and Spiders are two of his films that were voted for the sight and sound poll in 2002. In 2005, he directed a History of Violence. After this in 2007, he made Chacun Son Cinema. The movie Scanners (2008) is his latest venture.
David Cronenberg has earned recognition and awards for his contribution to the film fraternity. In 1999, he was included into Canada's Walk of Fame. In 2002, he was made the Officer of the order of Canada. A Lifetime Achievement award in the 2006 Cannes festival was given to this Hollywood director, which was followed by a membership into the Royal Society of Canada.
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