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David CRONENBERG
Director
Country:
CANADA
Biography
Canadian director, David Cronenberg, was born in March 1943, in Toronto. While at university, he became interested in film and produced two shorts, Transfer and From the Drain. His first films were Stereo and Crimes of the Future, both shoted in the late '60's. In 1975, Cronenberg shoted his first commercial feature, Shivers. He directed The Brood in 1979, then, Scanners. Cronenberg's next film, Videodrome (1983) was hailed by Andy Warhol as "the Clockwork Orange of the 80s". In 1996, he won the Prix Spécial du Jury at Cannes with Crash. Then he presented two films in Festival de Cannes' official Competition: Spider (2002) and A History of Violence (2005).
Films presented in Cannes
- 2007 - CHACUN SON CINÉMA (TO EACH HIS OWN CINEMA) - Out of Competition Director
- 2005 - A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE - In Competition Director
- 2002 - SPIDER - In Competition Director
- 1996 - CRASH - In Competition Director, Screenplay
Awards
- 1996 - Special Jury Prize - CRASH - Long métrage
Member of the Jury
- 1999 - Sélection officielle - President