David Cronenberg
Director
David Cronenberg’s reputation as an auteur has been firmly established by a unique body of work that includes Shivers, Rabid, Fast Company, The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome, The Fly, Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch, Crash, eXistenz, The Dead Zone, M. Butterfly, Spider, A History of Violence, and Eastern Promises, all of which have received tremendous critical praise and numerous awards. He is an officer of France’s Order of Arts and Letters, and an officer of the Order of Canada. In 1999, he was named president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival.