David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg CC OOnt FRSC
Cronenberg at the 2012 Genie Awards
Born	David Paul Cronenberg (1943-03-15) March 15, 1943 (age 73) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	University of Toronto
Occupation	Director, producer, filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, author
Years active	1966–present
Spouse(s)	Margaret Hindson (1970–1977; 1 child; divorced) Carolyn Zeifman (1979–present; 2 children)
Children	3, including Brandon

David Paul Cronenberg, CC OOnt FRSC (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian filmmaker, actor and author. Cronenberg is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or visceral 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, he explored these themes mostly through horror and science fiction, although his work has since expanded beyond these genres. His films have won numerous awards, including the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his film Crash (1996).

The Village Voice called him "the most audacious and challenging narrative director in the English-speaking world."

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Cronenberg is the son of Esther (née Sumberg), a musician, and Milton Cronenberg, a writer and editor. He was raised in a "middle-class progressive Jewish family". His father was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and his mother was born in Toronto; all of his grandparents were from Lithuania.

He began writing as a child and wrote constantly. He attended high school at Harbord Collegiate Institute and North Toronto Collegiate Institute. A keen interest in science, especially botany and lepidopterology, led him to enter the Honours Science program at the University of Toronto in 1963, but he switched to Honors English Language and Literature later in his first year.