Name: David Cronenberg

Film: "A History of Violence"

Born: March 15, 1943 (Toronto)

Bio: David Cronenberg has danced with mainstream success at several points in his career, most notably with films like "The Fly" and "Naked Lunch." But the Canadian auteur remains primarily a cult icon, especially among horror aficionados and indie fans, who laud his work on such gore-filled, modern vampire variations as "Shivers" (aka "They Came From Within") and "Rabid," and chillers like "The Brood" and "Scanners."

Credits:
"London Fields" (2006)
"A History of Violence" (2005)
"Spider" (2002)
"Camera" (2000)
"eXistenZ" (1999)
"Crash" (1996)
"M. Butterfly" (1993)
"Naked Lunch" (1991)
"Scales of Justice" (1990)
"Dead Ringers" (1988)
"Friday the 13th" (1987) (TV series; episode "Faith Healer")
"The Fly" (1986)
"The Dead Zone" (1983)
"Videodrome" (1983)
"Scanners" (1981)
"The Brood" (1979)
"Fast Company" (1979)
"Rabid" (1977)
"Teleplay" (1976) (TV series; episode "The Italian Machine")
"Peep Show" (1975) (TV series; episodes "The Lie Chair" and "The Victim")
"Shivers" (1975)
"The Victim" (1974)
"Don Valley" (1972) (TV)
"Fort York" (1972) (TV)
"In the Dirt "(1972) (TV)
"Lakeshore" (1972) (TV)
"Scarborough Bluffs" (1972) (TV)
"Winter Garden" (1972) (TV)
"Jim Ritchie Sculptor" (1971) (TV)
"Letter From Michelangelo" (1971) (TV)
"Tourettes" (1971) (TV)
"Programme X" (1970) (TV series; episode "Secret Weapons")
"Crimes of the Future" (1970)
"Stereo" (1969)
"From the Drain" (1967)
"Transfer" (1966)

Notable: After directing the well-received movie version of Stephen King's bestselling novel "The Dead Zone," Cronenberg finally garnered international acclaim with such films as "Dead Ringers" and "Naked Lunch."