History Creator / DavidCronenberg

David Paul Cronenberg [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CC]] (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian film director from Toronto.

* CanadaEh: Cronenberg's films are often set and/or filmed in his hometown, Toronto, which he naturally portrays quite realistically. A realistic Montreal crops up occasionally, too. His 1986 remake of ''Film/{{The Fly|1986}}'' is shot in the downtown core of Toronto, and several prominent stores are visible during some of the scenes (such as Toronto City Hall, and, when Brundle walks down the street eating a chocolate bar, he passes the most random places.)

* DaylightHorror: Cronenberg did this quite a bit in his early days with movies such as ''Shivers'' and ''Rabid'' which depicted horrific scenes in well-lit buildings or even daytime. For instance, the subway is pretty bright.

* GenreAdultery: ''Fast Company'' is about stock car racing, with humor and action that wouldn't be out of place in a Burt Reynolds vehicle of the era, and is ''by far'' Cronenberg's most upbeat movie. He ''is'' a huge racing buff. Interestingly, some key members of his ProductionPosse, editor Ronald Sanders and cinematographer Mark Irwin, first worked with him on this one.

** ''Film/{{Shivers}}'', where a scientist accidentally creates a sexually transmitted PuppeteerParasite, causing in turn a ZombieApocalypse of rape zombies.