David Cronenberg

He was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1943, and studied literature at the local university. He directed, among many other films, Scanner (1981), The Fly (1986, screened at Bafici ‘13), Naked Lunch (1991), Crash (1996; Special Jury Prize at Cannes), eXistenZ (1999; Silver Bear at Berlin), Spider (2002; Bafici ‘03) and Cosmopolis (2012).