The filmmaking process is a very personal one to me, I mean it really is a personal kind of communication. It's not as though its a study of fear or any of that stuff.

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. He has been called "the most audacious and challenging narrative director in the English-speaking world. David Paul Cronenberg OC FRSC (born March 15 1943) is a Canadian filmmaker screenwriter and actor.