He is one of the great names in contemporary auteur cinema. Master of body horror, his style stands out for its challenging and disturbing exploration of the relationship between the human body, the mind and technology. With The Shrouds he competed in the Official Selection of Cannes, a festival where he won the Special Jury Prize for Crash and in which he has participated on many other occasions with titles such as Crimes of the Future, Maps to the Stars or Cosmopolis. With Naked Lunch and eXistenZ he was selected in Berlin, Shivers and Rabid were awarded in Sitges and A History of Violence and Eastern Promises received nominations for the Oscars.

Filmography

The Shrouds (2024, D'A 2025), Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection (short film, 2023), Crimes of the Future (2022), Maps to the Stars (2014), The Nest (short film, 2013), Cosmópolis (2012), A Dangerous Method (2011), At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World (short film, 2007), Eastern Promises (2007), A History of Violence (2005), Spider (2002), Camera (short film, 2000), eXistenZ (1999), Crash (1996), M. Butterfly (1993), Naked Lunch (1991), Dead Ringers (1988), The Fly (1986), The Dead Zone (1983), Videodrome (1983), Scanners (1981), The Brood (1979), Fast Company (1979), Rabid (1977), Shivers (1975), Crimes of the Future (1970), Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) (1969), From the Drain (short film, 1967), Transfer (short film, 1966)