David Cronenberg is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor who began making horror films in the 1970s, acquiring a cult following with films such as Scanners (1981) and Videodrome (1982). He found a wider horror-film audience with The Dead Zone (1983), The Fly (1986), and Dead Ringers (1988). His later films include Naked Lunch (1991), Crash (1996), and Eastern Promises (2007).