Editing David Cronenberg (section)

==Awards and recognition {{anchor|Awards|Honours}}==

Cronenberg has appeared on various "Greatest Director" lists. In 2004, Science Fiction magazine ''[[Strange Horizons]]'' named him the second greatest director in the history of the genre, ahead of better known directors such as [[Steven Spielberg]], [[James Cameron]], [[Jean-Luc Godard]], and [[Ridley Scott]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Jeremy Adam Smith |url=http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/articles/the-ten-best-science-fiction-film-directors |title=The Ten Best Science Fiction Film Directors |work=strangehorizons.com |date=April 19, 2004 |access-date=June 19, 2020}}</ref> In the same year, ''[[The Guardian]]'' listed him 9th on their list of "The world's 40 best directors".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/page/0,11456,1082823,00.html |title=The world's 40 best directors |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=May 18, 2011 |location=London}}</ref> In 2007, [[Total Film]] named him as the 17th greatest director of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the_greatest_directors_ever_-_part_2 |title=Greatest Directors Ever |website=[[Total Film]] |date=August 20, 2007 |access-date=May 18, 2011}}</ref> Film professor Charles Derry, in his overview of the horror genre ''Dark Dreams'', called the director one of the most important in his field, and that "no discussion of contemporary horror film can conclude without reference to the films of David Cronenberg."<ref name="americanhorrors">{{Citation | last = Derry | first = Charles | contribution = More Dark Dreams: Some Notes on the Recent Horror Film | editor-last = Waller | editor-first = Gregory | title = American Horrors: Essays on the Modern American Horror Film | pages = [https://archive.org/details/americanhorrorse0000unse/page/173 173] | publisher = University of Illinois Press | place = Chicago | year = 1987 | isbn = 0-252-01448-0 | url = https://archive.org/details/americanhorrorse0000unse/page/173 }}</ref>

Cronenberg received the [[Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)|Special Jury Prize]] at the [[1996 Cannes Film Festival]] for ''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]''.<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4682/year/1996.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Crash |access-date=September 15, 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com |archive-date=August 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805012125/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4682/year/1996.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1999, he was inducted onto [[Canada's Walk of Fame]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/99_david_cronenberg.xml.htm |website=Canada's Walk of Fame |title=David Cronenberg, film director, Cannes Film Festival winner |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060826110041/http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/99_david_cronenberg.xml.htm |archive-date=August 26, 2006  }}</ref> awarded the [[Silver Bear]] Award at the [[49th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlinale1999">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1999/03_preistr_ger_1999/03_Preistraeger_1999.html |title=Berlinale: 1999 Prize Winners |access-date=January 29, 2012 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=March 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327024128/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1999/03_preistr_ger_1999/03_Preistraeger_1999.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and that November received the [[Governor General's Performing Arts Award]], Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.<ref>{{cite web|title=David Cronenberg biography|url=http://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients/1999/cronenberg-david.aspx|publisher=Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation|access-date=February 4, 2015}}</ref>

In 2002, he was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]], and was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada (the order's highest rank) in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=15694&lan=eng|title=Order of Canada Appointments|date=June 30, 2014|access-date=July 1, 2014}}</ref> In 2006 he was awarded the [[Cannes Film Festival]]'s lifetime achievement award, the Carrosse d'Or.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/19/arts/19iht-dupont.html|title=Cronenberg: An intellectual with ominous powers|last=Dupont|first=Joan|date=May 19, 2006|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 30, 2011}}</ref> In 2009 Cronenberg received the [[Légion d'honneur]] from the government of France.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/cronenberg-to-receive-france-s-l%C3%A9gion-d-honneur-1.791376 |title=Cronenberg to receive France's Légion d'honneur |access-date=January 25, 2010 |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=March 12, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405171050/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2009/03/12/cronenberg-france.html |archive-date=April 5, 2009 }}</ref> The following year Cronenberg was named an honorary patron of the [[University Philosophical Society]], [[Trinity College Dublin]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Cronenberg {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/david-cronenberg|access-date=2022-01-25|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref> In 2012, he received the [[Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/diamond-jubilee-gala-toasts-exceptional-canadians-1.1226414| title=Diamond Jubilee Gala toasts exceptional Canadians| date=June 18, 2012| publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation| access-date=June 19, 2012}}</ref>

The opening of the "David Cronenberg: Evolution" [[Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)]] exhibition occurred on October 30, 2013. Held at the [[TIFF Bell Lightbox]] venue, the exhibition paid tribute to the director's entire filmmaking career and the festival's promotional material referred to Cronenberg as "one of Canada's most prolific and iconic filmmakers". The exhibition was shown internationally following the conclusion of the TIFF showing on January 19, 2014.<ref name="Henry">{{cite news|title=David Cronenberg: 'I never thought of myself as a prophet'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/12/david-cronenberg-suicide-fantastic-exit?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2&et_cid=48826&et_rid=7107573&Linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.theguardian.com%2ffilm%2f2013%2fsep%2f12%2fdavid-cronenberg-suicide-fantastic-exit|access-date=September 13, 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=September 12, 2013|author=Henry Barnes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Evolution|url=http://tiff.net/cronenbergparty|work=tiff.|publisher=Toronto International Film Festival Inc.|access-date=September 13, 2013|date=September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909055438/http://tiff.net/cronenbergparty|archive-date=September 9, 2013}}</ref>

In 2014, he was made a Member of the [[Order of Ontario]] in recognition for being "Canada's most celebrated internationally acclaimed filmmaker".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.ontario.ca/mci/en/2014/01/new-appointees-to-the-order-of-ontario.html|title=New Appointees to the Order of Ontario|date=January 23, 2014}}</ref>

In April 2018, it was announced that Cronenberg would receive the honorary [[Golden Lion]] at the [[75th Venice International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adnkronos.com/intrattenimento/spettacolo/2018/04/19/david-cronenberg-leone-oro-alla-carriera_OYgfPwjzOSxyHIyKUkDJQO.html|title=A David Cronenberg il Leone d'oro alla Carriera|date=April 19, 2018}}</ref>

{|class= "wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" 
! scope="col"| Organizations
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Work
! scope="col"| Result 
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{refh}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[British Academy Film Awards]] 
| 2008
| [[BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film|Outstanding British Film]]
| ''[[Eastern Promises]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3"| [[Berlin International Film Festival]]
| 1992
| rowspan=2|[[Golden Bear]]
| ''[[Naked Lunch (film)|Naked Lunch]]''
| {{nom}}
| 
|-
| rowspan=2|1999
| rowspan=2|''[[Existenz|eXistenZ]]''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=2|
|-
| [[Silver Bear]]
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="9"| [[Cannes Film Festival]]
| rowspan=2|1996
| [[Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)|Jury Prize]]
| rowspan=2|''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]''
| {{won}}
| rowspan=2|
|-
| rowspan=3|[[Palme d'Or]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Spider (2002 film)|Spider]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[A History of Violence]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2006
| colspan=2|Golden Coach
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 2012
| rowspan="4" |[[Palme d'Or]]
| ''[[Cosmopolis (film)|Cosmopolis]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Maps to the Stars]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Crimes of the Future (2022 film)|Crimes of the Future]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2024
| ''[[The Shrouds]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="18"| [[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television|Canadian Screen Award]]
| rowspan=2| 1981
| [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| rowspan=2| ''[[Scanners]]''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=2|
|-
| [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2| 1983
| Best Director
| rowspan=2| ''[[Videodrome]]''
| {{won}}
| rowspan=2|
|-
| Best Screenplay
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=3| 1988
| [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture|Best Picture]]
| rowspan=3| ''[[Dead Ringers (film)|Dead Ringers]]''
| {{won}}
| rowspan=3|
|-
| Best Director 
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Screenplay
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=2| 1991
| Best Director 
| rowspan=2| ''[[Naked Lunch (film)|Naked Lunch]]''
| {{won}}
| rowspan=2|
|-
| Best Screenplay
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=3| 1996
| Best Picture
| rowspan=3| ''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=3|
|-
| Best Director 
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Screenplay
| {{won}}
|-
| 1999
| Best Picture
| ''[[eXistenZ]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2002
| Best Director 
| ''[[Spider (2002 film)|Spider]]''
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 2007
| Best Director 
| ''[[Eastern Promises]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2011
| Best Director 
| ''[[A Dangerous Method]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2012
| Best Screenplay 
| ''[[Cosmopolis (film)|Cosmopolis]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2014
| Best Director 
| ''[[Maps to the Stars]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="5"|[[Saturn Awards]]
| 1983
| rowspan=2|[[Saturn Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| ''[[The Dead Zone (film)|The Dead Zone]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[The Fly (1986 film)|The Fly]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1988
| [[Saturn Award for Best Horror Film|Best Horror Film]]
| rowspan=2|''[[Dead Ringers (film)|Dead Ringers]]''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=2|
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Writing|Best Writing]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1999
| [[Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film|Best Science Fiction Film]]
| ''[[eXistenZ]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
|}