Denise Cronenberg (1 October 1938 – 22 May 2020) was a Canadian

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. Cronenberg was born in

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and was the sister of film director

David Cronenberg David Paul Cronenberg (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror genre, with his films exploring visceral bodily transformatio ...

and the mother of filmmaker

Aaron Woodley Aaron Woodley (born 1971) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Early life Woodley was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of costume designer Denise Cronenberg and nephew of filmmaker David Cronenberg. He studied animations at Art Gallery ...

. She produced work for films such as '' Dawn of the Dead'' and ''

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''. Cronenberg and her brother worked together on '' The Fly'', a 2008 operatic adaptation of the 1986 film of the same name. She died due to "complications from old age" in

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, Ontario in May 2020 at the age of 81.Costume designer Denise Cronenberg was instrumental to success of Canada’s most unshakeable cinema
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Works

* '' The Fly'' (1986) * '' Dead Ringers'' (1988) * ''

The Long Road Home ''The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty/Creedence Collection'' is a compilation album by American roots rock singer-songwriter John Fogerty, released on November 1, 2005, by Fantasy Records. It compiles songs from Fogerty's solo career a ...

'' (1989) * ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide ...

'' (1990) * ''

Naked Lunch ''Naked Lunch'' (sometimes ''The Naked Lunch'') is a 1959 novel by American writer William S. Burroughs. The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes, intended by Burroughs to be read in any order. The reader follows the na ...

'' (1991) * ''

M. Butterfly ''M. Butterfly'' is a play by David Henry Hwang. The story, while entwined with that of the opera ''Madama Butterfly'', is based most directly on the relationship between French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu, a Peking opera singer. ...

'' (1993) * ''

Moonlight and Valentino ''Moonlight and Valentino'' is a 1995 comedy-drama film directed by David Anspaugh starring Elizabeth Perkins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kathleen Turner, Whoopi Goldberg and Jon Bon Jovi. The screenplay, by Ellen Simon, is based on her semi-autobiograph ...

'' (1995) * ''

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'' (1996) * ''

Murder at 1600 ''Murder at 1600'' is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Dwight Little and starring Wesley Snipes and Diane Lane. Plot In a restroom in the White House, a janitor finds secretary Carla Town dead. Metropolitan Police homicide detec ...

'' (1997) * '' Mad City'' (1997)

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's wardrobe * ''

A Cool, Dry Place ''A Cool, Dry Place'' is a 1998 American drama film directed by John N. Smith and written by Matthew McDuffie, based on the 1996 novel ''Dance Real Slow'' by Michael Grant Jaffe. The film stars Vince Vaughn, Monica Potter, Joey Lauren Adams and B ...

'' (1998) * '' The Wager'' (1998) (also

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) * '' eXistenZ'' (1999) * ''

The Third Miracle ''The Third Miracle'' is a 1999 drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland and starring Ed Harris and Anne Heche. The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Plot In Bystrica, Slovakia in 1944, near the end of World War II, an Allied bombing rai ...

'' (1999) * ''

Bless the Child ''Bless the Child'' is a 2000 supernatural horror, supernatural horror film directed by Chuck Russell and starring Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Angela Bettis, Rufus Sewell, Christina Ricci, and Holliston Coleman. It follows a woman who discovers ...

'' (2000) * ''

Dracula 2000 ''Dracula 2000'' (also known internationally as ''Dracula 2001'') is a 2000 American gothic horror film co-written and directed by Patrick Lussier and produced by Joel Soisson and Wes Craven (executive producer), and starring Gerard Butler, Chri ...

'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2000) * ''

The Caveman's Valentine ''The Caveman's Valentine'' is a 2001 American mystery-drama film directed by Kasi Lemmons and starring Samuel L. Jackson based on George Dawes Green's 1994 novel of the same name. The film was released by Universal Focus, a subsidiary of Univer ...

'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2002) * ''

Avenging Angelo ''Avenging Angelo'' is a 2002 American direct-to-video action romantic comedy crime film directed by Martyn Burke and starring Sylvester Stallone, Madeleine Stowe, and Anthony Quinn. The film received mostly negative reviews. Plot Years ago, a ...

'' (2002) * ''

Rhinoceros Eyes ''Rhinoceros Eyes'' is a 2003 American-Canadian drama film written and directed by Aaron Woodley. It was awarded the Discovery Award at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival.John McKay, "Barbarian Invasions wins at film fest". ''Kingston ...

'' (2003) * '' Dawn of the Dead'' (2004) * ''

A History of Violence ''A History of Violence'' is a 2005 action thriller film directed by David Cronenberg and written by Josh Olson. It is an adaptation of the 1997 graphic novel of the same title by John Wagner and Vince Locke. The film stars Viggo Mortensen, M ...

'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2007) * '' The Fly'' (2008),

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Howard Shore Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer and conductor noted for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably the scores for ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Hobbit'' film trilogies. ...

* '' Resident Evil: Afterlife'' (2010)

References

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* 1938 births 2020 deaths Canadian costume designers Jewish Canadian artists Canadian people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Artists from Toronto Canadian women in film Women costume designers {{Canada-film-bio-stub