Cronenberg was born in Toronto, the son of filmmakers David Cronenberg and Carolyn Zeifman, and the brother of photographer Caitlin Cronenberg. He also has a half-sister, Cassandra, from his father’s first marriage. Cronenberg studied film at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. Growing up, he considered himself a “book nerd” who aspired to be a writer, painter, or musician. He realized that film contained all of those elements and decided to attend film school.
Cronenberg directed the short film Broken Tulips in 2008, about people who pay to be injected with viruses harvested from celebrities. Cronenberg has stated that the film was inspired by a viral infection he once had. The “central idea came to him in a fever dream during a bout of illness,” according to journalist Jill Lawless. It was shaped further when he saw Sarah Michelle Gellar’s interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live!; what struck him was when “she said she was sick and if she sneezed she’d infect the entire audience, and everyone just started cheering.”
Antiviral made its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. Cronenberg and his father both screened films at that year’s Cannes Film Festival, marking the first time a father and son screened films together in the festival’s history.
Cronenberg re-edited the film after the festival to make it tighter, shaving nearly six minutes from its running time. The revised version premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best Canadian First Feature Film. It later won the Citizen Kane Award for Best Debut Feature at the Sitges Film Festival.
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