Cronenberg, Denise

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CRONENBERG, Denise


PERSONAL


Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; sister of David Cronenberg (a film director, producer, and writer). Education: Graduated from Ryerson Polytech; studied ballet at the American Ballet Theatre.


Addresses: Contact c/o Costume Designers Guild, 4730 Woodman Ave., Suite 430, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.


Career: Costume designer and producer. Appeared as a ballet dancer with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet; appeared as a dancer on CBS variety shows for fifteen years, through 1983.

Awards, Honors: Genie Award nomination, best achievement in costume design, 1989, for Dead Ringers; Genie Award nomination, best achievement in costume design, 1992, for Naked Lunch; Genie Award nomination, best achievement in costume design, 2003, for Spider.

CREDITS


Film Costume Designer:

The Fly, Twentieth CenturyFox, 1986.

Dead Ringers, Twentieth CenturyFox, 1986.

Costumes, Shoot Me, 1988.

The Long Road Home, 1989.

The Guardian, 1990.

Naked Lunch, Twentieth CenturyFox, 1991.

M. Butterfly, Warner Bros., 1993.

Moonlight and Valentino, Gramercy, 1995.

Crash, Fine Line, 1996.

Murder at 1600, Warner Bros., 1997.

(Alan Alda's wardrobe) Mad City, 1997.

A Cool, Dry Place (also known as Dance Real Slow ), Twentieth CenturyFox, 1998.

The Wager, 1998.

eXistenZ, Miramax, 1999.

The Third Miracle, Sony Pictures Classics, 1999.

Bless the Child (also known as Die Prophezeiung ), Paramount, 2000.

Dracula 2000 (also known as Dracula 2001 and Wes Craven Presents Dracula 2000 ), Miramax, 2000.

The Caveman's Valentine, MCA/Universal, 2001.

Spider, Sony Pictures Classics, 2002.

Avenging Angelo, Warner Bros., 2002.

Rhinoceros Eyes, 2003.

Film Work; Other:

Executive producer, The Wager, 1998.

Trained as a wardrobe designer on Videodrome; worked as a wardrobe mistress, The Dead Zone.

Television Costume Designer; Movies:

Child of Rage, CBS, 1992.

Sugartime, HBO, 1995.

Friends at Last, CBS, 1995.

Mistrial, HBO, 1996.

Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat " Manigault (also known as Rebound ), HBO, 1996.

Madness of Method, 1996.


Also worked as costume designer on Scales of Justice.


Television Costume Designer; Miniseries:

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story, CBS, 2002.

Also worked as costume designer on Murder Ordained, CBS.

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