Editing David Cronenberg (section)

=== 1969–1979: Film debut and early work ===
After two short sketch films and two short [[art-house]] features (the [[black-and-white]] ''[[Stereo (1969 film)|Stereo]]'' and the colour ''[[Crimes of the Future (1970 film)|Crimes of the Future]]'') Cronenberg went into partnership with [[Ivan Reitman]]. The Canadian government provided financing for his films throughout the 1970s.<ref name=fullbio/> During this period, he focused on his signature "[[body horror]]" films such as ''[[Shivers (1975 film)|Shivers]]'' (1975)  and ''[[Rabid (1977 film)|Rabid]]'' (1977), the latter of which provided pornographic actress [[Marilyn Chambers]] with work in a different genre, although Cronenberg's first choice for the role had been a then little-known [[Sissy Spacek]]. ''Rabid'' was a breakthrough with international distributors, and his next horror feature, ''[[The Brood (film)|The Brood]]'' (1979), gained stronger support. Even then, he showed variety by making ''[[Fast Company (1979 film)|Fast Company]]'' (1979) between ''The Brood'' and ''Rabid'', a project reflecting his interest in car racing and bike gangs.