Person
Brian De Palma
Directing · Born 1940-09-11 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Brian Russell De Palma is an American film director and writer. In a career spanning over forty years, he is probably best known for his suspense and crime thriller films. De Palma was a leading member of the New Hollywood generation of film directors. His direction often makes use of quotations from other films or cinematic styles, and bears the influence of filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Jean-Luc Godard, and Michelangelo Antonioni. His work has been criticized for its violence and sexual content, but has also been championed by American critics such as Roger Ebert and Pauline Kael.
Known for
The Godfather Part II
Musician
Scarface
Director
Kulturplatz
Self
Carlito's Way
Director
Mission: Impossible
Director
Mr. Scorsese
Self
Stir of Echoes
Thanks
The Untouchables
Director
Leçon de Cinéma
Self
Carrie
Director
Filmography
- 2026Short Cuts : Scarface de Brian de PalmaOriginal Film Writer
- 2025Mr. ScorseseSelf
- 2023Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight CowboySelf
- 2022Brian De Palma par Brian De Palma Leçon de cinémaBrian De Palma
- 2022EnnioSelf
- 2019DominoDirector
- 2017SpielbergSelf
- 2016De PalmaSelf
- 2013PassionDirector
- 2012Walk of FameThanks
- 2011The 'Scarface' PhenomenonSelf
- 2010Godard Made in USASelf
- 2007RedactedDirector
- 2006SistersOriginal Story
- 2006The Black DahliaElizabeth's Screen Test Director (voice) (uncredited)
- 2006Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'Himself
- 2005Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
- 2004The AutopsySelf
- 2004Black Dahlia Confidential
- 2004The Untouchables: Production StoriesSelf
- 2004The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the GenreSelf
- 2004The Untouchables: The Script, the CastSelf
- 2004The Untouchables: The ClassicSelf
- 2004KulturplatzSelf
- 2004Leçon de CinémaSelf
- 2003The Making of 'Carlito's Way'Self
- 2003Femme Fatale: Dream Within a DreamSelf
- 2002Femme FataleDirector
- 2002Brian De Palma : Les Années 60
- 2001The Making of 'Casualties of War'Self
- 2001Acting 'Carrie'Self
- 2001Visualizing 'Carrie'Self
- 2001The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'Self
- 2001'Obsession' RevisitedSelf
- 2001Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000Director
- 2001Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'Self
- 2000Mission to MarsDirector
- 1999Hitchcock: Shadow of a GeniusSelf
- 1999Stir of EchoesThanks
- 1998Snake EyesDirector
- 1998The Making of 'Scarface'Self
- 1997Scene by SceneSelf
- 1996Mission: ImpossibleDirector
- 1995Ennio MorriconeSelf
- 1994Rotwang Must Go!Famous American Movie Director
- 1994Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy WonderSelf
- 1993Carlito's WayDirector
- 1993Pehla NashaOriginal Story
- 1992Raising CainScreenplay
- 1990The Bonfire of the VanitiesProducer
- 1990The Scorsese MachineSelf
- 1990A Boy And His CarThanks
- 1989Casualties of WarDirector
- 1988Movies Are My LifeSelf
- 1987The UntouchablesDirector
- 1986Wise GuysDirector
- 1984Body DoubleProducer
- 1983ScarfaceDirector
- 1981Blow OutDirector
- 1980Dressed to KillDirector
- 1980Home MoviesDirector
- 1978The FuryDirector
- 1976CarrieDirector
- 1976ObsessionDirector
- 1974The Godfather Part IIMusician
- 1974Phantom of the ParadiseDirector
- 1973SistersScreenplay
- 1972Get to Know Your RabbitDirector
- 1970Hi, Mom!Director
- 1970Dionysus in '69Director
- 1969The Wedding PartyDirector
- 1969To Bridge This GapDirector
- 1968GreetingsDirector
- 1968Murder à la ModDirector
- 1966Show Me a Strong Town and I'll Show You a Strong BankDirector
- 1965The Responsive EyeEditor
- 1964JenniferDirector
- 1963Woton's WakeDirector
- 1961660124: The Story of an IBM CardDirector
- 1960IcarusDirector
- —Sweet VengeanceWriter
- —Catch and KillDirector
- —StalkingsDirector
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