Brian De Palma
Born in Newark, New Jersey, USA — Sep 11 1940
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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 s…
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Brian De Palma's Credits
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The Untouchables
Directing
Scarface
Directing
Mission: Impossible
Directing
Mr. Scorsese
Self
Carrie
Directing
Carlito's Way
Directing
Dressed to Kill
Directing
Scene by Scene
Self
Blow Out
Directing
Ennio
Self
Snake Eyes
Directing
Body Double
Production
Casualties of War
Directing
Hi, Mom!
Directing
The Black Dahlia
Elizabeth's Screen Test Director (voice) (uncredited)
The Fury
Directing
Mission to Mars
Directing
Stir of Echoes
Crew
Passion
Directing
Sisters
Writing
Femme Fatale
Directing
Spielberg
Self
Pehla Nasha
Writing
Phantom of the Paradise
Directing
Raising Cain
Writing
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Production
Domino
Directing
Obsession
Directing
Sisters
Writing
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
Self
Wise Guys
Directing
Acting 'Carrie'
Self
Greetings
Directing
Redacted
Directing
De Palma
Self
Home Movies
Directing
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Directing
The Making of 'Scarface'
Self
The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'
Self
Movies Are My Life
Self
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
Directing
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
Self
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
Self
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
Self
The Scorsese Machine
Self
Visualizing 'Carrie'
Self
Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'
Self
The Responsive Eye
Editing
Murder à la Mod
Directing
Rotwang Must Go!
Famous American Movie Director
Icarus
Directing
Jennifer
Directing
The Untouchables: Production Stories
Self
Walk of Fame
Crew
Black Dahlia Confidential
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
Godard Made in USA
Self
To Bridge This Gap
Directing
The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast
Self
The Wedding Party
Directing
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
Self
660124: The Story of an IBM Card
Directing
The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre
Self
A Boy And His Car
Crew
'Obsession' Revisited
Self
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
Himself
Ennio Morricone
Self
Stalkings
Directing
Dionysus in '69
Directing
Woton's Wake
Directing
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
Self
The Untouchables: The Classic
Self
Brian De Palma : Les Années 60
Show Me a Strong Town and I'll Show You a Strong Bank
Directing
The Making of 'Casualties of War'
Self
The Autopsy
Self
Catch and Kill
Directing
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Sweet Vengeance
Writing