Brian De Palma
- Directing
- September 11, 1940 · 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
Filmography
- Short Cuts : Scarface de Brian de Palma · Original Film Writer
- Mr. Scorsese · Self
- Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy · Self
- Brian De Palma par Brian De Palma Leçon de cinéma · Brian De Palma
- Ennio · Self
- Scarface: 35th Anniversary Reunion
- Domino · Director
- Spielberg · Self
- De Palma · Self
- Brian De Palma Backstage at the Paradise
- Passion · Director, Writer
- Walk of Fame · Thanks
- The 'Scarface' Phenomenon · Self
- Godard Made in USA · Self
- Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible · Self
- Redacted · Director, Writer
- Sisters · Story, Screenplay
- The Black Dahlia · Screen Test Director (voice) (uncredited), Director
- Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise' · Self
- Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
- The Autopsy · Self
- Black Dahlia Confidential
- The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre · Self
- The Untouchables: Production Stories · Self
- The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast · Self
- The Untouchables: The Classic · Self
- Kulturplatz · Self
- Leçon de Cinéma · Self
- Unseen + Untold: Scarface
- The Making of 'Carlito's Way' · Self
- Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream · Self
- Femme Fatale · Director, Writer
- Brian De Palma : Les Années 60
- The Making of 'Casualties of War' · Self
- Acting 'Carrie' · Self
- Visualizing 'Carrie' · Self
- The Making of 'Dressed to Kill' · Self
- 'Obsession' Revisited · Self
- Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 · Director
- Slashing 'Dressed to Kill' · Self
- Mission to Mars · Director
- Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius · Self
- Stir of Echoes · Thanks
- Snake Eyes · Director, Producer
- The Making of 'Scarface' · Self
- Scene by Scene · Self
- Mission: Impossible · Director
- Ennio Morricone · Self
- Rotwang Must Go! · Famous American Movie Director
- Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder · Self
- Carlito's Way · Director
- Pehla Nasha · Story
- Raising Cain · Director, Screenplay
- The Bonfire of the Vanities · Director, Producer
- The Scorsese Machine · Self
- A Boy And His Car · Thanks
- Casualties of War · Director
- Movies Are My Life · Self
- The Untouchables · Director
- Wise Guys · Director
- Body Double · Director, Screenplay
- Scarface · Director
- Blow Out · Director, Writer
- Dressed to Kill · Director, Writer
- Home Movies · Director, Story
- The Fury · Director
- Carrie · Director
- Obsession · Director, Story
- The Godfather Part II · Musician
- Phantom of the Paradise · Director, Writer
- Sisters · Director, Screenplay
- Get to Know Your Rabbit · Director
- Hi, Mom! · Director, Screenplay
- Dionysus in '69 · Director, Editing
- The Wedding Party · Director, Writer
- To Bridge This Gap · Director
- Greetings · Director, Editing
- Murder à la Mod · Director, Writer
- Show Me a Strong Town and I'll Show You a Strong Bank · Director
- The Responsive Eye · Editing, Director