Director
Brian De Palma
- Born September 11, 1940 in Newark, New Jersey, USA
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 II1974
Scarface1983
Mission: Impossible1996
The Untouchables1987
Carrie1976
Carlito's Way1993
Blow Out1981
Mission to Mars2000
Filmography
- TBASweet VengeanceFilmDirector, Writer
- TBACatch and KillFilmDirector, Writer
- TBAStalkingsFilmDirector
- 2026Short Cuts : Scarface de Brian de PalmaFilmOriginal Film Writer
- 2025Mr. ScorseseSeriesSelf
- 2023Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight CowboyFilmSelf
- 2022EnnioFilmSelf
- 2022Brian De Palma par Brian De Palma Leçon de cinémaFilmBrian De Palma
- 2019DominoFilmDirector
- 2019Scarface: 35th Anniversary ReunionFilm
- 2017SpielbergFilmSelf
- 2016De PalmaFilmSelf
- 2014Brian De Palma Backstage at the ParadiseFilm
- 2013PassionFilmDirector, Writer
- 2012Walk of FameFilmThanks
- 2011The 'Scarface' PhenomenonFilmSelf
- 2010Godard Made in USAFilmSelf
- 2010Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the ImpossibleFilmSelf
- 2007RedactedFilmDirector, Writer
- 2006The Black DahliaFilmScreen Test Director (voice) (uncredited), Director
- 2006SistersFilmOriginal Story, Screenplay
- 2006Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'FilmHimself
- 2005Gangland: Bullets over HollywoodFilm
- 2004The Untouchables: Production StoriesFilmSelf
- 2004The Untouchables: The Script, the CastFilmSelf
- 2004The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the GenreFilmSelf
- 2004The Untouchables: The ClassicFilmSelf
- 2004The AutopsyFilmSelf
- 2004Black Dahlia ConfidentialFilm
- 2004Leçon de CinémaSeriesSelf
- 2004KulturplatzSeriesSelf
- 2003The Making of 'Carlito's Way'FilmSelf
- 2003Femme Fatale: Dream Within a DreamFilmSelf
- 2003Unseen + Untold: ScarfaceFilm
- 2002Femme FataleFilmDirector, Writer
- 2002Brian De Palma : Les Années 60Film
- 2001Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000FilmDirector
- 2001Acting 'Carrie'FilmSelf
- 2001Visualizing 'Carrie'FilmSelf
- 2001'Obsession' RevisitedFilmSelf
- 2001The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'FilmSelf
- 2001Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'FilmSelf
- 2001The Making of 'Casualties of War'FilmSelf
- 2000Mission to MarsFilmDirector
- 1999Stir of EchoesFilmThanks
- 1999Hitchcock: Shadow of a GeniusFilmSelf
- 1998Snake EyesFilmDirector, Producer, Story
- 1998The Making of 'Scarface'FilmSelf
- 1997Scene by SceneSeriesSelf
- 1996Mission: ImpossibleFilmDirector
- 1995A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American MoviesSeriesSelf
- 1995Ennio MorriconeFilmSelf
- 1994Rotwang Must Go!FilmFamous American Movie Director
- 1994Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy WonderFilmSelf
- 1993Carlito's WayFilmDirector
- 1993Pehla NashaFilmOriginal Story
- 1992Raising CainFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1990The Bonfire of the VanitiesFilmDirector, Producer
- 1990The Scorsese MachineFilmSelf
- 1990A Boy And His CarFilmThanks
- 1989Casualties of WarFilmDirector
- 1988Movies Are My LifeFilmSelf
- 1987The UntouchablesFilmDirector
- 1986Wise GuysFilmDirector
- 1984Body DoubleFilmDirector, Screenplay, Producer, Story
- 1983ScarfaceFilmDirector
- 1981Blow OutFilmDirector, Writer
- 1980Dressed to KillFilmDirector, Writer
- 1980Home MoviesFilmDirector, Story, Producer
- 1978The FuryFilmDirector
- 1976CarrieFilmDirector
- 1976ObsessionFilmDirector, Story
- 1974The Godfather Part IIFilmMusician
- 1974Phantom of the ParadiseFilmDirector, Writer
- 1973SistersFilmDirector, Screenplay, Original Story
- 1972Get to Know Your RabbitFilmDirector
- 1970Hi, Mom!FilmDirector, Screenplay, Story
- 1970Dionysus in '69FilmDirector, Editor, Director of Photography
- 1969The Wedding PartyFilmDirector, Writer, Producer, Editor
- 1969To Bridge This GapFilmDirector