Brian De Palma
Directing • Born 1940-09-11
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.
Filmography
36 credits
Acting 'Carrie'
Movie • 2001
Self
Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'
Movie • 2001
Self
Visualizing 'Carrie'
Movie • 2001
Self
Ennio
Movie • 2022
Self
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
Movie • 2003
Self
The Untouchables: Production Stories
Movie • 2004
Self
The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre
Movie • 2004
Self
The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast
Movie • 2004
Self
The Untouchables: The Classic
Movie • 2004
Self
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
Movie • 2005
Rotwang Must Go!
Movie • 1994
Famous American Movie Director
The Black Dahlia
Movie • 2006
Elizabeth's Screen Test Director (voice) (uncredited)
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
Movie • 2003
Self
Brian De Palma par Brian De Palma Leçon de cinéma
Movie • 2022
Brian De Palma
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
Movie • 2023
Self
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
Movie • 2011
Self
De Palma
Movie • 2016
Self
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
Movie • 1994
Self
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
Movie • 1999
Self
The Making of 'Scarface'
Movie • 1998
Self
Movies Are My Life
Movie • 1988
Self
'Obsession' Revisited
Movie • 2001
Self
The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'
Movie • 2001
Self
The Scorsese Machine
Movie • 1990
Self
Spielberg
Movie • 2017
Self
Brian De Palma : Les Années 60
Movie • 2002
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
Movie • 2006
Himself
The Autopsy
Movie • 2004
Self
Ennio Morricone
Movie • 1995
Self
Godard Made in USA
Movie • 2010
Self
The Making of 'Casualties of War'
Movie • 2001
Self
Black Dahlia Confidential
Movie • 2004
Leçon de Cinéma
TV • 2004
Self
Scene by Scene
TV • 1997
Self
Kulturplatz
TV • 2004
Self
Mr. Scorsese
TV • 2025
Self