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Brian De Palma

Brian De Palma

Born: 1940-09-11 • 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.

Filmography
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy poster
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
2023 • Self
Brian De Palma par Brian De Palma Leçon de cinéma poster
Brian De Palma par Brian De Palma Leçon de cinéma
2022 • Brian De Palma
Ennio poster
Ennio
2022 • Self
Spielberg poster
Spielberg
2017 • Self
De Palma poster
De Palma
2016 • Self
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon poster
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
2011 • Self
Godard Made in USA poster
Godard Made in USA
2010 • Self
The Black Dahlia poster
The Black Dahlia
2006 • Elizabeth's Screen Test Director (voice) (uncredited)
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise' poster
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
2006 • Himself
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood poster
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
The Autopsy poster
The Autopsy
2004 • Self
Black Dahlia Confidential poster
Black Dahlia Confidential
2004
The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre poster
The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre
2004 • Self
The Untouchables: Production Stories poster
The Untouchables: Production Stories
2004 • Self
The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast poster
The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast
2004 • Self
The Untouchables: The Classic poster
The Untouchables: The Classic
2004 • Self
The Making of 'Carlito's Way' poster
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
2003 • Self
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream poster
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
2003 • Self
Brian De Palma : Les Années 60 poster
Brian De Palma : Les Années 60
2002
The Making of 'Casualties of War' poster
The Making of 'Casualties of War'
2001 • Self
Acting 'Carrie' poster
Acting 'Carrie'
2001 • Self
Visualizing 'Carrie' poster
Visualizing 'Carrie'
2001 • Self
The Making of 'Dressed to Kill' poster
The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'
2001 • Self
'Obsession' Revisited poster
'Obsession' Revisited
2001 • Self
Slashing 'Dressed to Kill' poster
Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'
2001 • Self
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius poster
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999 • Self
The Making of 'Scarface' poster
The Making of 'Scarface'
1998 • Self
Ennio Morricone poster
Ennio Morricone
1995 • Self
No Image
Rotwang Must Go!
1994 • Famous American Movie Director
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder poster
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
1994 • Self
The Scorsese Machine poster
The Scorsese Machine
1990 • Self
Movies Are My Life poster
Movies Are My Life
1988 • Self