
Brian De Palma
Department: Directing
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

Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'
2001

Acting 'Carrie'
2001

Visualizing 'Carrie'
2001

Ennio
2022

The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
2003

The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre
2004

The Untouchables: Production Stories
2004

The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast
2004

The Untouchables: The Classic
2004

Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005

Rotwang Must Go!
1994

The Black Dahlia
2006

Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
2003

Brian De Palma par Brian De Palma Leçon de cinéma
2022

Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
2023

The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
2011

De Palma
2016

Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
1994

Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999

The Making of 'Scarface'
1998

Movies Are My Life
1988

'Obsession' Revisited
2001

The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'
2001

The Scorsese Machine
1990

Spielberg
2017

Brian De Palma : Les Années 60
2002

Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
2006

The Autopsy
2004

Ennio Morricone
1995

Godard Made in USA
2010

The Making of 'Casualties of War'
2001

Black Dahlia Confidential
2004

Leçon de Cinéma
2004

Scene by Scene
1997

Kulturplatz
2004

Mr. Scorsese
2025