Brian De Palma
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...
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
The Godfather Part II1974 · Musician4.3ActuallyLike
Scarface1983 · Director4.1ActuallyLike
Mission: Impossible1996 · Director3.5ActuallyLike
The Untouchables1987 · Director3.9ActuallyLike
Carrie1976 · Director3.7ActuallyLike
Carlito's Way1993 · Director3.9ActuallyLike
Blow Out1981 · Director, Writer3.7ActuallyLike
Snake Eyes1998 · Director, Producer, Story3.1ActuallyLikeActuallyLike pages
Blow Out1981 · Director, Writer3.7ActuallyLike
Body Double1984 · Director, Screenplay, Story3.4ActuallyLikeCarlito's Way1993 · Director3.9ActuallyLike
Carrie1976 · Director3.7ActuallyLike
Casualties of War1989 · Director3.6ActuallyLike
Domino2019 · Director2.3ActuallyLike
Dressed to Kill1980 · Director, Writer3.5ActuallyLike
Femme Fatale2002 · Director, Writer3.1ActuallyLike
Mission to Mars2000 · Director3.0ActuallyLikeMission: Impossible1996 · Director3.5ActuallyLike
Obsession1976 · Director, Story3.3ActuallyLike
Phantom of the Paradise1974 · Director, Writer3.7ActuallyLikeScarface1983 · Director4.1ActuallyLikeSnake Eyes1998 · Director, Story, Producer3.1ActuallyLike
Spielberg2017 · Self3.8ActuallyLike
The Black Dahlia2006 · Director2.8ActuallyLike
The Bonfire of the Vanities1990 · Director, Producer2.8ActuallyLikeThe Untouchables1987 · Director3.9ActuallyLikeCast credits
Ennio2022 · Self4.2ActuallyLikeThe Black Dahlia2006 · Elizabeth's Screen Test Director (voice) (uncredited)2.8ActuallyLikeSpielberg2017 · Self3.8ActuallyLike
De Palma2016 · Self3.5
The Making of 'Scarface'1998 · Self4.0
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius1999 · Self4.3
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream2003 · Self4.3
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood2005 · Cast3.7
The Autopsy2004 · Self5.0
Acting 'Carrie'2001 · Self3.8
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon2011 · Self3.5
The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast2004 · Self3.7
The Scorsese Machine1990 · Self4.0
'Obsession' Revisited2001 · Self3.6
Visualizing 'Carrie'2001 · Self3.3
The Untouchables: Production Stories2004 · Self3.7
The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'2001 · Self3.5
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'2003 · Self3.0Crew credits
The Godfather Part II1974 · Musician4.3ActuallyLikeScarface1983 · Director4.1ActuallyLikeMission: Impossible1996 · Director3.5ActuallyLikeThe Untouchables1987 · Director3.9ActuallyLikeCarrie1976 · Director3.7ActuallyLikeCarlito's Way1993 · Director3.9ActuallyLikeBlow Out1981 · Director, Writer3.7ActuallyLikeSnake Eyes1998 · Director, Producer, Story3.1ActuallyLikeBody Double1984 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Story3.4ActuallyLike
Stir of Echoes1999 · Thanks3.3ActuallyLikeDressed to Kill1980 · Director, Writer3.5ActuallyLikeCasualties of War1989 · Director3.6ActuallyLikeMission to Mars2000 · Director3.0ActuallyLikePhantom of the Paradise1974 · Director, Writer3.7ActuallyLikeFemme Fatale2002 · Director, Writer3.1ActuallyLikeThe Black Dahlia2006 · Director2.8ActuallyLike
The Fury1978 · Director3.1The Bonfire of the Vanities1990 · Director, Producer2.8ActuallyLike