Directing, 1940
Brian De Palma
Born Sep 11, 1940, 86 years old, 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
40 titles- 2025
Mr. ScorseseSelfIMDb 8.1Show - 2023
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight CowboySelfIMDb 5.1Movie - 2022
EnnioSelfIMDb 8.3Movie - 2022
Brian De Palma par Brian De Palma Leçon de cinémaBrian De PalmaMovie - 2019Scarface: 35th Anniversary ReunionMovie
- 2017
SpielbergSelfIMDb 7.5Movie - 2016
De PalmaSelfIMDb 7.0Movie - 2014
Brian De Palma Backstage at the ParadiseIMDb 10.0Movie - 2011
The 'Scarface' PhenomenonSelfIMDb 7.0Movie - 2010
Godard Made in USASelfMovie - 2010Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the ImpossibleSelfMovie
- 2006
The Black DahliaScreen Test Director (voice) (uncredited)IMDb 5.6Movie - 2006
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'HimselfIMDb 5.5Movie - 2005
Gangland: Bullets over HollywoodIMDb 7.4Movie - 2004
KulturplatzSelfIMDb 6.0Show - 2004
Leçon de CinémaSelfIMDb 7.0Show - 2004
The Untouchables: The Script, the CastSelfIMDb 7.3Movie - 2004
The AutopsySelfIMDb 10.0Movie - 2004
The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the GenreSelfIMDb 7.5Movie - 2004
The Untouchables: Production StoriesSelfIMDb 7.3Movie - 2004
Black Dahlia ConfidentialIMDb 8.0Movie - 2004
The Untouchables: The ClassicSelfIMDb 6.5Movie - 2003
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a DreamSelfIMDb 8.7Movie - 2003Unseen + Untold: ScarfaceMovie
- 2003
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'SelfIMDb 6.0Movie - 2002
Brian De Palma : Les Années 60Movie - 2001
Acting 'Carrie'SelfIMDb 7.5Movie - 2001
Visualizing 'Carrie'SelfIMDb 6.5Movie - 2001
The Making of 'Casualties of War'SelfIMDb 7.0Movie - 2001
Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'SelfIMDb 6.7Movie - 2001
'Obsession' RevisitedSelfIMDb 7.2Movie - 2001
The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'SelfIMDb 7.0Movie - 1999
Hitchcock: Shadow of a GeniusSelfIMDb 8.5Movie - 1998
The Making of 'Scarface'SelfIMDb 8.0Movie - 1997
Scene by SceneSelfIMDb 6.0Show - 1995
Ennio MorriconeSelfIMDb 6.8Movie - 1994Rotwang Must Go!Famous American Movie DirectorIMDb 5.0Movie
- 1994
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy WonderSelfIMDb 6.0Movie - 1990
The Scorsese MachineSelfIMDb 8.0Movie - 1988
Movies Are My LifeSelfIMDb 6.8Movie