Brian De Palma

Known for directing · Born 11 September 1940 · 86 · Newark, New Jersey, USA

85 credits

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

Scarface

1983

Mission: Impossible

1996

The Untouchables

1987

Carrie

1976

Carlito's Way

1993

Blow Out

1981

Mission to Mars

2000

Snake Eyes

1998

The Black Dahlia

2006

Dressed to Kill

1980

Casualties of War

1989

Body Double

1984

Acting (37)

2025Mr. ScorseseSelf · 5 episodesSeries

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

2022EnnioSelfFilm

2022Brian De Palma par Brian De Palma Leçon de cinémaBrian De PalmaFilm

2017SpielbergSelfFilm

2016De PalmaSelfFilm

2011The 'Scarface' PhenomenonSelfFilm

2010Godard Made in USASelfFilm

2010Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the ImpossibleSelfFilm

2006The Black DahliaScreen Test Director (voice) (uncredited)Film

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

2005Gangland: Bullets over HollywoodFilm

2004The Untouchables: Production StoriesSelfFilm

2004The Untouchables: The Script, the CastSelfFilm

2004The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the GenreSelfFilm

2004The Untouchables: The ClassicSelfFilm

2004The AutopsySelfFilm

2004Black Dahlia ConfidentialFilm

2004Leçon de CinémaSelfSeries

2004KulturplatzSelfSeries

2003The Making of 'Carlito's Way'SelfFilm

2003Femme Fatale: Dream Within a DreamSelfFilm

2002Brian De Palma : Les Années 60Film

2001Acting 'Carrie'SelfFilm

2001Visualizing 'Carrie'SelfFilm

2001'Obsession' RevisitedSelfFilm

2001The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'SelfFilm

2001Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'SelfFilm

2001The Making of 'Casualties of War'SelfFilm

1999Hitchcock: Shadow of a GeniusSelfFilm

1998The Making of 'Scarface'SelfFilm

1997Scene by SceneSelfSeries

1995Ennio MorriconeSelfFilm

1994Rotwang Must Go!Famous American Movie DirectorFilm

1994Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy WonderSelfFilm

1990The Scorsese MachineSelfFilm

1988Movies Are My LifeSelfFilm

Crew (3)

2012Walk of FameThanksFilm

1999Stir of EchoesThanksFilm

1990A Boy And His CarThanksFilm

Directing (40)

2019DominoDirectorFilm

2013PassionDirector, WriterFilm

2007RedactedDirector, WriterFilm

2006The Black DahliaDirectorFilm

2002Femme FataleDirector, WriterFilm

2001Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000DirectorFilm

2000Mission to MarsDirectorFilm

1998Snake EyesDirector, Producer, StoryFilm

1996Mission: ImpossibleDirectorFilm

1993Carlito's WayDirectorFilm

1992Raising CainDirector, ScreenplayFilm

1990The Bonfire of the VanitiesDirector, ProducerFilm

1989Casualties of WarDirectorFilm

1987The UntouchablesDirectorFilm

1986Wise GuysDirectorFilm

1984Body DoubleDirector, Screenplay, Producer, StoryFilm

1983ScarfaceDirectorFilm

1981Blow OutDirector, WriterFilm

1980Dressed to KillDirector, WriterFilm

1980Home MoviesDirector, Story, ProducerFilm

1978The FuryDirectorFilm

1976CarrieDirectorFilm

1976ObsessionDirector, StoryFilm

1974Phantom of the ParadiseDirector, WriterFilm

1973SistersDirector, Screenplay, Original StoryFilm

1972Get to Know Your RabbitDirectorFilm

1970Hi, Mom!Director, Screenplay, StoryFilm

1970Dionysus in '69Director, Editor, Director of PhotographyFilm

1969The Wedding PartyDirector, Writer, Producer, EditorFilm

1969To Bridge This GapDirectorFilm

1968GreetingsDirector, EditorFilm

1968Murder à la ModDirector, Writer, EditorFilm

1966Show Me a Strong Town and I'll Show You a Strong BankDirectorFilm

1964JenniferDirectorFilm

1963Woton's WakeDirector, WriterFilm

1961660124: The Story of an IBM CardDirectorFilm

1960IcarusDirectorFilm

—Sweet VengeanceDirector, WriterFilm

—Catch and KillDirector, WriterFilm

—StalkingsDirectorFilm

Editing (1)

1965The Responsive EyeEditor, Director, Director of PhotographyFilm

Sound (1)

1974The Godfather Part IIMusicianFilm

Writing (3)

2026Short Cuts : Scarface de Brian de PalmaOriginal Film WriterFilm

2006SistersOriginal Story, ScreenplayFilm

1993Pehla NashaOriginal StoryFilm