Director
Brian De Palma
Born 1940 · 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.
Directed
Scarface
Director · 1983
The Untouchables
Director · 1987
Mission: Impossible
Director · 1996
Carlito's Way
Director · 1993
Carrie
Director · 1976
Blow Out
Director · 1981
Casualties of War
Director · 1989
Phantom of the Paradise
Director · 1974
Dressed to Kill
Director · 1980
Body Double
Director · 1984
Snake Eyes
Director · 1998
Mission to Mars
Director · 2000
Sisters
Director · 1973
Femme Fatale
Director · 2002
The Black Dahlia
Director · 2006
Obsession
Director · 1976
The Fury
Director · 1978
Raising Cain
Director · 1992
Acting
Ennio
Self · 2022
Spielberg
Self · 2017
The Black Dahlia
Elizabeth's Screen Test Director (voice) (uncredited) · 2006
De Palma
Self · 2016
Mr. Scorsese
Self · 2025
The Making of 'Scarface'
Self · 1998
The Autopsy
Self · 2004
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
Self · 1999
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
Self · 2003
The Scorsese Machine
Self · 1990
Acting 'Carrie'
Self · 2001
'Obsession' Revisited
Self · 2001
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
Self · 2011
The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast
Self · 2004
The Untouchables: Production Stories
Self · 2004
The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre
Self · 2004
The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'
Self · 2001
Ennio Morricone
Self · 1995
Movies Are My Life
Self · 1988
Visualizing 'Carrie'
Self · 2001
Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'
Self · 2001
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
Self · 2003
Leçon de Cinéma
Self · 2004
The Making of 'Casualties of War'
Self · 2001
Writing
Blow Out
Writer · 1981
Phantom of the Paradise
Writer · 1974
Dressed to Kill
Writer · 1980
Body Double
Screenplay · 1984
Snake Eyes
Story · 1998
Sisters
Screenplay · 1973
Femme Fatale
Writer · 2002
Obsession
Story · 1976
Raising Cain
Screenplay · 1992
Hi, Mom!
Screenplay · 1970
Passion
Writer · 2013
Redacted
Writer · 2007