Brian De Palma
Known for: Directing
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
Series
Kulturplatz
Self
2004
Series
Mr. Scorsese
Self
2025
Series
Leçon de Cinéma
Self
2004
Film
Ennio
Self
2022
Film
The Black Dahlia
Screen Test Director (voice) (uncredited)
2006
Series
Scene by Scene
Self
1997
Film
De Palma
Self
2016
Film
Spielberg
Self
2017
Film
Acting 'Carrie'
Self
2001
Film
Godard Made in USA
Self
2010
Film
Visualizing 'Carrie'
Self
2001
Film
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
Self
2003
Film
Movies Are My Life
Self
1988
Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible
Self
2010
Film
The Making of 'Scarface'
Self
1998
Film
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
Self
1999
Film
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
Self
2023
Film
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
Self
2011
Film
The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast
Self
2004
Film
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
Self
1994
Film
Black Dahlia Confidential
2004
Film
Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'
Self
2001
Film
The Untouchables: Production Stories
Self
2004
Film
The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'
Self
2001
Film
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
Self
2003
Film
The Untouchables: The Classic
Self
2004
Film
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
Film
The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre
Self
2004
Film
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
Himself
2006
Film
The Scorsese Machine
Self
1990
Rotwang Must Go!
Famous American Movie Director
1994
Film
The Making of 'Casualties of War'
Self
2001
Film
The Autopsy
Self
2004
Film
Ennio Morricone
Self
1995
Film
Brian De Palma par Brian De Palma Leçon de cinéma
Brian De Palma
2022
Film
Brian De Palma : Les Années 60
2002
Film
'Obsession' Revisited
Self
2001