Brian De Palma
September 11, 1940 (84 years old) in 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.
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- 2023 · Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy as Self
- 2022 · Ennio as Self
- 2017 · Spielberg as Self
- 2016 · De Palma as Self
- 2011 · The 'Scarface' Phenomenon as Self
- 2010 · Godard Made in USA as Self
- 2006 · The Black Dahlia as Elizabeth's Screen Test Director (voice) (uncredited)
- 2006 · Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise' as Himself
- 2005 · Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood as
- 2004 · The Autopsy as Self
- 2004 · The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast as Self
- 2004 · The Untouchables: Production Stories as Self
- 2004 · The Untouchables: The Classic as Self
- 2004 · The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre as Self
- 2004 · Kulturplatz as Self
- 2004 · Leçon de Cinéma as Self
- 2003 · The Making of 'Carlito's Way' as Self
- 2003 · Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream as Self
- 2002 · Brian De Palma : Les Années 60 as
- 2001 · The Making of 'Dressed to Kill' as Self
- 2001 · Visualizing 'Carrie' as Self
- 2001 · Acting 'Carrie' as Self
- 2001 · 'Obsession' Revisited as Self
- 2001 · Slashing 'Dressed to Kill' as Self
- 1999 · Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius as Self
- 1998 · The Making of 'Scarface' as Self
- 1997 · Scene by Scene as Self
- 1995 · Ennio Morricone as Self
- 1994 · Rotwang Must Go! as Famous American Movie Director
- 1994 · Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder as Self
- 1990 · The Scorsese Machine as Self
- 1978 · Movies Are My Life as Self
- 1968 · Greetings as Man smoking in front of draft office
- Future · Brian De Palma par Brian De Palma Leçon de cinéma as Brian De Palma