Brian De Palma
Known for: Directing
Born: September 11, 1940
Place of birth: 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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Filmography
80 movies · 4 TV shows, newest first
3.0
Short Cuts : Scarface de Brian de Palma
2026
8.1
Mr. Scorsese
2025
5.0
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
2023
NR
Brian De Palma par Brian De Palma Leçon de cinéma
2022
8.3
Ennio
2022
4.6
Domino
2019
7.5
Spielberg
2017
7.0
De Palma
2016
5.2
Passion
2013
2.0
Walk of Fame
2012
7.0
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
2011
NR
Godard Made in USA
2010NR
Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible
2010
6.0
Redacted
2007
4.0
Sisters
2006
5.6
The Black Dahlia
2006
5.5
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
2006
7.4
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
10.0
The Autopsy
2004
8.0
Black Dahlia Confidential
2004
7.5
The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre
2004
7.3
The Untouchables: Production Stories
2004
7.3
The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast
2004
6.5
The Untouchables: The Classic
2004
6.0
Kulturplatz
2004
7.0
Leçon de Cinéma
2004
6.0
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
2003
8.7
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
2003
6.2
Femme Fatale
2002
NR
Brian De Palma : Les Années 60
2002
7.0
The Making of 'Casualties of War'
2001
7.5
Acting 'Carrie'
2001
6.5
Visualizing 'Carrie'
2001
7.0
The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'
2001
7.3
'Obsession' Revisited
2001
6.2
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
2001
6.7
Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'
2001
6.0
Mission to Mars
2000
8.5
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999
6.7
Stir of Echoes
1999
6.2
Snake Eyes
1998
8.0
The Making of 'Scarface'
1998
6.0
Scene by Scene
1997
7.0
Mission: Impossible
1996
6.8
Ennio Morricone
19955.0
Rotwang Must Go!
1994
6.0
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
1994
7.8
Carlito's Way
1993
6.0
Pehla Nasha
1993
6.0
Raising Cain
1992
5.6
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
8.0
The Scorsese Machine
1990
NR
A Boy And His Car
1990
7.2
Casualties of War
1989
6.8
Movies Are My Life
1988
7.8
The Untouchables
1987
5.4
Wise Guys
1986
6.7
Body Double
1984
8.2
Scarface
1983
7.4
Blow Out
1981
6.9
Dressed to Kill
1980
5.4
Home Movies
1980
6.3
The Fury
1978
7.3
Carrie
1976
6.7
Obsession
1976
8.6
The Godfather Part II
1974
7.5
Phantom of the Paradise
1974
6.7
Sisters
1973
5.0
Get to Know Your Rabbit
1972
6.3
Hi, Mom!
1970
6.0
Dionysus in '69
1970
4.3
The Wedding Party
1969
7.0
To Bridge This Gap
1969
5.5
Greetings
1968
4.8
Murder à la Mod
1968
7.0
Show Me a Strong Town and I'll Show You a Strong Bank
1966
5.8
The Responsive Eye
1965
8.0
Jennifer
1964
6.4
Woton's Wake
1963
8.0
660124: The Story of an IBM Card
19619.0
Icarus
1960
NR
Sweet Vengeance
—NR
Catch and Kill
—NR
Stalkings
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