Brian De Palma

Biography

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

1. Scarface (1983) — Director
2. Mission: Impossible (1996) — Director
3. The Untouchables (1987) — Director
4. Carrie (1976) — Director
5. Carlito's Way (1993) — Director
6. Blow Out (1981) — Director
7. Mission to Mars (2000) — Director
8. Snake Eyes (1998) — Director
9. The Black Dahlia (2006) — Director
10. Dressed to Kill (1980) — Director
11. Casualties of War (1989) — Director
12. Body Double (1984) — Director
13. Phantom of the Paradise (1974) — Director
14. Femme Fatale (2002) — Director
15. The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) — Director
16. Passion (2013) — Director
17. Sisters (1973) — Director
18. The Fury (1978) — Director
19. Raising Cain (1992) — Director
20. Obsession (1976) — Director
21. Domino (2019) — Director
22. Hi, Mom! (1970) — Director
23. Redacted (2007) — Director
24. Wise Guys (1986) — Director
25. Greetings (1968) — Director
26. The Wedding Party (1969) — Director
27. Home Movies (1980) — Director
28. Murder à la Mod (1968) — Director
29. Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972) — Director
30. Dionysus in '69 (1970) — Director
31. Woton's Wake (1963) — Director
32. The Responsive Eye (1965) — Director
33. Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 (2001) — Director
34. Jennifer (1964) — Director
35. 660124: The Story of an IBM Card (1961) — Director
36. To Bridge This Gap (1969) — Director
37. Icarus (1960) — Director
38. Show Me a Strong Town and I'll Show You a Strong Bank (1966) — Director
39. Sweet Vengeance — Director
40. Catch and Kill — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Black Dahlia (2006) — Elizabeth's Screen Test Director (voice) (uncredited)
2. Ennio (2022) — Self
3. Spielberg (2017) — Self
4. De Palma (2016) — Self
5. Mr. Scorsese (2025) — Self
6. The Making of 'Scarface' (1998) — Self
7. Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood (2005)
8. The Making of 'Carlito's Way' (2003) — Self
9. Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2023) — Self
10. Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (1999) — Self
11. The 'Scarface' Phenomenon (2011) — Self
12. Acting 'Carrie' (2001) — Self
13. Visualizing 'Carrie' (2001) — Self
14. Rotwang Must Go! (1994) — Famous American Movie Director
15. Movies Are My Life (1988) — Self
16. 'Obsession' Revisited (2001) — Self
17. The Making of 'Dressed to Kill' (2001) — Self
18. Ennio Morricone (1995) — Self
19. Slashing 'Dressed to Kill' (2001) — Self
20. The Untouchables: Production Stories (2004) — Self
21. The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast (2004) — Self
22. Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream (2003) — Self
23. Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder (1994) — Self
24. Scene by Scene (1997) — Self
25. The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre (2004) — Self
26. The Untouchables: The Classic (2004) — Self
27. The Scorsese Machine (1990) — Self
28. Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise' (2006) — Himself
29. The Autopsy (2004) — Self
30. The Making of 'Casualties of War' (2001) — Self
31. Black Dahlia Confidential (2004)
32. Leçon de Cinéma (2004) — Self
33. Kulturplatz (2004) — Self
34. Brian De Palma par Brian De Palma Leçon de cinéma (2022) — Brian De Palma
35. Brian De Palma : Les Années 60 (2002)
36. Godard Made in USA (2010) — Self
37. Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible (2010) — Self