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

• 2026Short Cuts : Scarface de Brian de Palma — Original Film Writer
• 2022Brian De Palma par Brian De Palma Leçon de cinéma — Brian De Palma
• 2019Domino — Director
• 2013Passion — Director, Writer
• 2012Walk of Fame — Thanks
• 2007Redacted — Director, Writer
• 2006Sisters — Original Story, Screenplay
• 2006The Black Dahlia — Screen Test Director (voice) (uncredited)
• 2005Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
• 2004Black Dahlia Confidential
• 2002Brian De Palma : Les Années 60
• 2002Femme Fatale — Director, Writer
• 2001Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 — Director
• 2000Mission to Mars — Director
• 1999Stir of Echoes — Thanks
• 1998Snake Eyes — Director, Producer, Story
• 1996Mission: Impossible — Director
• 1994Rotwang Must Go! — Famous American Movie Director
• 1993Carlito's Way — Director
• 1993Pehla Nasha — Original Story
• 1992Raising Cain — Screenplay, Director
• 1990A Boy And His Car — Thanks
• 1990The Bonfire of the Vanities — Producer, Director
• 1989Casualties of War — Director
• 1987The Untouchables — Director
• 1986Wise Guys — Director
• 1984Body Double — Producer, Director, Screenplay, Story
• 1983Scarface — Director
• 1981Blow Out — Director, Writer
• 1980Dressed to Kill — Director, Writer
• 1980Home Movies — Director, Story, Producer
• 1978The Fury — Director
• 1976Carrie — Director
• 1976Obsession — Director, Story
• 1974Phantom of the Paradise — Director, Writer
• 1974The Godfather Part II — Musician
• 1973Sisters — Screenplay, Director, Original Story
• 1972Get to Know Your Rabbit — Director
• 1970Dionysus in '69 — Director, Editor, Director of Photography
• 1970Hi, Mom! — Director, Screenplay, Story
• 1969The Wedding Party — Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
• 1969To Bridge This Gap — Director
• 1968Greetings — Director, Editor
• 1968Murder à la Mod — Director, Writer, Editor
• 1966Show Me a Strong Town and I'll Show You a Strong Bank — Director
• 1965The Responsive Eye — Editor, Director, Director of Photography
• 1964Jennifer — Director
• 1963Woton's Wake — Director, Writer
• 1961660124: The Story of an IBM Card — Director
• 1960Icarus — Director
• Catch and Kill — Director, Writer
• Stalkings — Director
• Sweet Vengeance — Writer, Director

Appearances as themselves (31)

• Mr. Scorsese — Self
• 2023Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy — Self
• 2022Ennio — Self
• 2017Spielberg — Self
• 2016De Palma — Self
• 2011The 'Scarface' Phenomenon — Self
• 2010Godard Made in USA — Self
• 2010Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible — Self
• 2006Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise' — Himself
• Kulturplatz — Self
• Leçon de Cinéma — Self
• 2004The Autopsy — Self
• 2004The Untouchables: Production Stories — Self
• 2004The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre — Self
• 2004The Untouchables: The Classic — Self
• 2004The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast — Self
• 2003Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream — Self
• 2003The Making of 'Carlito's Way' — Self
• 2001'Obsession' Revisited — Self
• 2001Acting 'Carrie' — Self
• 2001Slashing 'Dressed to Kill' — Self
• 2001The Making of 'Casualties of War' — Self
• 2001The Making of 'Dressed to Kill' — Self
• 2001Visualizing 'Carrie' — Self
• 1999Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius — Self
• 1998The Making of 'Scarface' — Self
• Scene by Scene — Self
• 1995Ennio Morricone — Self
• 1994Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder — Self
• 1990The Scorsese Machine — Self
• 1988Movies Are My Life — Self