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Brian De Palma

Born: 1940-09-11

From: Newark, New Jersey, USA

About: 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.


Film credits:

Acting 'Carrie'
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Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'
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Visualizing 'Carrie'
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Ennio
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The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
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The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre
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The Untouchables: Production Stories
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The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast
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The Untouchables: The Classic
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Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
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Rotwang Must Go!
Famous American Movie Director
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The Black Dahlia
Elizabeth's Screen Test Director (voice) (uncredited)
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Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
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Brian De Palma par Brian De Palma Leçon de cinéma
Brian De Palma
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Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
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The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
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De Palma
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Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
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Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
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The Making of 'Scarface'
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Movies Are My Life
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'Obsession' Revisited
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The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'
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The Scorsese Machine
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Spielberg
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Brian De Palma : Les Années 60
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Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
Himself
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Greetings
Man smoking in front of draft office (uncredited)
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The Autopsy
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Ennio Morricone
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Godard Made in USA
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The Making of 'Casualties of War'
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Black Dahlia Confidential
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