Brian De Palma
Directing Born: 1940-09-11 Age: 85 Newark, New Jersey, USA
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.
Movies
De Palma
Greetings
The Black Dahlia
The Scorsese Machine
Ennio
Visualizing 'Carrie'
Acting 'Carrie'
Spielberg
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
The Making of 'Scarface'
The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'
Godard Made in USA
Rotwang Must Go!
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
The Autopsy
Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'
Movies Are My Life
