Overview
Brian De Palma
Known For
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
This is not a documentary about the making of Midnight...
De Palma
An intimate conversation between filmmakers, chronicling De Palma’s 55-year career,...
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
This all-new documentary presents "Scarface" as a unique phenomenon in...
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
A 50-minute documentary on the making of the film featuring...
The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast
Brian DePalma and Art Linson discuss how the 1987 film...
The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre
Cast and crew members from The Untouchables recall the production.
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.