Brian De Palma

Director, Actor, Producer, Writer, Editor

11 September 1940 (85 years)
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 & Shows on Plex

  • Femme Fatale
    Femme Fatale2002
  • Sisters
    Sisters1973
  • Domino
    Domino2019
  • Hi, Mom!
    Hi, Mom!1970
  • Greetings
    Greetings1968
  • The Wedding Party
    The Wedding Party1969

Known For

  • Scarface
    Scarface1983
  • Mission: Impossible
    Mission: Impossible1996
  • The Untouchables
    The Untouchables1987
  • Carlito's Way
    Carlito's Way1993
  • Carrie
    Carrie1976
  • Snake Eyes
    Snake Eyes1998
  • The Black Dahlia
    The Black Dahlia2006
  • Mission to Mars
    Mission to Mars2000
  • Blow Out
    Blow Out1981
  • Dressed to Kill
    Dressed to Kill1980
  • Casualties of War
    Casualties of War1989
  • Body Double
    Body Double1984
  • Femme Fatale
    Femme Fatale2002
  • Passion
    Passion2012
  • The Bonfire of the Vanities
    The Bonfire of the Vanities1990
  • Phantom of the Paradise
    Phantom of the Paradise1974
  • Sisters
    Sisters1973
  • Redacted
    Redacted2007
  • Raising Cain
    Raising Cain1992
  • The Fury
    The Fury1978

Filmography

2006
The Black Dahlia · as Elizabeth's Screen Test Director (voice) (uncredited)
2005
1994
Rotwang muß weg! · as Famous American Movie Director
1983
Scarface · as Man Reflected In A Mirror In Babylon Club
1968
Greetings · as Man In Front Of Draft Office SmokingOn Plex

2012
2007
2002
1992
Raising Cain · as Screenplay
1984
Body Double · as Screenplay
1981
1980
1974
1972
Sisters · as ScreenplayOn Plex
1970
Hi, Mom! · as ScreenplayOn Plex
1969
1968

2025
Mr. Scorsese · as Self
2024
2023
The Moviemakers: Scorsese · as Self - Filmmaker
2022
2021
Ennio · as SelfOn Plex
2018
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael · as Self - FilmmakerOn Plex
2017
Spielberg · as Self
2017
2015
De Palma · as SelfOn Plex
2013
2009
C à Vous · as Self
2006
2004
2004
Kulturplatz · as Self
2003
Scarface: Acting · as Self
2003
2003
2003
2002
2002
2001
Short circuit · as Self
2000
Backstory (2000) · as Self
1999
1998
1997
Scene by Scene · as Self
1995
American Cinema · as Self
1995
1995
Ennio Morricone · as Self
1991
Movie Days · as Self
1991
Charlie Rose · as Self - Guest
1991
1989
1988
1988
48 Hours · as Self
1987
NPA · as Self
1978
1975
Saturday Night Live · as Self - Audience Member
1967
Omnibus (1967) · as Self

2006
Sisters · as Original Story
1998
Snake Eyes · as Story
1993
Pehla Nasha · as Original Story
1979
Home Movies · as Story
1976
Obsession · as Story
1970
Dionysus in '69 · as Director Of Photography
1968
Greetings · as Written ByOn Plex