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Brian De Palma filmography

Brian De Palma is an American filmmaker whose work spans thirty films, which include horror film Carrie (1976), the crime dramas Scarface (1983), The Untouchables (1987) and Carlito's Way (1993), the spy thriller Mission: Impossible (1996), as well as cult favorites such as Sisters (1972), Phantom of the Paradise (1974), Dressed to Kill (1980), Blow Out (1981), Body Double (1984) and Raising Cain (1992).

Filmography

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Feature films

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Year Title Director Writer Producer Editor Notes
1968 Murder a la Mod Yes Yes No Yes
Greetings Yes Yes No Yes Actor: Man in Front of Draft Office Smoking (Uncredited)
1969 The Wedding Party Yes Yes Yes Yes Co-directed with Wilford Leach and Cynthia Munroe
1970 Hi, Mom! Yes Yes No No
Dionysus in '69 Yes No No Yes Co-directed with Robert Fiore and Bruce Joel Rubin
Also Cinematographer
1972 Get to Know Your Rabbit Yes No No No
Sisters Yes Yes No No
1974 Phantom of the Paradise Yes Yes No No
1976 Obsession Yes Story No No
Carrie Yes No Uncredited No
1978 The Fury Yes No No No
1979 Home Movies Yes Story Yes No
1980 Dressed to Kill Yes Yes No No
1981 Blow Out Yes Yes No No
1983 Scarface Yes No No No
1984 Body Double Yes Yes Yes No
1986 Wise Guys Yes No No No
1987 The Untouchables Yes No No No
1989 Casualties of War Yes No No No
1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities Yes No Yes No
1992 Raising Cain Yes Yes No No
1993 Carlito's Way Yes No No No
1996 Mission: Impossible Yes No No No
1998 Snake Eyes Yes Story Yes No
2000 Mission to Mars Yes No No No
2002 Femme Fatale Yes Yes No No
2006 The Black Dahlia Yes No No No Actor: Elizabeth's Screen Test Director (Voice Only - Uncredited)
2007 Redacted Yes Yes No No
2012 Passion Yes Yes No No
2015 De Palma No No No No Documentary (main subject)
2019 Domino Yes No No No

Short films

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Year Title Director Writer Editor DoP Notes
1960 Icarus Yes No No No
1961 660124: The Story of an IBM Card Yes No No No
1962 Woton's Wake Yes Yes No No Midwest Film Festival 1963[1]
1964 Jennifer Yes No No No
1966 The Responsive Eye Yes No Yes Yes Documentary shorts
Show Me a Strong Town and I'll Show You a Strong Bank Yes No No No
1969 To Bridge This Gap Yes No No No

Music videos

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Year Title Artist
1984 "Dancing in the Dark" Bruce Springsteen

Unrealized projects

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Year Title and description Ref.
1970s A film adaptation of John Guare's one-act play Cop-Out starring Al Pacino [2]
Fuzz [3][4][5][a]
A film adaptation of Terry Garrity's novel The Sensuous Woman co-written with Louise Lasser and Jeannie Sakol starring William Finley [7][8]
"Shooting Script", an episode of the TV series Columbo co-written with Jay Cocks [9][10]
The Black Bird [11]
A film adaptation of Gerald Walker's novel Cruising [12]
The Stepford Wives [13][14]
Taxi Driver starring Melanie Griffith as Iris Steensma [15][16][17]
A film adaptation of Alfred Bester's novel The Demolished Man co-written with John Farris [18][19][20][21][22][23][b]
A film adaptation of Mary Higgins Clark's novel Where Are the Children? co-written with John Farris [24]
A film adaptation of Robert Stone's novel Dog Soldiers [25]
An untitled comedy co-written with Jay Cocks featuring a character that resembles Truman Capote [26]
A film adaptation of Robert Daley's novel Prince of the City co-written with David Rabe starring John Travolta [27]
1980s Treasure, a contemporary-set film adaptation of B. Traven's novel The Treasure of the Sierra Madre [28][29]
A film adaptation of Trevor Armbrister's novel Act of Vengeance [30][25][31]
A film adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel Congo [32]
Starfire, a science fiction film with Steven Spielberg
Fire, a musical drama loosely based on the life of Jim Morrison starring John Travolta [31][33][34]
Carpool, a thriller written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale described as "Rear Window on wheels" [35][36]
Fatal Attraction [37][38]
A film adaptation of Hubert Selby Jr.'s novel Last Exit to Brooklyn [39]
Rapture, a screenplay co-written with Christopher Crowe [40]
A remake of the 1951 film Ace in the Hole written by David Mamet [2]
1990s A remake of the 1960 film The Magnificent Seven co-written with Daniel Pyne set within the Medellín Cartel [2][41][42]
The Ghost and the Darkness [43]
The Truman Show [44][45][46]
Ambrose Chapel, a psychological thriller co-written with Jay Cocks starring Brad Pitt, Liam Neeson, Téa Leoni, Martin Sheen and Madonna [47][48][49][50]
Blackwater, retitled from The Safe House, a screenplay from a story co-written by De Palma with David Koepp to be directed by Koepp [51][52]
Nazi Gold, an action thriller co-written with Jay Cocks about a plot to steal Nazi bullion starring Richard Dreyfuss [53][54]
Mr. Hughes, a biopic written by David Koepp about the life of Howard Hughes starring Nicolas Cage, Warren Beatty, Tia Carrere, Patricia Clarkson and Adam West [55][56][20][57][58]
2000s Confessions of a Dangerous Mind [59]
A film adaptation of Gardner McKay's one-act play Toyer starring Juliette Binoche and Colin Firth [20][60][61][62][63]
Tru Blu, a biopic written by Steven Zaillian about drug trafficker Frank Lucas [64]
The Untouchables: Capone Rising, a prequel to his film The Untouchables written by Brian Koppelman, David Levien and David Rabe starring Gerard Butler [65][66][67]
A film adaptation of William Boyd's novel The Blue Afternoon [68]
Print the Legend, a film about the process of "selling" the Iraq War to the U.S. homefront [69][70]
Tabloid, a political thriller inspired by Democratic presidential nominee John Edwards [69][70][71]
A film adaptation of Susan Kelly's novel The Boston Stranglers written by Alan Rosen [72][73]
A remake of the 1951 film noir His Kind of Woman [74]
2010s Paranormal Activity 2 [75]
Parker [76]
The Key Man, a "paranoia thriller" written by Joby Harold about a single father whose body contains answers to national secrets [77][78]
Wild Card [79][80][81]
Paterno, retitled from Happy Valley, a biopic written by David McKenna about Joe Paterno starring Al Pacino and John Carroll Lynch [82][83][84][85][86]
Magic Hour, a loose adaptation of Émile Zola's novel Thérèse Raquin starring Emily Mortimer [87][88][89]
Retribution, a remake of the 2003 film The Alzheimer Case starring Al Pacino [90][86]
An untitled film to be shot in Canada starring Ashton Kutcher [c][92]
Lights Out, an action thriller about a blind Chinese girl written by Lamont Magee and Jeff W. Byrd starring Christina Wu [93][94][95][96]
A film adaptation of Sascha Arango's novel The Truth and Other Lies [97]
Catch and Kill, retitled from Predator, a horror film inspired by the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases [98][99][100][101][102]
Sweet Vengeance, a crime drama "inspired by two true stories of murder" starring Wagner Moura [103][104][105][106]
Clarksville 1861, retitled from Newton 1861, a TV remake of the French series Un village français set in Kentucky during the Civil War [107][108][109][110]
A remake of the 1998 film noir Palmetto [111]
2020s An untitled film [112]

He also turned down the opportunities to direct Hurricane,[5][113] Flashdance,[38] The Sicilian,[114] Schindler's List[115][116] and Mission: Impossible 2.[102]

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