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Brian De Palma Biography

Birth Name:Brian Russell De Palma

Birth Place:Newark, New Jersey, United States

Profession Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Actor, Cinematographer, Music department

Fast Facts

Earned a B․A․ in fine arts from the University of Columbia in New York City, N․Y
Attended Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, N․Y․, for his masters in fine arts and filmmaking
Quote: "My films deal with a stylized, expressionistic world that has a kind of grotesque beauty about it․"
The unaccredited co-writer of the opening crawl for the original "Star Wars" film
Began his filmmaking career with horrors and thrillers before moving on to a wide range of films that deal with real-world issues
Used to build computers when he was in high school and continues to be an enthusiast of revolutionary technologies
Won a regional science fair for his high school science project "An Analog Computer to Solve Differential Equations․"

Awards

1969Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
1969Silver Berlin Bear-: winner
1970Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
1975Grand Prize-: winner
1975Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation: nominated
1975WGA Award (Screen)-Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen: nominated
1977Grand Prize-: winner
1977Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation: nominated
1980NYFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
1981Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
1981Razzie Award-Worst Director: nominated
1984Razzie Award-Worst Director: nominated
1985Razzie Award-Worst Director: nominated
1988Blue Ribbon Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
1988César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
1988Jupiter Award-Best International Film: nominated
1989NYFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
1990Stinker Award-Worst Picture: winner
1991Razzie Award-Worst Director: nominated
1991Razzie Award-Worst Picture: nominated
1992Golden Lion-: nominated
1994Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1996Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1998Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
2000Best Film of the 1990s-Best Film: winner
2000Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
2001Razzie Award-Worst Director: nominated
2002Best Film-: nominated
2002Stinker Award-Worst Sense of Direction (Stop them before they direct again!): nominated
2006Stinker Award-Worst Sense of Direction (Stop them before they direct again!): nominated
2006Golden Lion-: nominated
2007Critics Award-Best DVD Single Disc: winner
2007Future Film Festival Digital Award-: winner
2007Silver Lion-Best Director: winner
2007Golden Lion-Best Film: nominated
2008Youth Jury Award-: winner
2008Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: winner
2010The Greatest Films of All Time-Horror: winner
2012Queer Lion Award-: nominated
2012Golden Lion-: nominated