Brian De Palma
Birth Name:
Brian Russell De Palma
Birth Place:
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Profession
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Actor, Cinematographer, Music department
Fast Facts
- Attended Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, N․Y․, for his masters in fine arts and filmmaking
- Earned a B․A․ in fine arts from the University of Columbia in New York City, N․Y
- Quote: "My films deal with a stylized, expressionistic world that has a kind of grotesque beauty about it․"
- Began his filmmaking career with horrors and thrillers before moving on to a wide range of films that deal with real-world issues
- The unaccredited co-writer of the opening crawl for the original "Star Wars" film
- 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 BearNominated
- 1969Silver Berlin BearWinner
- 1970Golden Berlin BearNominated
- 1975Grand PrizeWinner
- 1975Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation:Nominated
- 1975WGA Award (Screen) - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen:Nominated
- 1977Grand PrizeWinner
- 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 Picture:Nominated
- 1991Razzie Award - Worst Director:Nominated
- 1992Golden LionNominated
- 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
- 2002Felix - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
- 2002Felix - Best Director:Nominated
- 2002Best FilmNominated
- 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 LionNominated
- 2007Critics Award - Best DVD Single Disc:Winner
- 2007Future Film Festival Digital AwardWinner
- 2007Silver Lion - Best Director:Winner
- 2007Golden Lion - Best Film:Nominated
- 2008Youth Jury AwardWinner
- 2008Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Winner
- 2010The Greatest Films of All Time - Horror:Winner
- 2012Queer Lion AwardNominated
- 2012Golden LionNominated