Brian De Palma Biography
Brian De Palma is the son of a surgeon. He studied physics but at the same time felt his dedication for the movies and made some short films. After seven independent productions he had his first success with
Sisters and his voyeuristic style. Restlessly he worked on big projects with the script writers
Paul Schrader,
John Farris and 'Oliver Stone' . He also filmed a novel of
Stephen King:
Carrie. Another important film was
The Untouchables with a script by
David Mamet adapted from the TV series.
Trivia

Won top prize in regional Science Fair in high school. Project was "An Analog Computer to Solve Differential Equations." Cf. computer nerd in "Dressed to Kill"

He directed Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing In The Dark" music video.

De Palma graduated from Friends' Central School, a small quaker school outside of Philadelphia

De Palma bases his most famous cinematic predilection, voyeurism, on a specific childhood incident. When he was a child, his parents split up, his mother accusing his father of infidelity. The young De Palma spent several days stalking his dad with recording equipment, hoping to find evidence to confirm his mother's suspicions.

Uncle of actor
Cameron De Palma

In the 1970s, De Palma helped a close friend on a film project. He helped audition and interview actors. When the film was shot, DePalma did some uncredited writing on an opening "scrawl", a device the friend thought of at the last minute to help explain events in the film, so the audience would not be confused. The friend was
George Lucas and the film was
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope.

First child with 'Hurd, Gale Anne' , Lolita, born September 19, 1991.

Second daughter, Piper De Palma, born October 21 1996 in Palo Alto, California.

Brother of photographer
Bart DePalma

Italian-American.

Is a Bruce Springsteen fan

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 262-267. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.

Wrote the role of the hooker in "Dressed To Kill" specifically with his then wife Nancy Allen in mind.

Frequentely stars Sean Penn in his movies (Casualties of War, Carlito's Way)

Has never contributed an audio commentary track to his DVDs.

Step-father of The OC actress Willa Holland
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