Brian De Palma

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Brian Russell De Palma ([de ˈpalma]; born September 11, 1940) is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood generation, he is best known for his work in the suspense, crime, and psychological thriller genres in a career spanning more than five decades. De Palma became enraptured with filmmaking after seeing Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941) and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958). After enrolling at Columbia University, he enrolled at the newly coed Sarah Lawrence College; once there, influences as various impressed upon De Palma the many styles and themes that would shape his work in the coming decades. Several of his first films have become cult classics. He made his breakthrough with Carrie (1976), which was an adaptation of Stephen King's novel of the same name, and gained him prominence as a young filmmaker. De Palma has since enjoyed commercial success with The Fury (1978), Dressed to Kill (1980), The Untouchables (1987), and Mission: Impossible (1996), and made cult...

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