Brian De Palma

Also known as Brian Russell De Palma, Brian DePalma, Brian Russell DePalma, DePalma, De Palma

American film director and screenwriter

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Brian De Palma is an author and artist whose work period began in 1960. He was born on September 11, 1940. His notable works include *De Palma on de Palma*, *Sisters*, *Edge of Illusion*, *Are snakes necessary?*, and *Phantom of the Paradise*. He has a presence in the Wikimedia Commons under the category "Brian De Palma."

In music contexts, Brian De Palma is classified as a group from Austin. Listeners have generated 2,948 plays, with 1,305 listeners. In academic publishing, he is associated with five works via Crossref. The Open Library lists him as an author with 13 works. His profile is referenced by 824 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 14 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works: 13

Top works

De Palma on de Palma
Sisters
Edge of Illusion
Are snakes necessary?
Phantom of the Paradise

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Group
Origin: Austin
Active from: 2013-01-07

Discography

De Palma2014

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,305
Total plays: 2,948

via Last.fm · Brian De Palma

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,474x
PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses
· 2007 · cited 31,401x
QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,945x
A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films
· 1991 · cited 26,521x
The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,174x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Brian
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Newark
Occupation: director
Languages spoken: English language
Notable work: Sisters
Field of work: film
Image: Brian De Palma (Venice 2007).jpg
Height: 180
Residence: Manhattan

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start of work period: 1960-00-00
Commons category: Brian De Palma
date of birth: 1940-09-11
unmarried partner: Elli Medeiros
described by source: UbuWeb
related category: Category:Films directed by Brian De Palma
nominated for: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
member of: Writers Guild of America, East
ethnic group: United States

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Encyclopedic overview

Brian Russell De Palma ([de ˈpalma]; born September 11, 1940) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. A major figure in the New Hollywood generation, he is best known for work in the suspense, crime, and psychological thriller genres in a career spanning five decades.

Carrie (1976), his adaptation of Stephen King's novel of the same name, gained him prominence as a young filmmaker. De Palma enjoyed commercial success with Dressed to Kill (1980), The Untouchables (1987), and Mission: Impossible (1996), and made cult classics such as Greetings (1968), Hi, Mom! (1970), Sisters (1972), Phantom of the Paradise (1974), The Fury (1978), and Scarface (1983).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brian De Palma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.