1940 - Today
Brian Russell De Palma ([de ˈpalma]; born September 11, 1940) is an American film director and screenwriter. With a career spanning over 50 years, he is best known for work in the suspense, crime and psychological thriller genres. His films include mainstream box office hits such as Carrie (1976), Dressed to Kill (1980), Scarface (1983), The Untouchables (1987), and Mission: Impossible (1996), as well as cult favorites such as Sisters (1972), Phantom of the Paradise (1974), Blow Out (1981), Body Double (1984), Casualties of War (1989), and Carlito's Way (1993).De Palma was a leading member of the New Hollywood generation of film directors. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian De Palma has received more than 6,307,266 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Brian De Palma is the 53rd most popular film director (down from 39th in 2019), the 396th most popular biography from United States (down from 282nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Film Director.
Brian de Palma is most famous for directing such films as Scarface, The Untouchables, Carrie, and The Black Dahlia.
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Among film directors, Brian De Palma ranks 53 out of 1,581. Before him are Éric Rohmer, Abbas Kiarostami, Jacques Tati, Emir Kusturica, Takeshi Kitano, and William Wyler. After him are Sydney Pollack, Roger Vadim, Theo Angelopoulos, Werner Herzog, Isao Takahata, and Robert Zemeckis.
1920 - 2010
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 47
1940 - 2016
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 48
1907 - 1982
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 49
1954 - Present
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 50
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 51
1902 - 1981
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 52
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 53
1934 - 2008
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 54
1928 - 2000
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 55
1935 - 2012
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 56
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 57
1935 - 2018
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 58
1952 - Present
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 59
Among people born in 1940, Brian De Palma ranks 28. Before him are Julie Christie, Gao Xingjian, Pina Bausch, Zodiac Killer, Giorgio Moroder, and Abbas Kiarostami. After him are J. M. G. Le Clézio, Patrick Stewart, Michel Temer, John Hurt, Kip Thorne, and Joseph Brodsky.
1940 - Present
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 22
1940 - Present
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 23
1940 - 2009
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 24
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 25
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 26
1940 - 2016
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 27
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 28
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 29
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 30
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 31
1940 - 2017
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 32
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 33
1940 - 1996
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 34
Among people born in United States, Brian De Palma ranks 396 out of 18,182. Before him are Gertrude B. Elion (1918), Jerome Bruner (1915), Carroll Shelby (1923), Shirley Temple (1928), Henry Clay (1777), and Jodie Foster (1962). After him are Michael Clarke Duncan (1957), Dianne Wiest (1946), Paul Ekman (1934), Sydney Pollack (1934), Franklin Pierce (1804), and Sylvia Plath (1932).
1918 - 1999
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 390
1915 - 2016
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 391
1923 - 2012
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 392
1928 - 2014
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 393
1777 - 1852
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 394
1962 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 395
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 396
1957 - 2012
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 397
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 398
1934 - Present
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 399
1934 - 2008
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 400
1804 - 1869
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 401
1932 - 1963
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 402
Among film directors born in United States, Brian De Palma ranks 11. Before him are Francis Ford Coppola (1939), David Lynch (1946), George Lucas (1944), Quentin Tarantino (1963), John Ford (1894), and Tim Burton (1958). After him are Sydney Pollack (1934), Robert Zemeckis (1952), Oliver Stone (1946), Stephen Hillenburg (1961), Terry Gilliam (1940), and Chuck Jones (1912).
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 5
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 6
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 7
1963 - Present
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 8
1894 - 1973
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 9
1958 - Present
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 10
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 11
1934 - 2008
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 12
1952 - Present
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 13
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 14
1961 - 2018
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 15
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 16
1912 - 2002
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 17