Claim: Brian De Palma is a Westerner.
Evidence: Brian Russell De Palma -LRB- born September 11 , 1940 -RRB- is an American film director and screenwriter.
The United States of America -LRB- USA -RRB- , commonly known as the United States -LRB- U.S. -RRB- or America , is a constitutional federal republic composed of 50 states , a federal district , five major self-governing territories , and various possessions.
Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico.
The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America , bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west.