# Brian De Palma filmography

Brian De Palma is an American filmmaker whose work spans thirty films, which include horror film Carrie (1976), the crime dramas Scarface (1983), The Untouchables (1987) and Carlito's Way (1993), the spy thriller Mission: Impossible (1996), as well as cult favorites such as Sisters (1972), Phantom of the Paradise (1974), Dressed to Kill (1980), Blow Out (1981), Body Double (1984) and Raising Cain (1992).

## Filmography
### Feature films

| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Editor | Notes |
| 1968 | Murder a la Mod | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
| 1968 | Greetings | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Actor: Man in Front of Draft Office Smoking (Uncredited) |
| 1969 | The Wedding Party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-directed with Wilford Leach and Cynthia Munroe |
| 1970 | Hi, Mom! | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 1970 | Dionysus in '69 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Co-directed with Robert Fiore and Bruce Joel Rubin Also Cinematographer |
| 1972 | Get to Know Your Rabbit | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 1972 | Sisters | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 1974 | Phantom of the Paradise | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 1976 | Obsession | Yes | Story | No | No | |
| 1976 | Carrie | Yes | No | Uncredited | No | |
| 1978 | The Fury | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 1979 | Home Movies | Yes | Story | Yes | No | |
| 1980 | Dressed to Kill | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 1981 | Blow Out | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 1983 | Scarface | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 1984 | Body Double | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 1986 | Wise Guys | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 1987 | The Untouchables | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 1989 | Casualties of War | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 1990 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| 1992 | Raising Cain | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 1993 | Carlito's Way | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 1996 | Mission: Impossible | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 1998 | Snake Eyes | Yes | Story | Yes | No | |
| 2000 | Mission to Mars | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 2002 | Femme Fatale | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 2006 | The Black Dahlia | Yes | No | No | No | Actor: Elizabeth's Screen Test Director (Voice Only - Uncredited) |
| 2007 | Redacted | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 2012 | Passion | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 2015 | De Palma | No | No | No | No | Documentary (main subject) |
| 2019 | Domino | Yes | No | No | No | |

### Short films

| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Editor | DoP | Notes |
| 1960 | Icarus | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 1961 | 660124: The Story of an IBM Card | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 1962 | Woton's Wake | Yes | Yes | No | No | Midwest Film Festival 1963 |
| 1964 | Jennifer | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 1966 | The Responsive Eye | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Documentary shorts |
| 1966 | Show Me a Strong Town and I'll Show You a Strong Bank | Yes | No | No | No | Documentary shorts |
| 1969 | To Bridge This Gap | Yes | No | No | No | Documentary shorts |

### Music videos

| Year | Title | Artist |
| 1984 | "Dancing in the Dark" | Bruce Springsteen |

## Unrealized projects

| Year | Title and description |
| 1970s | A film adaptation of John Guare's one-act play Cop-Out starring Al Pacino |
| 1970s | Fuzz |
| 1970s | "Shooting Script", an episode of the TV series Columbo with Jay Cocks |
| 1970s | The Black Bird |
| 1970s | A film adaptation of Gerald Walker's novel Cruising |
| 1970s | The Stepford Wives |
| 1970s | Taxi Driver starring Melanie Griffith as Iris Steensma |
| 1970s | A film adaptation of Terry Garrity's novel The Sensuous Woman with Louise Lasser and Jeannie Sakol |
| 1970s | A film adaptation of Alfred Bester's novel The Demolished Man with John Farris |
| 1970s | A film adaptation of Mary Higgins Clark's novel Where Are the Children? with John Farris |
| 1970s | A film adaptation of Robert Stone's novel Dog Soldiers |
| 1970s | Untitled comedy with Jay Cocks featuring a character that resembles Truman Capote |
| 1970s | A film adaptation of Robert Daley's novel Prince of the City with David Rabe starring John Travolta |
| 1980s | Treasure, a contemporary-set film adaptation of B. Traven's novel The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| 1980s | A film adaptation of Trevor Armbrister's novel Act of Vengeance |
| 1980s | A film adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel Congo |
| 1980s | Starfire, a science fiction film with Steven Spielberg |
| 1980s | Fire, a musical drama loosely based on the life of Jim Morrison starring John Travolta |
| 1980s | Carpool, a thriller written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale described as "Rear Window on wheels" |
| 1980s | A film adaptation of Hubert Selby Jr.'s novel Last Exit to Brooklyn |
| 1980s | A remake of the 1951 film Ace in the Hole written by David Mamet |
| 1990s | A remake of the 1960 film The Magnificent Seven with Daniel Pyne set within the Medellín Cartel |
| 1990s | The Ghost and the Darkness |
| 1990s | The Truman Show |
| 1990s | Ambrose Chapel, a psychological thriller with Jay Cocks starring Brad Pitt, Liam Neeson, Tea Leoni, Martin Sheen and Madonna |
| 1990s | Nazi Gold, an action thriller with Jay Cocks about a commercial producer who becomes involved in a plot to steal Nazi bullion from a Swiss vault |
| 1990s | Mr. Hughes, a biopic written by David Koepp about the life of Howard Hughes starring Nicolas Cage |
| 2000s | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind |
| 2000s | A film adaptation of Gardner McKay's novel Toyer starring Colin Firth |
| 2000s | Tru Blu, a biopic written by Steven Zaillian about drug trafficker Frank Lucas |
| 2000s | The Untouchables: Capone Rising, a prequel to his film The Untouchables written by Brian Koppelman and David Levien starring Gerard Butler |
| 2000s | A film adaptation of William Boyd's novel The Blue Afternoon |
| 2000s | Print the Legend, a film about the process of "selling" the Iraq War to the U.S. homefront |
| 2000s | Untitled political thriller |
| 2000s | A film adaptation of Susan Kelly's novel The Boston Stranglers written by Alan Rosen |
| 2000s | A remake of the 1951 film noir His Kind of Woman |
| 2010s | Paranormal Activity 2 |
| 2010s | The Key Man, a "paranoia thriller" written by Joby Harold about a single father whose body contains answers to national secrets |
| 2010s | Wild Card |
| 2010s | Paterno, retitled from Happy Valley |
| 2010s | Magic Hour, a loose adaptation of Émile Zola's novel Thérèse Raquin starring Emily Mortimer |
| 2010s | Retribution, a remake of the 2003 film The Alzheimer Case starring Al Pacino |
| 2010s | Lights Out, an action thriller written by Lamont Magee and Jeff W. Byrd about a blind Chinese girl's involvement in a secret assassination program |
| 2010s | A film adaptation of Sascha Arango's novel The Truth and Other Lies |
| 2010s | Catch and Kill, retitled from Predator, a horror film inspired by the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases |
| 2010s | Sweet Vengeance, a crime drama "inspired by two true stories of murder" starring Wagner Moura |
| 2010s | Newton 1861, a remake of the French TV series Un village français set in Kentucky, during the Civil War |
| 2010s | A remake of the 1998 film noir Palmetto |
| 2020s | Untitled film |
He also turned down the opportunities to direct Hurricane, Flashdance, The Sicilian, Fatal Attraction, Schindler's List and Mission: Impossible 2.