Brian De Palma

Brian Russell De Palma is an American film director and screenwriter. With a career spanning over 50 years, he is best known for his work in the suspense, crime and psychological thriller genres. His prominent films include Carrie, Scarface, The Untouchables, and Mission: Impossible. 
For Disney, he directed the 2000 Touchstone Pictures film Mission to Mars. According to De Palma in the 2016 documentary film about his career as a film director, De Palma was brought on board after the previous director walked away due to concerns over the lack of additional money for the budget. De Palma indicated that the film needed additional funds and that much of the budget went into the CGI for the film. When De Palma was hired the script had already been written and the film cast.
==Gallery==
Brian De Palma on the Mission to Mars set.jpg|De Palma on Location for Mission to Mars
==Trivia==
*Because De Palma is great friends with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, he attended the first screening of the rough cut for Star Wars.
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