Name: Brian De Palma
Date of Birth: 11 September 1940 Won top prize in regional Science Fair in high school. Project was "An Analog Computer to Solve Differential Equations." Cf. computer nerd in Dressed to Kill (1980). De Palma graduated from Friends' Central School, a small quaker school outside of Philadelphia De Palma bases his most famous cinematic predilection, voyeurism, on a specific childhood incident. When he was a child, his parents split up, his mother accusing his father of infidelity. The young De Palma spent several days stalking his dad with recording equipment, hoping to find evidence to confirm his mother's suspicions. ... Uncle of actor Cameron De Palma. In the 1970s, De Palma helped a close friend on a film project. He helped audition and interview actors. When the film was shot, DePalma did some uncredited writing on an opening "scrawl," a device the friend thought of at the last minute to help explain events in the film, so the audience would not be confused. The friend was George Lucas and the film was Star Wars (1977). First child with Gale Anne Hurd, Lolita, born September 19, 1991. Second daughter, Piper De Palma, born October 21 1996 in Palo Alto, California. Brother of photographer Bart DePalma. Italian-American. Is a Bruce Springsteen fan and directed him in the "Dancing In The Dark" music video. Wrote the role of the hooker in Dressed to Kill (1980) specifically with his then wife Nancy Allen in mind. Has never contributed an audio commentary track to his DVDs. Step-father of The OC actress Willa Holland. Received a special thanks credit in Mean Streets (1973) for introducing Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro to one another. Read more Brian De Palma movies (director)User Comments |
