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Brian De Palma (born September 11, 1940 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American film director.
De Palma is often cited as a leading member of the Brat Pack generation of film Directors and Actors including
George Lucas and
Steven Spielberg. For a time he was quite loyal in casting
Amy Irving and
Nancy Allen.
His works explore themes of suspense, murder, obsession, and psychiatric disorders, among others. De Palma's cinematic style is much indebted to that of
Alfred Hitchcock to whom a number of films 'Dressed to Kill', 'Blow Out' and 'Body Double' are straight homages. He is famous for using techniques of split screen, split-diopter, process shots, and long tracking shots (for example, Snake Eyes opens with an uninterupted 25 minute Steadicam shot.
Critics of DePalma accuse him of being misogynistic, and of emphasizing technical aspects of storytelling at the expense of human stories.
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