Brian De Palma

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Also Known As	Brian Russell De Palma
Born	September 11, 1940 (age 84) • Newark • New Jersey
Notable Works	“Blow Out” • “Body Double” • “Carlito’s Way” • “Carrie” • “Casualties of War” • “Domino” • “Dressed to Kill” • “Femme Fatale” • “Mission: Impossible” • “Passion” • “Phantom of the Paradise” • “Redacted” • “Scarface” • “Sisters” • “Snake Eyes” • “The Black Dahlia” • “The Bonfire of the Vanities” • “The Fury” • “The Untouchables” • “The Wedding Party” • “Wise Guys” • “Mission to Mars”

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King of the B-movies

Roger Corman

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Sam Raimi

Sam Raimi

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George A. Romero

George A. Romero

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David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg

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Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro

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Michael Cimino

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Joel Coen

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Ethan Coen

American filmmaker

Master of suspense

Alfred Hitchcock

English-born American director

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

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Orson Welles

Orson Welles

American actor, director, and writer

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

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Huston, John; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

John Huston

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Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

American director and producer

Francis Ford Coppola directing The Godfather: Part II

Francis Ford Coppola

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Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

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Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan

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William Wellman

American director

filming of Rebel Without a Cause

Nicholas Ray

American author and director

Quiz

Steve Bauer as Manny Ribera and Al Pacino as Tony Montana. Scarface (1983) directed by Brian De Palma

Scarface Quiz