Brian De Palma
Awards & Honours
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Awards Won
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Honours
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Rankings
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Covers
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Records
Brian De Palma's career has been recognized with major lifetime honors, including the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival in 2007 and a Pardo d'Onore at the Locarno Film Festival in 2015. His film Carrie was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2014. He won the Cannes Best Director award for Femme Fatale in 2002, a rare achievement for a director often seen as a genre stylist. His influence is felt across generations of filmmakers, from Quentin Tarantino to Edgar Wright, who cite his visual audacity and narrative risk-taking.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
Lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival.
Pardo d'Onore (Lifetime Achievement)
Lifetime achievement award at the Locarno Film Festival.
National Film Registry
Carrie (1976) was inducted into the National Film Registry.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Lifetime achievement award at the Deauville American Film Festival.
Filmmaker on the Edge Award
Award for innovative filmmaking.
Special Tribute
Special tribute at the Telluride Film Festival.
Rankings & Lists
100 Greatest Directors
100 Greatest Directors of All Time
50 Greatest American Directors
100 Greatest Directors
The 50 Best Directors of All Time
100 Greatest Directors
Magazine Covers
Time Magazine
August 31, 1987
Brian De Palma: Hollywood's Master of Suspense
Film Comment
March/April 1981
Brian De Palma: The American Hitchcock
Empire Magazine
July 1996
Mission: Impossible – Brian De Palma
The New York Times Magazine
August 23, 1987
Brian De Palma: The Director as Provocateur
Cahiers du Cinéma
1970s
Multiple covers
Records & Feats
First director to win Cannes Best Director for an erotic thriller
Won Best Director at Cannes for Femme Fatale (2002), a film that subverts the erotic thriller genre.
Only film to win an Oscar for a De Palma film
The Untouchables (1987) won Sean Connery the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the only Oscar for any De Palma film.
Cult classic revival: Scarface
Scarface (1983) initially flopped at the box office but became one of the most successful home video releases and a hip-hop cultural touchstone.