Brian De Palma

The director who launched the cinematic era of espionage with Mission: Impossible (1996).

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Brian De Palma directed the feature film Mission: Impossible (1996), a spy thriller that launched a cinematic franchise. His career spans more than fifty years as an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. De Palma has directed thirty feature films, including the horror film Carrie (1976), the crime dramas Scarface (1983), The Untouchables (1987) and Carlito's Way (1993), and the spy thriller Mission: Impossible (1996) as well as cult favorites such as Sisters (1972), Phantom of the Paradise (1974), Dressed to Kill (1980), Blow Out (1981), Body Double (1984) and Raising Cain (1992). He also turned down the opportunity to direct Mission: Impossible 2.