What is the net worth of legendary filmmaker Brian De Palma? Alongside directors like Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martin Scorsese (The Irishman), Brian De Palma belongs to a group dubbed the Movie Brats. This is a collection of filmmakers who emerged in the 1970s following the demise of the studio system, with De Palma being particularly influenced by the work of Alfred Hitchcock. The director would start his career with films like Greetings and The Wedding Party - which both featured early roles for Robert De Niro - and following a bad experience on comedy Get To Know Your Rabbit, he switched focus to thrillers and genre fare.
His 1972 slasher Sisters starred Margot Kidder and its modest success led to a string of projects. This includes the wonderfully odd musical Phantom Of The Paradise, which bombed on release but became a cult movie and Hitchcockian thriller Obsession. His breakthrough was directing Carrie, based on the Stephen King novel. It was both a great horror movie and heartbreaking drama, with its success cementing both King and De Palma as masters of their respective crafts. De Palma would close out the 1970s with psychic thriller The Fury and Home Movies.
The 1980s was a particularly fruitful time for Brian De Palma, kicking off with the stylish, controversial thriller Dressed To Kill. This movie's violence and sexuality drew a lot of negative attention, though it was still a success. He followed with John Travolta and Nancy Allen thriller Blow Out, which is now considered one of his best but underperformed upon release. This led to arguably his most iconic work in gangster remake Scarface. The film was again controversial for its bloody violence but its style and Al Pacino's performance saw it become a classic. The film is still in heavy rotation today and might be one of the reasons Celebrity Net Worth estimates Brian De Palma to be worth $40 million.
Brian De Palma's busy slate for the rest of the 1980s included thriller Body Double and Danny DeVito comedy Wise Guys. After those efforts bombed, he bounced back with The Untouchables, which received great reviews and earned Sean Connery an Oscar. He closed out the decade with harrowing drama Casualties Of War. Sadly, De Palma's 1990s era got off to a bad start with infamous bomb The Bonfire Of The Vanities with Melanie Griffith, Tom Hanks, and Bruce Willis. Following the movie's troubled production it was ripped to shreds by critics and seriously underperformed.
Brian DePalma went back to Hitchcock mode for John Lithgow's Raising Cain and earned great reviews for 1993's Carlito's Way, which reunited him with Al Pacino. He next took the helm of the first Mission: Impossible, which kicked off the long-running series. He brought his trademark flair to the project and his Landley sequence is still praised to this day. He finished off the decade with stylish but hollow Nic Cage thriller Snake Eyes and widely panned sci-fi epic Mission To Mars.
Brian De Palma's work from the 2000s onwards is a mixed bag, including forgotten thriller Femme Fatale, disappointing James Ellroy adaptation The Black Dahlia and war drama Redacted. De Palma's most recent works were thrillers Passion and 2019's Domino starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game Of Thrones), though he essentially disowned the latter due to disputes with producers. In 2015 the director was the subject of fascinating documentary De Palma where he spoke candidly about his work, and the doc reminded everyone of what a true talent he is.