Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945- 1985". Pages 262-267. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.

Has never contributed an audio commentary track to his DVDs.

Introduced Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro to one another.

Step-father of The OC actress Willa Holland.

Frequentely stars Sean Penn in his movies (Casualties of War (1989) , Carlito`s Way (1993)).

Wrote the role of the hooker in Dressed to Kill (1980) specifically with his then wife Nancy Allen in mind.

Is a Bruce Springsteen fan.

Italian-American.

Brother of photographer Bart DePalma.

Second daughter, Piper De Palma, born October 21 1996 in Palo Alto, California.

First child with Gale Anne Hurd, Lolita, born September 19, 1991.

In the 1970s, De Palma helped a close friend on a film project. He helped audition and interview actors. When the film was shot, DePalma did some uncredited writing on an opening "scrawl," a device the friend thought of at the last minute to help explain events in the film, so the audience would not be confused. The friend was George Lucas and the film was Star Wars (1977).

Uncle of actor Cameron De Palma.

De Palma bases his most famous cinematic predilection, voyeurism, on a specific childhood incident. When he was a child, his parents split up, his mother accusing his father of infidelity. The young De Palma spent several days stalking his dad with recording equipment, hoping to find evidence to confirm his mother`s suspicions.

De Palma graduated from Friends` Central School, a small quaker school outside of Philadelphia

He directed Bruce Springsteen`s "Dancing In The Dark" music video.

Won top prize in regional Science Fair in high school. Project was "An Analog Computer to Solve Differential Equations." Cf. computer nerd in Dressed to Kill (1980).

Spouse: Darnell Gregorio-De Palma (11 October 1995 - 18 April 1997) (divorced) 1 child ; Gale Anne Hurd (20 July 1991 - 1993) (divorced) 1 child; Nancy Allen (12 January 1979 - 1983) (divorced)