Brian De Palma

Brian De Palma (born James Giacinto DePalma on September 11, 1940 in Newark, New Jersey) is a prolific American film director. His best known movies include Scarface, The Untouchables, and Carlito's Way.

He is also notable in Star Wars history as the director of Carrie, since the pre-production process for Carrie coincided with that for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (then simply Star Wars.) De Palma and George Lucas held joint auditions for the two films. It is frequently rumored that De Palma would have cast Carrie Fisher in Carrie's title role, but she refused to do the required nude scenes. However, Fisher denied this rumor in an interview with Premiere magazine.

De Palma is also said to have helped to write the opening crawl for A New Hope.