Known For
Writing
Born
Jul 22, 1946
Place of Birth
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Credits
91 titles
Paul Schrader
Biography
Paul Joseph Schrader (/ˈʃreɪdər/; born July 22, 1946) is an American screenwriter, film director, and film critic. He first became known for writing the screenplay of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976). He later continued his collaboration with Scorsese, writing or co-writing Raging Bull (1980), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Bringing Out the Dead (1999). Schrader has also worked extensively as a director: his 23 films include Blue Collar (1978), Hardcore (1979), American Gigolo (1980), Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), Light Sleeper (1992), Affliction (1997), and First Reformed (2017), with the last of these earning him his first Academy Award nomination. Schrader's work frequently depicts "man in a room" stories which feature isolated, troubled men confronting an existential crisis. Raised in a strict Calvinist family, Schrader attended Calvin College before pursuing film studies at UCLA on the encouragement of film critic Pauline Kael. He then worked as a film scholar and critic, publishing the book Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer (1972) before transitioning to screenwriting in 1974. The success of Taxi Driver in 1976 brought greater attention to his work, and Schrader began directing his own films, beginning with Blue Collar (co-written with his brother, Leonard Schrader). Schrader has described three of his recent films as a loose trilogy: First Reformed (2017), The Card Counter (2021), and Master Gardener (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Schrader, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Masterclass di Paul Schrader al Laceno d'Oro 48
Self - filmmaker, guest
Ritratti di cinema
Self
Mr. Scorsese
Self
Vulcanizadora
Thanks
Oh, Canada
Screenplay
Master Gardener
Director
American Gigolo
Characters
The Book of Harth
Self
The Last Movie Stars
Self
There Are No Saints
Executive Producer
The Card Counter
Director
The Beauty of Horror: Paul Schrader on The Comfort of Strangers
Self
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
Self
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
Self
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Self
First Reformed
Writer
We Blew It
Self
Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A
Self
Dog Eat Dog
El Greco
Ken San
Self
American Johns
Thanks
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Dying of the Light
Director
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Self (segment Paul Schrader)
The Canyons
Director
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self
Milius
Self
Walk of Fame
Thanks
Eames: The Architect and the Painter
Self
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self
Godard Made in USA
Self
The Rules of Film Noir
Self
Tales from the Script
Self
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
Self
Schrader's Exorcism
Self
Adam Resurrected
Director
Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute
Self
God's Lonely Man
Self
Producing 'Taxi Driver'
Himself
The Walker
Director
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Self
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
Director
Raging Bull: Before the Fight
Self
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Self
A Decade Under the Influence
Self