Paul Schrader

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-07-22 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Paul Schrader

Biography

Paul Joseph Schrader (born July 22, 1946) is an American screenwriter, film director, and film critic. He first became widely 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 directed 24 films, including Blue Collar (1978), Hardcore (1979), American Gigolo (1980), Cat People (1982), Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), Light Sleeper (1992), Affliction (1997), and First Reformed (2017); the latter earned him his first Academy Award no...

Acting

2007

-

2013

Milius

as Self

2016

Dog Eat Dog

as El Greco

2016

Ken San

as Self

1993

2017

We Blew It

as Self

1995

Untitled: New Blue

as Himself (uncredited)

1985

Production

1980

Raging Bull

as Screenplay

1980

American Gigolo

as Director

1987

Light of Day

as Screenplay

1987

Light of Day

as Director

1982

Cat People

as Director

1982

Cat People

as Screenplay

1986

The Mosquito Coast

as Screenplay

1997

Affliction

as Director

1999

2007

The Walker

as Director

2007

The Walker

as Screenplay

1974

The Yakuza

as Screenplay

2002

Auto Focus

as Director

1994

Witch Hunt

as Director

1992

Light Sleeper

as Director

1979

Hardcore

as Writer

1979

Hardcore

as Director

1978

Blue Collar

as Director

1997

Touch

as Director

1999

Forever Mine

as Writer

2008

Adam Resurrected

as Director

1999

Forever Mine

as Director

1988

Patty Hearst

as Director

2013

The Canyons

as Director

2022

There Are No Saints

as Executive Producer

1979

2018

1995

2022

There Are No Saints

as Screenplay

1980

2023

Master Gardener

as Director

2023

2014

2014

Dying of the Light

as Screenplay

1976

Taxi Driver

as Screenplay

2021

The Card Counter

as Screenplay

1997

Affliction

as Screenplay

2016

Dog Eat Dog

as Director

-

Bait

as Screenplay

1976

Obsession

as Screenplay

2024

Oh, Canada

as Screenplay

2024

Oh, Canada

as Director

-

-

Amber Light

as Writer

1996

City Hall

as Writer

1997

Touch

as Screenplay

1979

Old Boyfriends

as Executive Producer

1992

Light Sleeper

as Screenplay

1995

1978

Blue Collar

as Screenplay

2021

The Card Counter

as Director

2018

First Reformed

as Director

1977

Rolling Thunder

as Original Story

1976

Obsession

as Story

2015

2012

Walk of Fame

as Thanks

1977

Rolling Thunder

as Screenplay

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