Paul Schrader
Writing
Born: July 22, 1946 (age 80) · Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Highest Rated
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
Taxi Driver
1976
Raging Bull
1980
First Reformed
2018
Bringing Out the Dead
1999
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
The Card Counter
2021
American Gigolo
1980
Cat People
1982
The Mosquito Coast
1986
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
2005
Dog Eat Dog
2016
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
Photos (7)
Movies (1)
Self / Appearances (44)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 1 eps
Mr. Scorsese
Self · 5 eps
The Last Movie Stars
Self · 1 eps
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self · 3 eps
Scene by Scene
Self · 1 eps
Hollywood Mavericks
Self
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Self
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Self
Godard Made in USA
Self
Best Served Cold: How a Revenge Film was Buried for Decades
Himself
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Self
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Self (segment Paul Schrader)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self
Milius
Self
Pictures of Europe
Self
We Blew It
Self
Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A
Self
Ritratti di cinema
Self
Schrader's Exorcism
Self
Ken San
Self
Tales from the Script
Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Self
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
Self
Eames: The Architect and the Painter
Self
The Book of Harth
Self
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
Self
Making 'Taxi Driver'
Self
The Road to Bresson
Self
Producing 'Taxi Driver'
Himself
Talking with Ozu
Self
Raging Bull: Before the Fight
Self
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
Self
Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute
Self
The Rules of Film Noir
Self
God's Lonely Man
Self
Inside Mishima
Self
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
Self
Untitled: New Blue
Himself (uncredited)
The Beauty of Horror: Paul Schrader on The Comfort of Strangers
Self
Upcoming (2)
Directing (26)
The Card Counter
Director
American Gigolo
Director
Cat People
Director
First Reformed
Director
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
Director
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Director
The Comfort of Strangers
Director
Dog Eat Dog
Director
Oh, Canada
Director
Affliction
Director
Light Sleeper
Director
Master Gardener
Director
Dying of the Light
Director
Auto Focus
Director
Blue Collar
Director
The Canyons
Director
Hardcore
Director
Adam Resurrected
Director
Witch Hunt
Director
Forever Mine
Director
The Walker
Director
Light of Day
Director
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
Patty Hearst
Director
Touch
Director
Untitled: New Blue
Director
Writing (31)
Taxi Driver
Writer
Raging Bull
Screenplay
The Last Temptation of Christ
Screenplay
American Gigolo
Characters
Bringing Out the Dead
Screenplay
The Card Counter
Writer
American Gigolo
Writer
City Hall
Writer
Cat People
Screenplay
First Reformed
Writer
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Writer
The Yakuza
Screenplay
Oh, Canada
Screenplay
Affliction
Screenplay
The Mosquito Coast
Screenplay
Light Sleeper
Writer
Master Gardener
Writer
There Are No Saints
Screenplay
Dying of the Light
Screenplay
Blue Collar
Screenplay
Hardcore
Writer
Obsession
Screenplay
Obsession
Story
Rolling Thunder
Original Story
Rolling Thunder
Screenplay
Forever Mine
Writer
The Walker
Screenplay
Light of Day
Screenplay
Old Boyfriends
Writer
Touch
Screenplay
Untitled: New Blue
Writer
