Paul Schrader
Paul Joseph Schrader 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.
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Oh, Canada
writer
2024
Oh, Canada
director
2024
Master Gardener
writer
2023
Master Gardener
director
2023
The Card Counter
writer
2022
The Card Counter
director
2022
There Are No Saints
writer
2022
First Reformed
director
2018
First Reformed
writer
2018
Dog Eat Dog
writer
2016
Dog Eat Dog
actor
2016
Dog Eat Dog
director
2016
Hitchcock/Truffaut
actor
2015
Dying of the Light
director
2014
Dying of the Light
writer
2014
The Canyons
director
2013
Milius
actor
2013
Adam Resurrected
director
2009
The Walker
writer
2007
The Walker
director
2007
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
director
2005
Auto Focus
director
2003
Bringing Out the Dead
writer
2000
Forever Mine
director
1999
Forever Mine
writer
1999
Affliction
writer
1998
Affliction
director
1998
Touch
director
1997
Touch
writer
1997
City Hall
writer
1996
Light Sleeper
writer
1994
Light Sleeper
director
1994
The Comfort of Strangers
director
1990
The Last Temptation of Christ
writer
1988
Patty Hearst
director
1988
Light of Day
writer
1988
Light of Day
director
1988
The Mosquito Coast
writer
1987
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
director
1985
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
writer
1985
Cat People
director
1982
Cat People
writer
1982
Blue Collar
director
1981
Blue Collar
writer
1981
Raging Bull
writer
1981
Rolling Thunder
writer
1980
American Gigolo
director
1980
American Gigolo
writer
1980
Hardcore
director
1980
Hardcore
writer
1980
Old Boyfriends
writer
1979
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
writer
1978
Obsession
writer
1978
Taxi Driver
writer
1977
The Yakuza
writer
1975