Paul Schrader
Born: 1946-07-22 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Known For: Writing
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.
Filmography
2025
- Mr. Scorsese as Self
- Ritratti di cinema as Self
- Vulcanizadora ... (Thanks)
- Masterclass di Paul Schrader al Laceno d'Oro 48 as Self - filmmaker, guest
2024
- Oh, Canada ... (Director)
2023
- Master Gardener ... (Director)
2022
- American Gigolo ... (Characters)
- The Last Movie Stars as Self
- There Are No Saints ... (Executive Producer)
- The Book of Harth as Self
2021
- The Card Counter ... (Director)
2020
2019
2018
- First Reformed ... (Writer)
2017
- We Blew It as Self
2016
- Dog Eat Dog as El Greco
- Ken San as Self
- Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A as Self
2015
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Hitchcock/Truffaut as Self
- American Johns ... (Thanks)
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- Dying of the Light ... (Director)
2013
- The Canyons ... (Director)
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded as Self (segment Paul Schrader)
- Milius as Self
- Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self
2012
- Walk of Fame ... (Thanks)
2011
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey as Self
- Eames: The Architect and the Painter as Self
2010
- Godard Made in USA as Self
2009
- Tales from the Script as Self
- The Rules of Film Noir as Self
2008
- Adam Resurrected ... (Director)
- Murnau, Borzage and Fox as Self
- Schrader's Exorcism as Self
2007
- The Walker ... (Screenplay)
- Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute as Self
- God's Lonely Man as Self
- Producing 'Taxi Driver' as Himself
2006
2005
- Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist ... (Director)
- Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That as Self
- Raging Bull: Before the Fight as Self
2004
2003
2002
- Auto Focus ... (Director)
- Cat People: An Intimate Portrait by Paul Schrader as Self
1999
- Bringing Out the Dead ... (Screenplay)
- Forever Mine ... (Director)
- Making 'Taxi Driver' as Self
1998
- Affliction ... (Director)
1997
- Scene by Scene as Self
- Touch ... (Director)
1996
- City Hall ... (Writer)
1995
- Untitled: New Blue as Himself (uncredited)
1994
- Witch Hunt ... (Director)
1993
- Talking with Ozu as Self
1992
- Light Sleeper ... (Director)
1990
- The Comfort of Strangers ... (Director)
- Pictures of Europe as Self
- Hollywood Mavericks as Self
- Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer as Self
1988
- The Last Temptation of Christ ... (Screenplay)
- Patty Hearst ... (Director)
1987
- Light of Day ... (Director)
1986
- The Mosquito Coast ... (Screenplay)
1985
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters ... (Writer)
- Inside Mishima as Self
1984
- The Road to Bresson as Self
1982
- Cat People ... (Screenplay)
1980
- Raging Bull ... (Screenplay)
- American Gigolo ... (Director)
1979
- Hardcore ... (Director)
- Old Boyfriends ... (Writer)
1978
- Blue Collar ... (Director)
1977
- Rolling Thunder ... (Original Story)
1976
- Taxi Driver ... (Writer)
- Obsession ... (Screenplay)
1974
- The Yakuza ... (Screenplay)