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Paul Schrader

Born
1946-07-22
Birthplace
Grand Rapids,
Michigan
USA
Born
1946-07-22
Birthplace
Grand Rapids, Michigan
USA
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 (19......

Profile of Paul Schrader

Paul Schrader

Born
1946-07-22
Birthplace
Grand Rapids, Michigan
USA
Born
1946-07-22
Birthplace
Grand Rapids, Michigan
USA
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).

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Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

2014

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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

2015

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Taxi Driver poster

1976

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Raging Bull poster

1980

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American Gigolo poster

2022

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey poster

2011

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First Reformed poster

2018

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Bringing Out the Dead poster

1999

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The Last Temptation of Christ poster

1988

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The Card Counter poster

2021

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American Gigolo poster

1980

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Cat People poster

1982

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The Mosquito Coast poster

1986

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Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist poster

2005

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Dog Eat Dog poster

2016

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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters poster

1985

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Dying of the Light poster

2014

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Master Gardener poster

2023

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City Hall poster

1996

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Obsession poster

1976

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Mr. Scorsese poster

2025

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The Last Movie Stars poster

2022

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Hardcore poster

1979

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Affliction poster

1998

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The Canyons poster

2013

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Rolling Thunder poster

1977

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Auto Focus poster

2002

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Light Sleeper poster

1992

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The Yakuza poster

1974

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Blue Collar poster

1978

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The Comfort of Strangers poster

1990

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There Are No Saints poster

2022

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Adam Resurrected poster

2008

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The Walker poster

2007

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Oh, Canada poster

2024

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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood poster

2003

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Sex at 24 Frames Per Second poster

2003

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Hitchcock/Truffaut poster

2015

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Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic poster

2013

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Light of Day poster

1987

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Patty Hearst poster

1988

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Forever Mine poster

1999

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Milius poster

2013

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Witch Hunt poster

1994

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Touch poster

1997

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A Decade Under the Influence poster

2003

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Tales from the Script poster

2009

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Eames: The Architect and the Painter poster

2011

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Making 'Taxi Driver' poster

1999

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Old Boyfriends poster

1979

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Venice 70: Future Reloaded poster

2013

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Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light poster

2006

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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade poster

2004

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Scene by Scene poster

1997

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What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael poster

2019

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The Rules of Film Noir poster

2009

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Vulcanizadora poster

2025

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We Blew It poster

2017

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The Road to Bresson poster

1984

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Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That poster

2005

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Murnau, Borzage and Fox poster

2008

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Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business poster

2020

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Ken San poster

2016

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Talking with Ozu poster

1993

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Hollywood Mavericks poster

1990

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Untitled: New Blue poster

1995

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Raging Bull: Before the Fight poster

2005

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The Book of Harth poster

2022

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Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer poster

1990

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American Johns poster

2015

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Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute poster

2007

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Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz poster

2004

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Schrader's Exorcism poster

2008

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God's Lonely Man poster

2007

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Walk of Fame poster

2012

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Paul Schrader: Man in a Room poster

2020

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Cat People: An Intimate Portrait by Paul Schrader poster

2002

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Producing 'Taxi Driver' poster

2007

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The Basics of Philosophy poster

TBD

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Ritratti di cinema poster

2025

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Pictures of Europe poster

1990

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Non Compos Mentis poster

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Best Served Cold poster

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Godard Made in USA poster

2010

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Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A poster

2016

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Inside Mishima poster

1985

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Bait poster

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Amber Light poster

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The Beauty of Horror: Paul Schrader on The Comfort of Strangers poster

2020

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Life from the Other Side poster

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Masterclass di Paul Schrader al Laceno d'Oro 48 poster

2025

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