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Paul Joseph Schrader is an American screenwriter, film director, and film critic. Schrader wrote or co-wrote screenplays for four Martin Scorsese films: Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Bringing Out the Dead (1999). He has directed 18 feature films, including his directing debut, the crime drama Blue Collar, the crime drama Hardcore, his 1982 remake of the horror classic Cat People, the crime drama American Gigolo (1980), the biographical drama Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), the true life biopic Patty Hearst (1988), the cult film Light Sleeper (1992), the drama Affliction (1997), the biographical film Auto Focus (2002), the erotic dramatic thriller The Canyons (2013), and the dramatic thriller First Reformed (2017), which earned him his first Academy Award nomination.
Birth Name
Paul Joseph Schrader
Born
Monday, 22 July 1946
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! | Self | 2023 |
The Book of Harth | Self | 2022 |
The Last Movie Stars | Self | 2022 |
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business | Self | 2021 |
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael | Self | 2019 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
We Blew It | Himself / Self | 2017 |
Ken San | Self | 2016 |
Dog Eat Dog | El Greco | 2016 |
Hitchcock/Truffaut | Himself / Self | 2015 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Master Gardener | 2023 |
The Card Counter | 2021 |
First Reformed | 2018 |
Dog Eat Dog | 2016 |
Dying of the Light | 2014 |
Venice 70: Future Reloaded | 2013 |
The Canyons | 2013 |
Adam Resurrected | 2008 |
The Walker | 2007 |
Dominion | 2005 |
Auto Focus | 2002 |
Forever Mine | 1999 |
Affliction | 1998 |
Touch | 1997 |
Untitled: New Blue | 1995 |
Witch Hunt | 1994 |
Light Sleeper | 1992 |
The Comfort of Strangers | 1990 |
Patty Hearst | 1988 |
Light of Day | 1987 |
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | 1985 |
Cat People | 1982 |
American Gigolo | 1980 |
Hardcore | 1979 |
Blue Collar | 1978 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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There Are No Saints | 2022 |
Old Boyfriends | 1979 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2019 | Oscar | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
1981 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Nominated |
1977 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Nominated |