Paul Schrader
Known for Writing · 48 credits
- Born
- 1946-07-22 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
- Also known as
- Paul Joseph Schrader
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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Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (42)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
as Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
as Self (segment Paul Schrader)
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
Dog Eat Dog
2016
as El Greco
Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015
as Self
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
as Self
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
as Self
Tales from the Script
2009
as Self
Milius
2013
as Self
Ken San
2016
as Self
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
2020
as Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
as Self
Raging Bull: Before the Fight
2005
as Self
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
2005
as Self
Ritratti di cinema
2025
as Self
Talking with Ozu
1993
as Self
Hollywood Mavericks
1990
as Self
Eames: The Architect and the Painter
2011
as Self
Godard Made in USA
2010
as Self
Pictures of Europe
1990
as Self
We Blew It
2017
as Self
Making 'Taxi Driver'
1999
as Self
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
2004
as Self
Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A
2016
as Self
Schrader's Exorcism
2008
as Self
God's Lonely Man
2007
as Self
The Book of Harth
2022
as Self
Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute
2007
as Self
The Road to Bresson
1984
as Self
Inside Mishima
1985
as Self
Best Served Cold
as Himself
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
1990
as Self
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
2008
as Self
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
2020
as Self
The Rules of Film Noir
2009
as Self
Producing 'Taxi Driver'
2007
as Himself
Untitled: New Blue
1995
as Himself (uncredited)
Cat People: An Intimate Portrait by Paul Schrader
2002
as Self
The Beauty of Horror: Paul Schrader on The Comfort of Strangers
2020
as Self
Masterclass di Paul Schrader al Laceno d'Oro 48
2025
as Self - filmmaker, guest
About Paul Schrader
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), Lig… With 48 credits spanning from 1984 to 2025, Paul Schrader has appeared in 42 films and 6 TV shows.
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- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004) — as Self
- Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) — as Self
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) — as Self
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013) — as Self (segment Paul Schrader)
- A Decade Under the Influence (2003) — as Self
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