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Paul Schrader
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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 Scors…
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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.
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2026
The Basics of Philosophy
Movie Director
- 2026
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2025
Masterclass di Paul Schrader al Laceno d'Oro 48
Movie Self - filmmaker, guest
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2025
Ritratti di cinema
Movie Self
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2025
Mr. Scorsese
TV show Self
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2025
Vulcanizadora
Movie Thanks
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2024
Oh, Canada
Movie Director
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2023
Master Gardener
Movie Director
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2022
American Gigolo
TV show Characters
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2022
The Book of Harth
Movie Self
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2022
The Last Movie Stars
TV show Self
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2022
There Are No Saints
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
The Card Counter
Movie Director
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- 2020
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2020
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
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2019
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Movie Self
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2018
First Reformed
Movie Writer
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2017
We Blew It
Movie Self
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2016
Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A
Movie Self
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2016
Dog Eat Dog
Movie El Greco
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2016
Ken San
Movie Self
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2015
American Johns
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2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Movie Self
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2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
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2014
Dying of the Light
Movie Director
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self - Guest
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2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Movie Self (segment Paul Schrader)
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2013
The Canyons
Movie Director
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2013
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Movie Self
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2013
Milius
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2012
Walk of Fame
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2011
Eames: The Architect and the Painter
Movie Self
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2011
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
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2010
Godard Made in USA
Movie Self
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2009
The Rules of Film Noir
Movie Self
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2009
Tales from the Script
Movie Self
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2008
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
Movie Self
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2008
Schrader's Exorcism
Movie Self
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2008
Adam Resurrected
Movie Director
