Writing · Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA · Born July 22, 1946
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.
Masterclass di Paul Schrader al Laceno d'Oro 48
2025
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MovieRitratti di cinema
2025
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TVMr. Scorsese
2025
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MovieThe Book of Harth
2022
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TVThe Last Movie Stars
2022
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MovieThe Beauty of Horror: Paul Schrader on The Comfort of Strangers
2020
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MovieClapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
2020
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MoviePaul Schrader: Man in a Room
2020
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MovieWhat She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
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MovieWe Blew It
2017
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MovieTaxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A
2016
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MovieDog Eat Dog
2016
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MovieKen San
2016
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MovieHitchcock/Truffaut
2015
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TVClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
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TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
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MovieVenice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
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MovieRichard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
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MovieMilius
2013
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MovieEames: The Architect and the Painter
2011
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TVThe Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
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MovieGodard Made in USA
2010
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MovieThe Rules of Film Noir
2009
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MovieTales from the Script
2009
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MovieMurnau, Borzage and Fox
2008
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MovieSchrader's Exorcism
2008
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MovieGod's Lonely Man
2007
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MovieInfluence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute
2007
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MovieProducing 'Taxi Driver'
2007
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MovieFilm Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
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MovieBudd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
2005
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MovieRaging Bull: Before the Fight
2005
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Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
2004
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MovieSam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
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MovieSex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
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MovieA Decade Under the Influence
2003
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MovieEasy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
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Cat People: An Intimate Portrait by Paul Schrader
2002
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MovieMaking 'Taxi Driver'
1999
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TVScene by Scene
1997
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MovieUntitled: New Blue
1995
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MovieTalking with Ozu
1993
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MovieHollywood Mavericks
1990
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MoviePreston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
1990
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MoviePictures of Europe
1990
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MovieInside Mishima
1985
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MovieThe Road to Bresson
1984
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Best Served Cold
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