Paul Joseph Schrader (born July 22, 1946) is an American screenwriter, film director, and film critic. He first became widely 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 directed 24 films, including Blue Collar (1978), Hardcore (1979), American Gigolo (1980), Cat People (1982), Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), Light Sleeper (1992), Affliction (1997), and First Reformed (2017); the latter earned him his first Academy Award nomination. Schrader's work frequently depicts troubled men struggling through an existential crisis that is then punctuated by a violent, cathartic event.
Paul Joseph Schrader (born July 22, 1946) is an American screenwriter, film director, and film critic. He first became widely 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 directed 24 films, including Blue Collar (1978), Hardcore (1979), American Gigolo (1980), Cat People (1982), Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), Light Sleeper (1992), Affliction (1997), and First Reformed (2017); the latter earned him his first Academy Award nomination. Schrader's work frequently depicts troubled men struggling through an existential crisis that is then punctuated by a violent, cathartic event.
Raised in a strict Calvinist family, Schrader attended Calvin College before electing to pursue 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 making the transition 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). His three most recent films have been described by Schrader as a loose trilogy: First Reformed (2017), The Card Counter (2021), and Master Gardener (2022).
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Filmography (Movies)
Masterclass di Paul Schrader al Laceno d'Oro 48
Character:Self - filmmaker, guest
Release Date:07/12/2025
Ritratti di cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:26/11/2025
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
Character:Self
Release Date:08/10/2022
The Book of Harth
Character:Self
Release Date:10/08/2022
The Beauty of Horror: Paul Schrader on The Comfort of Strangers
Character:Self
Release Date:18/08/2020
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
Character:Self
Release Date:26/03/2020
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
Character:Self
Release Date:26/01/2020
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Character:Self
Release Date:22/03/2019
We Blew It
Character:Self
Release Date:08/11/2017
Dog Eat Dog
Character:El Greco
Release Date:04/11/2016
Ken San
Character:Self
Release Date:20/08/2016
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Character:Self
Release Date:05/09/2015
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Character:Self
Release Date:23/04/2013
Milius
Character:Self
Release Date:09/03/2013
Eames: The Architect and the Painter
Character:Self
Release Date:18/11/2011
Godard Made in USA
Character:Self
Release Date:11/12/2010
The Rules of Film Noir
Character:Self
Release Date:22/08/2009
Tales from the Script
Character:Self
Release Date:10/01/2009
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
Character:Self
Release Date:09/12/2008
Schrader's Exorcism
Character:Self
Release Date:23/08/2008
God's Lonely Man
Character:Self
Release Date:14/08/2007
Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute
Character:Self
Release Date:14/08/2007
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Character:Self
Release Date:18/07/2006
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Character:Self
Release Date:21/12/2005
Raging Bull: Before the Fight
Character:Self
Release Date:08/02/2005
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
Character:Self
Release Date:19/12/2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Character:Self
Release Date:25/07/2004
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Character:Self
Release Date:23/09/2003
A Decade Under the Influence
Character:Self
Release Date:25/04/2003
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:09/03/2003
Cat People: An Intimate Portrait by Paul Schrader
Character:Self
Release Date:27/08/2002
Making 'Taxi Driver'
Character:Self
Release Date:14/06/1999
Untitled: New Blue
Character:Himself (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1995
Talking with Ozu
Character:Self
Release Date:27/11/1993
Hollywood Mavericks
Character:Self
Release Date:07/09/1990
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
Character:Self
Release Date:02/07/1990
Pictures of Europe
Character:Self
Release Date:25/04/1990
Inside Mishima
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/1985
The Road to Bresson
Character:Self
Release Date:13/05/1984
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