Writing
Paul Schrader
EN, IT, FR, JA cinema · 87 credits
Born
22 July 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Also known as Paul Joseph 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), 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.
Known for
Filmography
Non Compos Mentis
Non Compos Mentis
Director, Writer
The Doors of Perception
The Doors of Perception
Director, Writer
Clang
Clang
Writer
The Basics of Philosophy
Director, Writer
Masterclass di Paul Schrader al Laceno d'Oro 48
2025
Masterclass di Paul Schrader al Laceno d'Oro 48
as Self - filmmaker, guest
Oh, Canada
Screenplay, Director
Master Gardener
Director, Writer
There Are No Saints
Executive Producer, Screenplay
The Card Counter
Director, Writer
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
as Self, Thanks
First Reformed
Writer, Director
We Blew It
as Self
Dog Eat Dog
as El Greco, Director
Ken San
as Self
Dying of the Light
Director, Screenplay
Milius
as Self
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
as Self (segment Paul Schrader), Director
The Canyons
Director
Walk of Fame
Thanks
Adam Resurrected
Director
God's Lonely Man
as Self
Producing 'Taxi Driver'
as Himself
The Walker
Director, Screenplay
Auto Focus
Director
Bringing Out the Dead
Screenplay
Forever Mine
Writer, Director
Affliction
Director, Screenplay
Touch
Director, Screenplay
City Hall
Writer
Untitled: New Blue
as Himself (uncredited), Director, Writer
Witch Hunt
Director
Talking with Ozu
as Self
Light Sleeper
Director, Writer
Patty Hearst
Director
Light of Day
Screenplay, Director
The Mosquito Coast
Screenplay
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Writer, Director
Cat People
Director, Screenplay
Raging Bull
Screenplay
American Gigolo
Director, Writer
Hardcore
Writer, Director
Old Boyfriends
Writer, Executive Producer
Blue Collar
Director, Screenplay
Rolling Thunder
Original Story, Screenplay
Obsession
Screenplay, Story
Taxi Driver
Writer
The Yakuza
Screenplay