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Paul Joseph Schrader (/ ˈ ʃ r eɪ d ər /; 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).
Paul Schrader is a filmmaker known for his screenplays for Taxi Driver, Affliction and First Reformed, among others. He also directed films such as Mishima, The Canyons and Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist.
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May 16, 2018 · Vulture ranks Schrader's 20 features from worst to best, from Forever Mine to First Reformed. See how the director of Taxi Driver, Mishima, and Light Sleeper fares in different genres and styles.
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Learn about the life and career of Paul Schrader, a film critic, screenwriter and director influenced by Robert Bresson, Yasujirô Ozu and Carl Theodor Dreyer. Find out his family, trademarks, trivia, quotes and salary.
- July 22, 1946
May 17, 2024 · The health of the 77-year-old filmmaker, whose films and scripts have covered half a century of American movies, from “Taxi Driver” to “First Reformed,” has since improved. But that sense of...
May 19, 2023 · One of the greatest living filmmakers now lives in an assisted living facility in midtown Manhattan. He squints at me from across our table in the building’s 13th-floor restaurant and asks, “Do you...
Apr 22, 2021 · Schrader’s critical insights are embodied in his movies, whether with ingenious transformations of genre conventions or with direct references to films he loves.
