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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 who has written and directed acclaimed films such as Taxi Driver, Affliction, and First Reformed. He is also known for his book on transcendental style in film and his influence on the "movie brat" generation.
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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, awards, trivia, quotes and more on IMDb.
- July 22, 1946
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...
May 17, 2024 · CANNES, France (AP) — After a string of hospitalizations for long COVID, Paul Schrader had a realization. “If I’m going to make a film about death,” Schrader told himself, “I’d better ...
Apr 22, 2021 · Richard Brody discusses the history and future of the feature film in the age of streaming with Paul Schrader, the screenwriter of “Taxi Driver” and “The Last Temptation of Christ,” and ...
