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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 wrote the screenplay of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976).
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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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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
Updated 11:49 AM PDT, 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 hurry up.”
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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 ...
1 day ago · At the time Schrader was making “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters,” which he shot in Japan at the famed Toho studios, Mishima was an icon of the Japanese right wing. Paul Schrader attends the ...