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Paul Schrader

Born 1946 · American screenwriter and film director

Paul Joseph Schrader 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.

Paul Schrader, in order

  1. 1974 The Yakuza: wrote · directed by Sydney Pollack
  2. 1976 Obsession: wrote · directed by Brian De Palma · critics 77%, audiences 57%
  3. 1976 Taxi Driver: wrote · directed by Martin Scorsese · critics 89%, audiences 93%
  4. 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind: wrote · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 91%, audiences 85% · streaming on YouTube (free), Tubi
  5. 1977 Rolling Thunder: wrote · directed by John Flynn
  6. 1978 Blue Collar: directed, wrote
  7. 1979 Hardcore: directed, wrote
  8. 1979 Old Boyfriends: wrote · directed by Joan Tewkesbury
  9. 1980 American Gigolo: directed, wrote
  10. 1980 Raging Bull: wrote · directed by Martin Scorsese · critics 92%, audiences 93% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
  11. 1982 Cat People: directed, wrote
  12. 1985 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters: directed, wrote · critics 79%, audiences 90%
  13. 1986 The Mosquito Coast: wrote · directed by Peter Weir · critics 78%, audiences 61%
  14. 1987 Light of Day: directed, wrote
  15. 1988 Patty Hearst: directed
  16. 1988 The Last Temptation of Christ: wrote · directed by Martin Scorsese · critics 82%, audiences 84%
  17. 1990 The Comfort of Strangers: directed
  18. 1992 Light Sleeper: directed, wrote
  19. 1994 Witch Hunt (TV movie): directed
  20. 1996 City Hall: wrote · directed by Harold Becker · critics 58%, audiences 38% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
  21. 1997 Affliction: directed, wrote
  22. 1997 Touch: directed, wrote
  23. 1999 Bringing Out the Dead: wrote · directed by Martin Scorsese · critics 74%, audiences 70% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
  24. 1999 Forever Mine: directed, wrote
  25. 2002 Auto Focus: directed
  26. 2003 A Decade Under the Influence: acted · directed by Richard LaGravenese and Ted Demme · critics 76%, audiences 83%
  27. 2005 Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist: directed
  28. 2007 The Walker: directed, wrote
  29. 2008 Adam Resurrected: directed
  30. 2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV series): acted · directed by Mark Cousins · critics 86%, audiences 90% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
  31. 2013 Milius: acted · directed by Zak Charles Knutson · critics 94%, audiences 87% · streaming on Hoopla, Pluto TV
  32. 2013 The Canyons: directed
  33. 2014 Dying of the Light: directed, wrote · critics 13%, audiences 15% · streaming on Kanopy, YouTube (free), Plex
  34. 2015 Hitchcock/Truffaut: acted · directed by Kent Jones · critics 96%, audiences 77% · streaming on Kanopy, Fawesome, Tubi
  35. 2016 Dog Eat Dog: directed, wrote, acted · critics 51%, audiences 20% · streaming on Philo, Hoopla, Tubi
  36. 2017 First Reformed: directed, wrote
  37. 2021 The Card Counter: directed, wrote
  38. 2022 Master Gardener: directed, wrote
  39. 2022 There Are No Saints: wrote · directed by Alfonso Pineda Ulloa
  40. 2024 Oh, Canada: directed, wrote
  41. 2026 The Basics of Philosophy: directed, wrote
  42. Na plovarne (TV series): acted · directed by Jan Hojtaš