Paul Schrader
b. 1946 (age 80)
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Director
Writer
Paul Joseph Schrader is an American screenwriter and film director. Despite his credentials as a director, Schrader has received more recognition for his screenplays for others, especially Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and Raging Bull.
Known For
Filmography
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Russell Banks: I Write in Order to Be A Better Person
2026 Self
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★ 8.5
Mr. Scorsese
2025 Self
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Ritratti di cinema
2025 Self
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★ 5.6
Oh, Canada
2024 Director
Writer
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★ 6.1
Master Gardener
2022 Director
Writer
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★ 4.9
There Are No Saints
2022 Writer
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★ 9.6
The Book of Harth
2022 Self
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★ 6.2
The Card Counter
2021 Director
Writer
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★ 6.9
American Gigolo
2021 Writer
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2021 Final Draft Awards
2021 Self
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★ 6.8
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
2020 Self
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★ 7.1
First Reformed
2018 Director
Writer
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★ 5.9
Dark
2017 Director
Writer
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★ 4.8
Dog Eat Dog
2016 Director
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★ 7.3
Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015 Self
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★ 4.5
Dying of the Light
2014 Director
Writer
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Liberatum Inspiring Creativity
2014 Self
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★ 3.8
The Canyons
2013 Director
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★ 5.6
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 Director
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★ 8.4
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011 Self
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★ 7.1
Eames: The Architect & The Painter
2011 Self
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★ 7.3
The Rules of Film Noir
2009 Self
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★ 6.5
Nouvelle vague vue d'ailleurs
2009 Self
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★ 6.2
Adam Resurrected
2008 Director
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★ 5.8
The Walker
2007 Director
Writer
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★ 5.1
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
2005 Director
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★ 7.2
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
2005 Self
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★ 6.7
Auto Focus
2002 Director
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★ 6.8
Bringing Out the Dead
1999 Writer
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★ 5.3
Forever Mine
1999 Director
Writer
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
1998 Self
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★ 6.9
Affliction
1997 Director
Writer
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★ 5.6
Touch
1997 Director
Writer
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★ 6.9
Scene by Scene
1997 Self
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★ 6.2
City Hall
1996 Writer
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★ 7.7
American Cinema
1995 Self
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★ 5.6
Untitled: New Blue
1995 Self
Director
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★ 5.5
Witch Hunt
1994 Director
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★ 6.7
Talking with Ozu
1993 Self
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★ 6.9
Light Sleeper
1992 Director
Writer
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★ 6.3
The Comfort of Strangers
1990 Director
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★ 6.9
Hollywood Mavericks
1990 Self
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★ 7.5
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 Writer
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★ 6.3
Patty Hearst
1988 Director
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★ 5.6
Light of Day
1987 Director
Writer
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★ 6.6
The Mosquito Coast
1986 Writer
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★ 7.9
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985 Director
Writer
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★ 7.1
The Road to Bresson
1984 Self
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★ 6.2
Cat People
1982 Director
Writer
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★ 8.1
Raging Bull
1980 Writer
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★ 6.3
American Gigolo
1980 Director
Writer
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★ 7.1
Hardcore
1979 Director
Writer
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★ 5.8
Old Boyfriends
1979 Writer
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★ 7.5
Blue Collar
1978 Director
Writer
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★ 6.9
Rolling Thunder
1977 Writer
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★ 8.2
Taxi Driver
1976 Writer
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★ 6.7
Obsession
1976 Writer
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★ 7.2
The Yakuza
1974 Writer
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The Basics of Philosophy
Director
Writer
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Non Compos Mentis
Director
Writer
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The Devil's Right Hand
Writer
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Bait
Writer
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Best Served Cold: How a Revenge Film was Buried for Decades
Self
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Untitled Matilda Kshesinskaya Project
Writer
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Don't Shoot the Piano Player
Writer
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Recall
Writer
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By the Sea of Crystal
Writer
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Life from the Other Side
Writer