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Paul Schrader
Born Paul Joseph Schrader
July 22, 1946 (1946-07-22) (age 61)
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Years active 1975 - present
Spouse(s) Mary Beth Hurt (1983-)

Paul Joseph Schrader (born July 22, 1946 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American screenwriter and film director. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mary Beth Hurt (born September 26, 1946) is a critically acclaimed American stage and screen actress Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film.

His influences include Robert Bresson, Yasujiro Ozu and Carl Dreyer, whose cross-cultural similarities he examined in Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer (ISBN 0-306-80335-6) in 1972. Robert Bresson (ʁɔbɛʁ bʁɛˈsɔ̃ in French ( September 25, 1901 &ndash December 18, 1999) was a French Film director was an influential Japanese Filmmaker. Marriage and family were among the most persistent themes in his body of work Carl Theodor Dreyer Jr ( February 3, 1889 - March 20, 1968) was a Danish Film director. Despite his credentials as a director, Schrader has received more recognition for his screenplays directed by others.

Schrader is married to the actress Mary Beth Hurt, and they have two children, a daughter named Molly and a son named Sam. Mary Beth Hurt (born September 26, 1946) is a critically acclaimed American stage and screen actress He was trained at the AFI Conservatory. His brother was a screenwriter and director Leonard Schrader, with whom he collaborated on the screenplays of Blue Collar and Mishima. Leonard Schrader ( November 30 1943 &ndash November 2 2006) was an Academy Award -nominated American Screenwriter

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Career history

Paul Schrader's early life was based upon strict Calvinist principles and severe parenting. Calvinism (sometimes called the Reformed tradition, the Reformed faith, or Reformed theology) is a theological system and an approach to the When he disobeyed his mother, she would stab his hand with a pin, asking, "You think that felt bad? Hell is like that, only every second and all over your body". Hell, according to many Religious beliefs, is a location in the Afterlife, which may be described as a place of suffering He did not see a film until he was eighteen years old, and was able to sneak away from home; in an interview he stated that The Absent-Minded Professor was the first film he saw[1], and according to Peter Biskind's Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, he had a full blown panic attack right before he saw it. For the stock character see Absent-minded professor. The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 Walt Disney Pictures Easy Riders Raging Bulls How the Sex-Drugs-And Rock 'N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood is a book written by Peter Biskind and published by Simon and Schuster

Schrader received his BA from Calvin College, with a required minor in Theology. Calvin College is a comprehensive Liberal arts College located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He then earned an MA in Film Studies from the UCLA Film School graduate programme upon the recommendation of Pauline Kael. Pauline Kael (June 19 1919 &ndash September 3 2001 was an American Film critic who wrote for The New Yorker magazine from 1968 to 1991 With her as his mentor, he became a film critic, writing for the LA Weekly Press, and later for Cinema magazine. Film review redirects here for the similar sounding Film revue please visit Revue#Film revues. In between, Schrader also studied at Columbia University and at the AFI Conservatory.

In 1975, Schrader co-wrote The Yakuza with his Brother, Leonard, a film set in the Japanese crime world, it was directed by Sydney Pollack and featured Robert Mitchum. The Yakuza is a 1975 post– Film noir Gangster film directed by Sydney Pollack, written by Leonard Schrader, Paul Leonard Schrader ( November 30 1943 &ndash November 2 2006) was an Academy Award -nominated American Screenwriter Sydney Irwin Pollack ( July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American Film director, producer and Actor. Robert Charles Durman Mitchum ( August 6, 1917 &ndash July 1, 1997) was an Academy Award nominated American film Although it failed commercially, it brought him to the attention of the new generation of Hollywood directors. In 1976, he wrote the screenplay of Obsession for Brian De Palma. Obsession is a 1976 Psychological thriller / mystery directed by Brian De Palma, starring Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Brian De Palma (born Brian Russell DePalma on September 11 1940 in Newark New Jersey) is an American Film director.

Moreover, he participated in the draft writing stages of Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), but either the producing studio or Spielberg (Schrader ignores who) disliked the religious overtone of his screenplay and opted for a lighter, superficial script. Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 Science fiction film directed and written by Steven Spielberg.

Also that year, Martin Scorsese filmed his script of Taxi Driver, which was nominated for a 1976 Golden Globe Award and provided the critical acclaim and consequently available funding that enabled Schrader to direct Blue Collar (1978), co-written also with his brother Leonard. Taxi Driver is a film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Blue Collar is the 1978 directorial debut of Screenwriter Paul Schrader. Leonard Schrader ( November 30 1943 &ndash November 2 2006) was an Academy Award -nominated American Screenwriter Blue Collar features Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, and Yaphet Kotto as car factory workers attempting to escape their socio-economic rut through theft and blackmail. Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III ( December 1, 1940 &ndash December 10, 2005) was an American Comedian, Actor Harvey Keitel (born 13 May 1939 is an Academy Award -nominated American actor Prince Yaphet Frederick Kotto (born November 15, 1937) is an American Actor, known for numerous film roles and his starring role in the Blackmail is the crime of threatening to reveal substantially true information about a person to the public a family member or associates unless a demand made upon the Schrader recalls that shooting the film was difficult, because of the artistic and personal tension among him and the actors. Reportedly, Kotto broke a chair on Keitel's back; Pryor drew a pistol on Schrader, and refused to shoot more than three takes per scene. Schrader said that was the only occasion he suffered an on-set mental collapse; it made him seriously reconsider his career.

Besides Taxi Driver (1976), Scorsese also filmed and directed Schrader's scripts for Raging Bull (1980), co-written with Mardik Martin, The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Bringing Out the Dead (1999). Raging Bull is a 1980 Biographical film directed by Martin Scorsese, adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from the memoir The Last Temptation of Christ (or The Last Temptation; Greek: Ο Τελευταίος Πειρασμός O Teleftaíos Peirasmós Bringing Out the Dead is a 1999 English language film directed by Martin Scorsese, and based on the novel by Joe Connelly. In 1986, Peter Weir filmed his script of The Mosquito Coast. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Peter Lindsay Weir AM (born 21 August 1944 is an Australian Film director. The article is about the novel and film For the Central American area see Mosquito Coast.

Among Paul Schrader's fims he directed are: Hardcore (1979), American Gigolo (1980), the remake of Cat People (1982), Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), for which he was nominated for the Palme d'Or prize at that year's Cannes Film Festival, Light of Day (1987), and an unconventional, visually inventive film about the kidnap of Patty Hearst (1988). Hardcore is a 1979 film written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring George C American Gigolo is a 1980 feature film written and directed by Paul Schrader. Cat People is a 1982 Horror film directed by Paul Schrader and starring Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, and Mishima A Life in Four Chapters is an Episodic, stylized 1985 Film directed by Paul Schrader and written by Paul and Leonard The Palme d'Or ( English: Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, Light of Day is a 1987 drama film starring Michael J Fox, Gena Rowlands, Joan Jett and Michael McKean. Patty Hearst is a 1988 Biographical film directed by Paul Schrader and starring Natasha Richardson as Patricia Campbell His work in the 1990s includes: The Comfort of Strangers (1990), adapted by Harold Pinter from the eponymous Ian McEwan novel, Light Sleeper (1993), a sympathetic study of a drug dealer vying for a normal life, Touch (1997), from an Elmore Leonard novel, Affliction (1997), from a Russell Banks novel, and the romantic thriller Forever Mine (1999). The Comfort of Strangers is a 1990 film directed by Paul Schrader. Ian McEwan, CBE, FRSA, FRSL, (born June 21, 1948) is a Booker Prize -winning English Novelist Light Sleeper is a 1992 Film written and directed by Paul Schrader. Touch is a 1997 Film written and directed by Paul Schrader. It is based on a 1987 (though written ten years Elmore John Leonard Jr (born October 11, 1925) is a popular and acclaimed American Novelist and Screenwriter. Affliction is a 1998 film written and directed by Paul Schrader from the novel by Russell Banks. Russell Banks (born March 28, 1940 in Newton Massachusetts) is an American Writer of Fiction and Poetry Forever Mine is a 1999 Film written and directed by Paul Schrader.

He directed the biopic Auto Focus (2002) about the life and murder of Hogan's Heroes actor, Bob Crane. A biographical motion picture &mdash often shortened to biopic &mdash is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people Auto Focus is a 2002 American Biographical film directed by Paul Schrader. Hogan's Heroes is a American Television Situation comedy that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to July 4 Robert Edward Crane ( July 13, 1928 – June 29, 1978) was an American Disc jockey and Emmy Award -nominated After that, he filmed Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist (see below). The Walker (2007) and Adam Resurrected (2008) currently in post-production. The Walker is a Drama film that was written and directed by Paul Schrader and was released in 2007

The September-October 2006 issue of Film Comment magazine published his essay "Canon Fodder" that attempts to establish criteria for judging film masterworks.

Schrader headed the International Jury of the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival. Currently, he is a Jury Member of the continuing Filmaka short film contest.

Exorcist: The Original Prequel

In 2003, Paul Schrader made entertainment headlines for being fired from the Exorcist: Dominion, a prequel film to The Exorcist (1973). The year 2003 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings The Return The Exorcist is a 1973 American Horror film, adapted from the 1971 novel of the same name by William Peter Blatty, The originally slated director John Frankenheimer, died in 2002 of a stroke consequent to spinal surgery complications. John Michael Frankenheimer ( February 19, 1930 &ndash July 6, 2002) was an American Film director.

After the film was completed under Schrader's direction, the production company, Morgan Creek Productions/Warner Bros. disliked the resulting film and had it re-shot under director Renny Harlin; it was released as Exorcist: The Beginning in 2004. Morgan Creek Productions is an American film studio that has released box-office hits like Young Guns, Major League, True Romance Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Renny Harlin (born Renny Lauri Mauritz Harjola on March 15, 1959 in Riihimäki, Finland) is a Finnish American Exorcist The Beginning produced by Morgan Creek Productions is a 2004 Prequel to the 1973 Film The Exorcist

Schrader's version eventually had its premiere at the Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film on March 18, 2005 as Exorcist: The Original Prequel, where its limited DVD release in the UK was discussed; in the U. Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. S. , it received limited cinema release under the title Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist in mid-2005. Dominion Prequel to the Exorcist is a 2005 horror / Thriller film directed by Paul Schrader.

Moreover, after a troubled post-production, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, Schrader had to cut the budget to finish his film; he asked Angelo Badalamenti and Dog Fashion Disco, the American experimental metal band to contribute a music score for little or no money. Dominion Prequel to the Exorcist is a 2005 horror / Thriller film directed by Paul Schrader. Angelo Badalamenti (born March 22 1937 is an Italian-American Composer, known for his movie soundtrack work for movie director David Lynch, notably Dog Fashion Disco was an experimental band that originated out of Rockville Maryland, from 1996–2007

Filmography (as director)

Filmography (as writer)

Further reading

References

  1. ^ John Brady, "The craft of the screenwriter", 1981. Harold Becker is a Film director and producer from New York. Biography After studying art and photography at the Pratt Institute Page 248

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