Paul Schrader

BirthDate BirthPlace	07/21/1946 Grand Rapids, MI

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Published Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer (an expansion of his UCLA master's thesis) in 1972. Also wrote Schrader on Schrader (1990).
Was raised in a strict Dutch Calvinist home and didn't see his first movie (The Absent-Minded Professor) until his late teens.
Was mentored in journalism by film critic Pauline Kael.
Wrote the screenplays for four films directed by Martin Scorsese: Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ and Bringing Out the Dead.
Was hired to direct Exorcist: The Beginning, a 2004 sequel to The Exorcist, but was fired during production. Most of his footage wasn't used, but after The Beginning flopped,
Collaborated with his brother, Leonard, on the screenplays for The Yakuza (his screenwriting debut, 1974), Blue Collar (his directorial debut, 1978) and Mishima: A Life in Four Chapte
Worked as a film journalist in the late 1960s and early '70s but was fired by the Los Angeles Free Press in 1969 after he panned Easy Rider.