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Paul Schrader

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Paul Schrader Fast Facts:

Was raised in a strict Dutch Calvinist home and didn't see his first movie (The Absent-Minded Professor) until his late teens.
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.
Was mentored in journalism by film critic Pauline Kael.
Published Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer (an expansion of his UCLA master's thesis) in 1972. Also wrote Schrader on Schrader (1990).
Wrote the screenplays for four films directed by Martin Scorsese: Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ and Bringing Out the Dead.
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 Chapters (1985).
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, the studio reinstated the unused footage and rereleased the film as Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist.
Received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute (where he studied in the late '60s) in 2005.

Paul Schrader Relationships:
Mary Beth Hurt - Wife
Leonard Schrader - Brother
Molly Schrader - Daughter
Sam Schrader - Son
Jeannine Claudia Oppewall - Ex-wife
Charles A Schrader - Father
Joan Fisher Schrader - Mother
Beverly Walker - Ex-significant Other
Michele Rappaport - Ex-significant Other
Paul Schrader Awards:
1977 Golden Globe: Best Screenplay - Motion Picture - Nominee
College:
Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI (BA, 1968); University of California, Los Angeles, CA (MA in film studies, 1970); attended Columbia University, New York, NY