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Paul Schrader

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born

July 22, 1946 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, The United States

gender

male

website

http://paulschrader.org/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction, Film

influences

Robert Bresson, Yasujiro Ozu and Carl Dreyer

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Although his name is often linked to that of the 'movie brat' generation (Spielberg, Scorsese, Coppola, Lucas, De Palma, etc.) Paul Schrader's background couldn't have been more different. Schrader's strict Calvinist parents refused to allow him to see a film until he was eighteen. Although he more than made up for lost time when studying at Calvin College, Columbia University and UCLA's graduate film program, his influences were far removed from those of his contemporaries - Bresson, Ozu and Dreyer (about whom he wrote a book, Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu Bresson Dreyer Da Capo Paperback) rather than Saturday morning serials. After a period as a film critic (and protégé of Pauline Kael), he began writing screenplays, hitting the jackp...more

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Books by Paul Schrader

Average rating: 3.96 · 394 ratings · 19 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Taxi Driver 3.90 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 1975 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer 4.13 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1972 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Schrader On Schrader & Other Writings 3.92 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Collected Screenplays 1: Taxi Driver / American Gigolo / Light Sleeper by Paul Schrader, Christopher Hampton 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Bringing Out the Dead 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	Raging Bull by Paul Schrader, امید نیک‌فرجام (مترجم) 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings	My rating:
	Film: Taxi Driver Sight Sound 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1999	My rating:
	Light Sleeper 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1992	My rating:
	Auto Focus by Paul Schrader, Trevor Macy, Greg Kinnear 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	American Gigolo by Paul Schrader, Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002	My rating:

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Quotes by Paul Schrader

“The secret of the creative life is to feel at ease with your own embarrassment.”
― Paul Schrader

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“The clock is impotent; mechanical time does not affect those living in an eternal present.”
― Paul Schrader, Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer

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“I'm basically depressive, cynical, prone to intellectualization.”
― Paul Schrader

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