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Steven Zaillian

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Steven Zaillian
Born Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian
30 January 1953
Fresno, California

Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian[1][2] (born 30 January 1953) is an Armenian-American screenwriter, film director, editor, producer, and founder of Film Rites, a film production company. He won an Academy Award for his screenplay for Schindler's List and he has been nominated two times for Awakenings and Gangs of New York. The Times called him "the most artful and subtle screenwriter Hollywood has had since Robert Towne."

Zaillian was born in Fresno, California, the son of Jim Zaillian, a radio news reporter. He attended Sonoma State University, graduated from San Francisco State University and lives in Los Angeles, California.[3]

Filmography

Film Year Director Oscar wins Oscar nominations Notes
Falcon and the Snowman, TheThe Falcon and the Snowman 1985 Schlesinger, JohnJohn Schlesinger
Awakenings 1990 Marshall, PennyPenny Marshall 3 nominated for Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Schindler's List 1993 Spielberg, StevenSteven Spielberg 7 9 won Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993 Zaillian 1 directorial debut, also wrote
Jack the Bear 1993 Herskovitz, MarshallMarshall Herskovitz screenplay
Clear and Present Danger 1994 Noyce, PhillipPhillip Noyce screenplay
Mission: Impossible 1996 De Palma, BrianBrian De Palma story
Civil Action, AA Civil Action 1998 Zaillian 2 directed and wrote
Hannibal 2001 Scott, RidleyRidley Scott re-wrote screenplay by David Mamet
Gangs of New York 2002 Scorsese, MartinMartin Scorsese 10 nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with Jay Cocks and Kenneth Lonergan
Interpreter, TheThe Interpreter 2005 Pollack, SydneySydney Pollack screenplay with Scott Frank
All the King's Men 2006 Zaillian directed and wrote
American Gangster 2007 Scott, RidleyRidley Scott 2 wrote and produced
Moneyball 2010 Miller, BennettBennett Miller screenplay
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, TheThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2011 Fincher, DavidDavid Fincher screenplay
Thousand Splendid Suns, AA Thousand Splendid Suns TBA TBA screenplay
As She Climbed Across the Table TBA Cronenberg, DavidDavid Cronenberg (in negotiations) production

References

  1. ^ http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1808416431/bio
  2. ^ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Searchable at http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461
  3. ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/66/Steven-Zaillian.html

External links

v · d · eFilms directed by Steven Zaillian
v · d · eAcademy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Ernest Thompson (1981) · Costa Gavras and Donald E. Stewart (1982) · James L. Brooks (1983) · Peter Shaffer (1984) · Kurt Luedtke (1985) · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1986) · Bernardo Bertolucci and Mark Peploe (1987) · Christopher Hampton (1988) · Alfred Uhry (1989) · Michael Blake (1990) · Ted Tally (1991) · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1992) · Steven Zaillian (1993) · Eric Roth (1994) · Emma Thompson (1995) · Billy Bob Thornton (1996) · Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997) · Bill Condon (1998) · John Irving (1999) · Stephen Gaghan (2000)

Complete List · (1928–1940) · (1941–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001–present)
v · d · eBAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1983) · Bruce Robinson (1984) · Richard Condon and Janet Roach (1985) · Kurt Luedtke (1986) · Claude Berri and Gérard Brach (1987) · Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman (1988) · Christopher Hampton (1989) · Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese (1990) · Dick Clement, Roddy Doyle and Ian La Frenais (1991) · Michael Tolkin (1992) · Steven Zaillian (1993) · Paul Attanasio (1994) · John Hodge (1995) · Anthony Minghella (1996) · Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce (1997) · Elaine May (1998) · Neil Jordan (1999)
Complete List · (1983-1999) · (2000-present)
v · d · eGolden Globe Award for Best Screenplay

Ernest Thompson (1981) · John Briley (1982) · James L. Brooks (1983) · Peter Shaffer (1984) · Woody Allen (1985) · Robert Bolt (1986) · Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe and Enzon Ungari (1987) · Naomi Foner (1988) · Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic (1989) · Michael Blake (1990) · Callie Khouri (1991) · Bo Goldman (1992) · Steven Zaillian (1993) · Quentin Tarantino (1994) · Emma Thompson (1995) · Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (1996) · Ben Affleck and Matt Damon (1997) · Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (1998) · Alan Ball (1999) · Stephen Gaghan (2000)

Complete List · (1965–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001–present)
v · d · eMTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker
John Singleton (1992) • Carl Franklin (1993) • Steven Zaillian (1994) • Steve James (1995) • Wes Anderson (1996) • Doug Liman (1997) • Peter Cattaneo (1998) • Guy Ritchie (1999) • Spike Jonze (2000) • Sofia Coppola (2001) • Christopher Nolan (2002)


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