Steven Zaillian
| Steven Zaillian | |
|---|---|
| Born | Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian January 30, 1953 Fresno, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | San Francisco State University |
| Alma mater | San Francisco State University |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, director, film editor, producer |
| Years active | 1977–present[1] |
| Notable work | Schindler's List, The Irishman, Moneyball, Searching for Bobby Fischer |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Zaillian |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Vina Zaillian, Jim Zaillian |
| Awards | Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe |
Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian[1] (born January 30, 1953) is an American screenwriter, director, film editor, and producer. He won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for his screenplay Schindler's List (1993) and has earned Oscar nominations for the films Awakenings, Gangs of New York, Moneyball and The Irishman. He was presented with the Distinguished Screenwriter Award at the 2009 Austin Film Festival and the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the Writers Guild of America in 2011. Zaillian is the founder of Film Rites, a film production company. In 2016, he created, wrote and directed the HBO limited series The Night Of.
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Early life
Steven Zaillian was born in Fresno, California, the son of Jim Zaillian, a radio news reporter. Zaillian is of Armenian descent.[2][3] He attended Sonoma State University, graduated from San Francisco State University in 1975 with a degree in Cinema.[1]
Personal life
He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Elizabeth Zaillian and their two children, Nicholas and Charles Zaillian.[4]
Career
Steven Zaillian is known for writing screenplays that often deal with tragedy and drama. Zaillian has written screenplays for many notable films. Zaillian wrote the screenplay for the 1990 film Awakenings. His most notable work is the 1993 screenplay for the film Schindler's List, for which he won an Academy Award. The Schindler’s List screenplay was voted the 49th best screenplay of all time by the Writers Guild of America West, the 32nd best of all time by IMDb, and the 49th best by filmsite.org. Zaillian directed and wrote the 1993 film Searching for Bobby Fischer, for which he earned critical and commercial acclaim. Zaillian also wrote and directed the 1998 film A Civil Action and wrote the screenplays for films Gangs of New York in 2002, and American Gangster in 2007. In 2007, in partnership with Mandate Pictures, he signed a deal with Columbia Pictures.[5] Zaillian co-wrote the screenplay for Moneyball in 2011 with Aaron Sorkin. Zaillian also wrote the screenplay for the 2011 film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. His most recent work includes creating, directing, writing, and producing the 2016 Emmy-winning HBO miniseries The Night Of and writing the screenplay for the 2019 Netflix film The Irishman.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | The Falcon and the Snowman | No | Yes | No | |
| 1990 | Awakenings | No | Yes | No | |
| 1993 | Schindler's List | No | Yes | No | |
| Searching for Bobby Fischer | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Jack the Bear | No | Yes | No | ||
| 1994 | Clear and Present Danger | No | Yes | No | |
| 1996 | Mission: Impossible | No | Yes | No | "Story by", with David Koepp |
| 1998 | A Civil Action | Yes | Yes | executive | |
| 2001 | Hannibal | No | Yes | No | |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | No | Yes | No | |
| 2005 | The Interpreter | No | Yes | No | |
| 2006 | All the King's Men | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2007 | American Gangster | No | Yes | executive | |
| 2011 | Moneyball | No | Yes | No | co-written with Aaron Sorkin |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | No | Yes | executive | ||
| 2014 | Exodus: Gods and Kings | No | Yes | No | |
| 2018 | Red Sparrow | No | No | Yes | |
| 2019 | The Irishman | No | Yes | No | |
| 2021 | Those Who Wish Me Dead | No | No | Yes |
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Executive Producer |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Night Of | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| TBA | Ripley | Yes | Yes | Yes | In pre-production[6][7] |
Executive producer only
- Welcome to the Rileys (2010)
- The Cold Light of Day (2012)
- The Current War (2017)
- My Dinner with Hervé (2018)
Editor
- Breaker! Breaker! (1977)
- Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
- Starhops (1978)
Awards
References
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External links
- Steven Zaillian at the Internet Movie Database
- Works by or about Steven Zaillian in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Writings at One for the Table
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- Living people
- American film editors
- Film producers from California
- American male screenwriters
- Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winners
- Best Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award winners
- American writers of Armenian descent
- Writers from Fresno, California
- San Francisco State University alumni
- Writers Guild of America Award winners
- Film directors from California
- Best Screenplay Golden Globe winners
- Screenwriters from California
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- 20th-century American male writers
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- 21st-century American male writers
