Steven Zaillian
American film director · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1953 · age 73
Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian is an American screenwriter, film director and producer.
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RIPLEYSeries, Director, Writer2021
Those Who Wish Me DeadFilm, Producer2019
The IrishmanFilm, Writer2016
The Night OfSeries, Director, Writer2014
Exodus: Gods and KingsFilm, Writer2012
The Cold Light of DayFilm, Producer2011Laurel Award for Screenwriting AchievementAward
MoneyballFilm, 2011Writer2009Austin Film FestivalAward2007
American GangsterFilm, Writer, Producer2006
All the King's MenFilm, Director, Writer2005
The InterpreterFilm, Writer2002
Gangs of New YorkFilm, Writer1999USC Scripter AwardAward1998
A Civil ActionFilm, Director, Writer1996
Mission: ImpossibleFilm, Writer1994Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted ScreenplayAwardBAFTA Award for Best Adapted ScreenplayAwardGolden Globe Award for Best ScreenplayAwardUSC Scripter AwardAwardWriters Guild of America Award for Best Adapted ScreenplayAward
Clear and Present DangerFilm, 1994Writer1991USC Scripter AwardAward1990
AwakeningsFilm, Writer1985
The Falcon and the SnowmanFilm, Writer1953Born30 January 1953People around Steven
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Sydney Pollack Steven directed A Civil Action (1999)
Martin Scorsese Directed Gangs of New York and The Irishman
Branko Lustig Produced Schindler's List and Hannibal
James Gandolfini Steven directed All the King's Men (2007)
Sean Penn Steven directed All the King's Men (2007)
Ridley Scott Directed American Gangster (2007)
Ben Kingsley Steven directed Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
William H. Macy Steven directed A Civil Action (1999)
Tony Shalhoub Steven directed A Civil Action (1999)
Dan Hedaya Steven directed A Civil Action (1999)
Bill Camp Steven produced Red Sparrow (2018)
Michael Hausman Produced Gangs of New York (2002)
Robert De Niro Produced The Irishman (2019)
Anthony Hopkins Steven directed All the King's Men (2007)
James Horner Steven directed All the King's Men (2007)
John Turturro Steven directed The Night Of
Joely Richardson Steven produced Red Sparrow (2018)
Henry Czerny Directed Clear and Present Danger (1994)
David Paymer Steven directed Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Glenn Morshower Steven directed All the King's Men (2006)
Nicholas Pileggi Produced The Irishman (2019)
Paul Ben-Victor Steven directed A Civil Action (1999)
Ned Eisenberg Steven directed The Night Of
Jenno Topping Produced Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
Known for
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Schindler's List 1993
Awakenings 1990
The Irishman 2019
American Gangster 2007
Life Itself 2014
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 27
51 credits on file
Television 3
Awards
About this person
He won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a WGA Award, and a Golden Globe Award for his screenplay for the film 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.
