Paul Schrader

Biography

Paul Joseph Schrader was born on July 22, 1946, and raised in a strict Calvinist family. He became known for writing the screenplay of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976), and continued his collaboration with Scorsese on several films, including Raging Bull (1980) and Bringing Out the Dead (1999). Schrader has also directed 23 films, often depicting isolated, troubled men confronting existential crises.