Paul Schrader
Paul Schrader is an American screenwriter and director who has worked with some of the most renowned directors in American cinema, including Sydney Pollack, Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma and Steven Spielberg.
picture: Frank Schramm / Montclair Film
Filmography
2017 FIRST REFORMED
2016 DOG EAT DOG
2014 DIYING OF THE LIGHT
2013 THE CANYONS
2008 ADAM RESURRECTED
2007 THE WALKER
2005 DOMINION: PREQUEL TO THE EXORCIST
2002 AUTO FOCUS
1999 FOREVER MINE
1998 AFFLICTION
1997 TOUCH
1994 WITCH HUNT
1992 LIGHT SLEEPER
1990 THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS
1988 PATTY HEARST
1987 LIGHT OF DAY
1985 MISHIMA
1982 CAT PEOPLE
1980 AMERCIAN GIGOLO
1979 HARDCORE
1978 BLUE COLLAR
Mishima - A Life In Four Chapters (1985)
Paul Schrader’s visually stunning, collage-like portrait of acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima (played by Ken Ogata) investigates the inner turmoil and contradictions of a man who attempted an impossible harmony between self, art, and society. Taking place on Mishima’s last day, when he famously committed public seppuku, the film is punctuated by extended flashbacks to the writer’s life as well as by gloriously stylized evocations of his fictional works. More
