Steven Zaillian

Steven Zaillian
Born	Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian (1953-01-30) January 30, 1953 Fresno, California

Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian (born January 30, 1953) is an American screenwriter, 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 for Awakenings, Gangs of New York and Moneyball. The Times called him "the most artful and subtle screenwriter Hollywood has had since Robert Towne."^{[citation needed]} He was also presented with the Distinguished Screenwriter Award at the 2009 Austin Film Festival.

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. He is of Armenian descent.

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	12	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	2011	Miller, BennettBennett Miller		6	Nominated - Screenplay with Aaron Sorkin Nominated—AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay Nominated—Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, TheThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	2011	Fincher, DavidDavid Fincher	1	5	Screenplay
Thousand Splendid Suns, AA Thousand Splendid Suns	9999 !TBA	zzzz !TBA			Screenplay
As She Climbed Across the Table	9999 !TBA	Cronenberg, DavidDavid Cronenberg (in negotiations)			Production
UBIK	9999 !TBA	Gondry, MichelMichel Gondry			Production
Life Itself	9999 !TBA	Steven James			Production

External links

• Steven Zaillian on Charlie Rose

• Steven Zaillian at the Internet Movie Database
• Works by or about Steven Zaillian in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Steven Zaillian at the Notable Names Database
• Writings at One for the Table