American screenwriter, film director and producer (born 1953)
Steven Zaillian
Born
Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian
(1953-01-30) January 30, 1953 (age 71)
Fresno, California, U.S.
Alma mater
San Francisco State University
Occupations
Screenwriter
film director
film producer
film editor
Years active
1977–present[1]
Spouse
Elizabeth Zaillian
Children
2
Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian[1] (born January 30, 1953) is an American screenwriter, film director 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.
He has also created, written and directed the limited series The Night Of (2016) and Ripley (2024).
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