Steven Zaillian

Early life and education Steven Zaillian was born in Fresno, California, the son of Jim Zaillian, a radio news reporter, and his wife. Zaillian is of Armenian descent. He attended Sonoma State University, and graduated from San Francisco State University in 1975 with a degree in Cinema.

Career Steven Zaillian is known for writing screenplays that often deal with tragedy and drama. Zaillian has written screenplays for many notable films. Zaillian wrote the screenplay for the 1990 film Awakenings. His most notable work is the 1993 screenplay for the film Schindler's List, for which he won an Academy Award. The Schindler’s List screenplay was voted the 49th best screenplay of all time by the Writers Guild of America West, the 32nd best of all time by IMDb, and the 49th best by filmsite.org. Zaillian directed and wrote the 1993 film Searching for Bobby Fischer, for which he earned critical and commercial acclaim. Zaillian also wrote and directed the 1998 film A Civil Action and wrote the screenplays for the films Gangs of New York in 2002, and American Gangster in 2007. In 2007, in partnership with Mandate Pictures, he signed a deal with Columbia Pictures. Zaillian co-wrote the screenplay for Moneyball in 2011 with Aaron Sorkin. Zaillian also wrote the screenplay for the 2011 film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. His most recent work includes creating, directing, writing, and producing the 2016 Emmy-winning HBO miniseries The Night Of and writing the screenplay for the 2019 Netflix film The Irishman.

Personal life

He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Elizabeth Zaillian. They have two sons together.

Filmography Film Year Title Director Writer Producer 1985 1990 Awakenings 1993 Schindler's List Searching for Bobby Fischer Jack the Bear 1994 Clear and Present Danger 1996 Mission: Impossible 1998 2001 Hannibal 2002 Gangs of New York 2005 2006 All the King's Men 2007 American Gangster 2011 Moneyball 2014 Exodus: Gods and Kings 2018 Red Sparrow 2019 The Irishman 2021 Those Who Wish Me Dead

Television Year Title Director Writer ExecutiveProducer Creator Notes 2016 The Night Of 2024 Ripley

Executive producer only Welcome to the Rileys (2010) The Cold Light of Day (2012) The Current War (2017) My Dinner with Hervé (2018)

Editor Breaker! Breaker! (1977) Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) Starhops (1978) Below the Belt (1980)

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