
"People who act against their own best interests are interesting characters."
Filmography
Screenwriter Only (* = Co-Writer)
The Yakuza* (1974)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Obsession (1976)
Rolling Thunder* (1977)
Old Boyfriends* (1979)
Raging Bull* (1980)
The Mosquito Coast (1986)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
City Hall* (1996)
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Feature Directing (* = Screenwriter/Co-Writer)
Blue Collar* (1978)
Hardcore* (1979)
American Gigolo* (1980)
Cat People (1982)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters* (1985)
Light of Day* (1987)
Patty Hearst (1988)
The Comfort of Strangers (1990)
Light Sleeper* (1992)
Touch* (1997)
Affliction* (1998)
Forever Mine* (1999)
Auto Focus (2002)
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005)
The Walker* (2007)
Adam Resurrected (2008)
The Canyons (2013)
The Dying of the Light/Dark* (2014)
Dog Eat Dog (2016)
First Reformed* (2017)
Television
Witch Hunt (1994)
Shorts/Music Videos
Bob Dylan - "Tight Connection to My Heart" (1985)
Untitled: New Blue (1995)
Venice Reloaded 70 (2013)
Written Works
Plays
Berlinale (1987)
The Cleopatra Club (2004)
Books
The Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer, Paul Schrader (1972/2018)
Schrader on Schrader, Kevin Jackson, ed. (2004)
Paul Schrader, Geogre Kouvaros (2008)
Web Resources
Paul Schrader's Archive of Writing on Film
1976 interview with Richard Thompson, Film Comment
2017 interview with Kevin Ritchie, NOW Magazine
2018 audio interview with Sofia Coppola, The A24 Podcast
2018 interview with A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Forum Discussion
Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
68 Blue Collar
14 Hardcore
Cat People (Paul Schrader, 1982)
432 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
70 The Last Temptation of Christ
The Comfort of Strangers
Exorcist: The Beginning (Harlin) or Dominion (Schrader)
The Walker (Paul Schrader, 2007)
Adam Resurrected (Paul Schrader, 2008)
First Reformed (Paul Schrader, 2018)