Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian was born on January 30,1953 and is an American screenwriter, film director and producer.
10 Facts About Steven Zaillian
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Steven Zaillian won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for his screenplay Schindler's List and has earned Oscar nominations for the films Awakenings, Gangs of New York, Moneyball and The Irishman.
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Steven Zaillian 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.
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Steven Zaillian was born in Fresno, California, the son of Jim Zaillian, a radio news reporter.
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Steven Zaillian attended Sonoma State University, graduated from San Francisco State University in 1975 with a degree in Cinema.
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Steven Zaillian is known for writing screenplays that often deal with tragedy and drama.
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Steven Zaillian directed and wrote the 1993 film Searching for Bobby Fischer, for which he earned critical and commercial acclaim.
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Steven Zaillian 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.
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Steven Zaillian co-wrote the screenplay for Moneyball in 2011 with Aaron Sorkin.
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Steven Zaillian wrote the screenplay for the 2011 film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.