Steven Zaillian

Steven Zaillian

Steven Zaillian (born January 30, 1953) is an Armenian-American screenwriter, film director, film 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 two times for Awakenings and Gangs of New York. The Times called him "the most artful and subtle screenwriter Hollywood has had since Robert Towne." 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steven Zaillian, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Steven Zaillian
  • Popularity: 0.8912
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1953-01-30
  • Place of Birth: Fresno, California, USA
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  • Also Known As: Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian
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Steven Zaillian Movies

  • 2012
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    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women

    6 2012 HD

    Cast and crew discuss the success of the novel, transitioning it to film and condensing it for the medium, and gender dynamics in Sweden.

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  • 2012
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    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger

    8 2012 HD

    Cast and crew, including Mara, discuss her casting.

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  • 2018
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    An Oral History of: Schindler's List

    An Oral History of: Schindler's List

    1 2018 HD

    Revisiting the making of the film through the voices of those involved, including director Steven Spielberg and stars like Liam Neeson and Ben Kingsley. These accounts reveal the challenges of bringing Thomas Keneally's book to the screen, from production difficulties in Poland to the studio's initial reluctance to the all-black-and-white cinematography. The oral history also explores the film's enduring legacy.

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  • 1993
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    Schindler's List

    Schindler's List

    8.565 1993 HD

    The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

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  • 2014
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    Life Itself

    Life Itself

    7.5 2014 HD

    The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (1942-2013): his early days as a freewheeling bachelor and Pulitzer Prize winner, his famously contentious partnership with Gene Siskel, his life-altering marriage, and his brave and transcendent battle with cancer.

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  • 2006
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    All the King's Men

    All the King's Men

    5.8 2006 HD

    The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that leads to his ultimate downfall. Based on the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Robert Penn Warren, loosely based on the story of real-life politician Huey Long.

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  • 2002
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    Gangs of New York

    Gangs of New York

    7.315 2002 HD

    In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.

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  • 1990
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    Awakenings

    Awakenings

    7.774 1990 HD

    Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.

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  • 2007
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    American Gangster

    American Gangster

    7.588 2007 HD

    Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

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  • 1994
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    Clear and Present Danger

    Clear and Present Danger

    6.6 1994 HD

    Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.

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  • 2001
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    Hannibal

    Hannibal

    6.769 2001 HD

    After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.

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  • 1998
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    A Civil Action

    A Civil Action

    6.464 1998 HD

    Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.

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  • 1998
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    A Civil Action

    A Civil Action

    6.464 1998 HD

    Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.

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  • 1998
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    A Civil Action

    A Civil Action

    6.464 1998 HD

    Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.

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  • 1993
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    Searching for Bobby Fischer

    Searching for Bobby Fischer

    7.064 1993 HD

    A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

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  • 1993
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    Searching for Bobby Fischer

    Searching for Bobby Fischer

    7.064 1993 HD

    A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

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  • 2011
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    Moneyball

    Moneyball

    7.285 2011 HD

    The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

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  • 2011
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    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    7.377 2011 HD

    Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

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  • 2012
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    The Cold Light of Day

    The Cold Light of Day

    5.371 2012 HD

    After his family is kidnapped during their sailing trip in Spain, a young Wall Street trader is confronted by the people responsible: intelligence agents looking to recover a mysterious briefcase.

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  • 1980
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    Below the Belt

    Below the Belt

    6 1980 HD

    A close-up look at the turbulent world of women's professional wrestling as a New York City waitress decides to become a professional wrestler.

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  • 1996
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    Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

    7.017 1996 HD

    When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the prime suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.

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  • 2014
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    Exodus: Gods and Kings

    Exodus: Gods and Kings

    5.878 2014 HD

    The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

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  • 2006
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    All the King's Men

    All the King's Men

    5.8 2006 HD

    The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that leads to his ultimate downfall. Based on the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Robert Penn Warren, loosely based on the story of real-life politician Huey Long.

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  • 1985
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    The Falcon and the Snowman

    The Falcon and the Snowman

    6.4 1985 HD

    The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.

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  • 1993
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    Jack the Bear

    Jack the Bear

    6.381 1993 HD

    Story of the relationships between two sons and their father, who moves the family to California and becomes a tv horror show host after the death of his wife.

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  • 1977
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    Kingdom of the Spiders

    Kingdom of the Spiders

    5.58 1977 HD

    Investigating the mysterious deaths of a number of farm animals, vet Rack Hansen discovers that his town lies in the path of hordes of migrating tarantulas. Before he can take action, the streets are overrun by killer spiders, trapping a small group of townsfolk in a remote hotel.

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  • 2006
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    All the King's Men

    All the King's Men

    5.8 2006 HD

    The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that leads to his ultimate downfall. Based on the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Robert Penn Warren, loosely based on the story of real-life politician Huey Long.

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  • 2011
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    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    7.377 2011 HD

    Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

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  • 2007
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    American Gangster

    American Gangster

    7.588 2007 HD

    Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

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  • 1977
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    Breaker! Breaker!

    Breaker! Breaker!

    4.8 1977 HD

    Truck driver searches for his brother, who has disappeared in a town run by a corrupt judge.

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  • 2008
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    Anvil! The Story of Anvil

    Anvil! The Story of Anvil

    7.579 2008 HD

    At 14, best friends Robb Reiner and Lips made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, hailed as the "demi-gods of Canadian metal" influenced a musical generation that includes Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax. Following a calamitous European tour, Lips and Robb, now in their fifties, set off to record their 13th album in one last attempt to fulfill their boyhood dreams.

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  • 2009
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    The Cove

    The Cove

    7.942 2009 HD

    The Cove tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of individuals, films makers and free divers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate the hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret. The shocking discoveries were only the tip of the iceberg.

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  • 1978
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    Starhops

    Starhops

    3.727 1978 HD

    After the owner of a failing drive-in restaurant sells his establishment, two waitresses and a French chef try to turn it around.

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  • 2018
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    Red Sparrow

    Red Sparrow

    6.534 2018 HD

    Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Dominika emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, she meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.

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  • 2019
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    The Irishman

    The Irishman

    7.582 2019 HD

    Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

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  • 2010
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    Welcome to the Rileys

    Welcome to the Rileys

    6.6 2010 HD

    Years after their teenage daughter’s death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. Doug escapes to New Orleans on a business trip. Compelled by urgencies he doesn’t understand, he insinuates himself into the life of an underage hooker, becoming her platonic guardian.

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  • 2018
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    The Current War

    The Current War

    6.702 2018 HD

    Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.

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  • 2018
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    My Dinner with Hervé

    My Dinner with Hervé

    6.239 2018 HD

    An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.

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  • 2021
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    Those Who Wish Me Dead

    Those Who Wish Me Dead

    6.616 2021 HD

    A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness, with a survival expert determined to protect him, and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.

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  • 2005
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    The Interpreter

    The Interpreter

    6.302 2005 HD

    After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.

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  • 1970
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    8 1970 HD

    After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.

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  • 1970
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    7.994 1970 HD

    A grifter in 1960s New York is hired to convince a wealthy man's son to return home from Italy and begins a life of deceit, fraud and murder.

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  • 1970
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    7.994 1970 HD

    A grifter in 1960s New York is hired to convince a wealthy man's son to return home from Italy and begins a life of deceit, fraud and murder.

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  • 1970
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    7.994 1970 HD

    A grifter in 1960s New York is hired to convince a wealthy man's son to return home from Italy and begins a life of deceit, fraud and murder.

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  • 1970
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    8 1970 HD

    After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.

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  • 1970
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    8 1970 HD

    After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.

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  • 1970
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    8 1970 HD

    After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.

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  • 1970
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    7.994 1970 HD

    A grifter in 1960s New York is hired to convince a wealthy man's son to return home from Italy and begins a life of deceit, fraud and murder.

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