Paul Joseph Schrader (/ˈʃreɪdər/; born July 22, 1946) is an American screenwriter, film director, and film critic. He first became known for writing the screenplay of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976). He later continued his collaboration with Scorsese, writing or co-writing Raging Bull (1980), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Bringing Out the Dead (1999). Schrader has also worked extensively as a director: his 23 films include Blue Collar (1978), Hardcore (1979), American Gigolo (1980), Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), Light Sleeper (1992), Affliction (1997), and First Reformed (2017), with the last of these earning him his first Academy Award nomination. Schrader's work frequently depicts "man in a room" stories which feature isolated, troubled men confronting an existential crisis. Raised in a strict Calvinist family, Schrader attended Calvin College before pursuing film studies at UCLA on the encouragement of film critic Pauline Kael. He then worked as a film scholar and critic, publishing the book Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer (1972) before transitioning to screenwriting in 1974. The success of Taxi Driver in 1976 brought greater attention to his work, and Schrader began directing his own films, beginning with Blue Collar (co-written with his brother, Leonard Schrader). Schrader has described three of his recent films as a loose trilogy: First Reformed (2017), The Card Counter (2021), and Master Gardener (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Schrader, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. 폴 슈레이더(1946년생, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA) 는 작가로, 대표작으로 택시 드라이버, 분노의 주먹, 그리스도 최후의 유혹이 있으며, 그 외에도 비상 근무, 캣 피플, 카드 카운터, 아메리칸 지골로, 퍼스트 리폼드, 시티 홀, 미시마: 그의 인생, 암흑가의 결투, 마스터 가드너, 킬링 맨, 오, 캐나다, 다잉 오브 라이트 등 다양한 작품에 참여했다. 특히 2026년에는 The Basics of Philosophy에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2026년 The Basics of Philosophy 연출을 맡았다. 2026년 The Basics of Philosophy 집필을 맡았다. 2026년 Best Served Cold: How a Revenge Film was Buried for Decades에 출연했다.