Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

January 30, 1953 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Fresno, California, USA

Also Known As

Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian

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Steven Zaillian

Biography

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.

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