Steven Zaillian

Steven Zaillian
Birth name	Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian
Name in Armenian	Սթիվեն Զաիլյան
Birthplace	Fresno
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Birth date	30 January 1953
Lived in	Fresno, San Francisco, Sonoma, Los Angeles
Resides in	Los Angeles
Education	Sonoma State University, San Francisco State University
Profession	Screenwriter
Languages	English
Ethnicities	Armenian
Awards	Academy Award
Spouses	Elizabeth Zaillian
Children	2

Steven Zaillian attended Sonoma State College and graduated from San Francisco State University in 1975 with a degree in Cinema. He was born in Fresno, California on January 30, 1953, and lives in Los Angeles with his wife Elizabeth and their two children.

He received an Academy Award for his screenplay of Schindler's List. His work on the film was also recognized by the Writer's Guild of America and British Academy Awards, and received a Golden Globe and the Humanitas Prize. He has been nominated two times for Awakenings and Gangs of New York.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer
1985	<span data-sort-value="">The Falcon and the Snowman	No	Yes	No
1990	Awakenings	No	Yes	No
1993	Schindler's List	No	Yes	No
	Searching for Bobby Fischer	Yes	Yes	No
	Jack the Bear	No	Yes	No
1994	Clear and Present Danger	No	Yes	No
1996	Mission: Impossible	No	Story	No
1998	<span data-sort-value="">A Civil Action	Yes	Yes	Executive
2001	Hannibal	No	Yes	No
2002	Gangs of New York	No	Yes	No
2005	<span data-sort-value="">The Interpreter	No	Yes	No
2006	All the King's Men	Yes	Yes	Yes
2007	American Gangster	No	Yes	Executive
2011	Moneyball	No	Yes	No
	<span data-sort-value="">The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	No	Yes	Executive
2014	Exodus: Gods and Kings	No	Yes	No
2018	Red Sparrow	No	No	Yes
2019	The Irishman	No	Yes	No
2021	Those Who Wish Me Dead	No	No	Yes

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Executive Producer	Notes
2016	The Night Of	Yes	Yes	Yes
2024	Ripley	Yes	Yes	Yes

Executive producer only

• Welcome to the Rileys (2010)
• The Cold Light of Day (2012)
• The Current War (2017)
• My Dinner with Hervé (2018)

Editor

• Breaker! Breaker! (1977)
• Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
• Starhops (1978)

External Links

• IMDB Steve Zaillian Page