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Steven Zaillian
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A veteran go-to script doctor in the industry, Steven Zaillian has contributed to screenplays uncredited on a number of projects over the years. They include
Patriot Games (1992)
,
Crimson Tide (1995)
,
Twister (1996)
,
Primal Fear (1996)
,
Amistad (1997)
,
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
,
Black Hawk Down (2001)
,
Road to Perdition (2002)
and
Body of Lies (2008)
. He was also called upon in post-production to rewrite some scenes for re-shoots for
Salt (2010)
.
Wrote four screenplays for feature films nominated for the 'Best Picture' Academy Award:
Awakenings (1990)
,
Schindler's List (1993)
,
Gangs of New York (2002)
and
Moneyball (2011)
. Of those,
Schindler's List (1993)
won 'Best Picture' and earned Zaillian an Academy Award for 'Best Adapted Screenplay'.
Is of Armenian descent.
Directed one Academy Award - nominated performance:
Robert Duvall
in
A Civil Action (1998)
.
Graduated from San Francisco State University in 1975 with a degree in Cinema.
Father with wife Elizabeth of
Charles Zaillian
and
Nicholas Zaillian
.
His Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for
Schindler's List (1993)
was presented to him by
Jeremy Irons
(March 21, 1994, Los Angeles, CA).
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