Steven Zaillian Biography (1953-)
Born January 30, 1953 (some sources cite 1951), in California; son of Jim Zaillian (a radio news reporter, deceased); married; children: two sons. Career: Writer, director, producer, and film editor. Awards, Honors: Academy Award nomination, best adapted screenplay, 1990, for Awakenings; Academy Award, best adapted screenplay, 1993, for Schindler's List..
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Writer, director, producer, film editor
- Birth Details
- January 30, 1953
- California, United States
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Film Work
- Editor, Breaker! Breaker! (also known as Cindy Jo and the TexasTurnaround), 1977
- Editor, Kingdom of the Spiders, Dimension Pictures, 1977
- Editor, Starhops, First American, 1978
- Editor, Below the Belt, Atlantic, 1980
- Director, Searching for Bobby Fischer (also known as Innocent Moves), Paramount, 1993
- Executive producer and director, A Civil Action, Buena Vista, 1998
- WRITINGS
- Screenplays
- The Falcon and the Snowman, Orion, 1984
- Awakenings, Columbia, 1990
- Searching for Bobby Fischer (also known as Innocent Moves),Paramount, 1993
- Jack the Bear, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993
- Schindler's List (based on the novel by Thomas Keneally), Universal, 1993
- (With Donald Stewart and John Milius) Clear and Present Danger, Paramount, 1994
- Twister (also known as Catch the Wind and Wind Devils), Warner Bros., 1996
- Amistad, DreamWorks, 1997
- A Civil Action (based on the book by Jonathan Harr), Buena Vista,1998
Further Reference
Adaptations:
- The feature film Mission: Impossible, released by Paramount in 1996, was based on a story by Zaillian.
- New York Times, November 15, 1998, p. 42.*