Birthday: January 30, 1953
Steven Zaillian graduated from San Francisco State University in 1975 with a degree in Cinema, and began his career as an editor on Breaker! Breaker! (aka Cindy Jo and the Texas Turnaround [1977]), Kingdom of the Spiders (1977), Starhops (aka Curb Service [1978]), Below the Belt (1980), and other films. His emergence as a screenwriter was with the creation of The Falcon ...more- 2007
- British Academy of Film and Television
- Best Original Screenplay
- American Gangster
- nom
- 2002
- Writers Guild of America
- Best Original Screenplay
- Gangs of New York
- nom
- 2002
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Original Screenplay
- Gangs of New York
- nom
- 1993
- Golden Globe
- Best Screenplay
- Schindler's List
- win
- 1993
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Schindler's List
- win
- 2010
- My Dinner With Herve
- Producer
- 2010
- I Heard You Paint Houses
- Screenwriter
- 2007
- American Gangster
- Executive Producer
- 2007
- American Gangster
- Screenwriter
- 2006
- All the King's Men
- Director










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