Role Screenwriter Nationality American Spouse Elizabeth Zaillian | Years active 1977–present Siblings Marcia Ann Zaillian Name Steven Zaillian | |
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Full Name Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian Occupation Screenwriter, director, editor, producer Children Anthony James Zaillian, Nicholas Alexander Zaillian Parents Vina Zaillian, Jim Zaillian Movies The Girl with the Dragon T, Moneyball, Schindler's List, American Gangster, All the King's Men Similar People Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin, Bennett Miller, Thomas Keneally, Jay Cocks |
2011 wga awards steven zaillian accepts the screen laurel award
Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian (born January 30, 1953) is an American screenwriter, director, film editor, producer. He won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for his screenplay Schindler's List (1993) and has also earned Oscar nominations for Awakenings, Gangs of New York and Moneyball. He was presented with the Distinguished Screenwriter Award at the 2009 Austin Film Festival and the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the Writers Guild of America in 2011. Zaillian is the founder of Film Rites, a film production company.
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- 2011 wga awards steven zaillian accepts the screen laurel award
- Steven zaillian 2011 final draft inc hall of fame award honoree
- Personal life
- References

Steven zaillian 2011 final draft inc hall of fame award honoree
Personal life

Zaillian was born in Fresno, California, the son of Jim Zaillian, a radio news reporter. He is of Armenian descent. He grew up with stories of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.

He attended Sonoma State University, graduated from San Francisco State University in 1975 with a degree in Cinema. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Elizabeth and their two children.
