- 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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