Steven Zaillian

Birthday: 30 January 1953, Fresno, California, USA

Birth Name: Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian

Height: 175 cm

Steven Zaillian was born on January 30, 1953 in Fresno, California, USA as Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian. He is a producer and writer, known for Schindler's List (1993), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and American Gangster (2007).

I have no problem with anyone being precise about small things.

People who would go to an arthouse cinema and watch a Swedish movie and read subtitles... it's a sma...Show more »

People who would go to an arthouse cinema and watch a Swedish movie and read subtitles... it's a small percentage. Show less «

I'm not one of those people who writes long soliloquies.

The similarity between the big directors I've worked with is that they allow the writer to find a wa...Show more »

The similarity between the big directors I've worked with is that they allow the writer to find a way of doing what they want done without saying 'do it this way.' They describe what they want, then letting the writer figure out a way to do it. Show less «

I find that most of my scripts have a lot more scenes than most films, so the average movie might ha...Show more »

I find that most of my scripts have a lot more scenes than most films, so the average movie might have 100 scenes, my average script has 300 scenes. Show less «

The main thing that I learned from editing is that most people, when they're making a film, they sta...Show more »

The main thing that I learned from editing is that most people, when they're making a film, they start too early into the story. They will try to set up the characters, they will try to establish things before the plot actually starts. Show less «

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