The Writer:
Steven Zaillian got started with such major hits as Schindler’s List and Mission: Impossible. This year, he’s had his biggest year in the last decade, penning the scripts for Moneyball and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Zaillian is also known as a top-notch script doctor and has done un-credited rewrites on such scripts as Twister, Patriot Games, Crimson Tide, and Saving Private Ryan. Read a recent interview with Mr. Zaillian here.
Credits:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (screenplay) - 2011
Moneyball (screenplay) - 2011
American Gangster (written by) - 2007
All the King’s Men (screenplay) - 2006
The Interpreter (screenplay) - 2005
Gangs of New York (screenplay) - 2002
Hannibal (screenplay) - 2001
A Civil Action (screenplay) - 1998
Mission: Impossible (story) - 1996
Clear and Present Danger (screenplay) - 1994
Schindler’s List (screenplay) - 1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer (screenplay) -1993
Jack the Bear (screenplay) - 1993
Awakenings (screenplay) - 1990
The Falcon and the Snowman - 1985
Quotes:
The hard thing is… I have to be able to visualise a character when I’m writing and I never visualise an actor, it’s always an imaginary person. Stieg Larsson describes her in some detail, so it’s not hard to picture her, but I think the really hard thing – and it’s something I’ve found on the movies I’ve directed – is that it’s hard to find somebody that matches that fictional person I have in my mind.