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Director, Screenwriter, Editor Born: January 30, 1953 in Fresno, California Biography: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 and the Snowman" in 1986, based on Robert Lindsey's book on political intrigue, and starring "Sean Penn". The success of this project led to his next script for "Awakenings" (1990) which was based on the renown "Oliver Sacks" book. This activity was nominated in 1991 both for an Oscar (Best Screenplay Adaptation) and for a WGA Award, and won a U.S.C. Scripter Award. In 1993, Zaillian created the screenplay for "Jack the Bear", based on "Dan McCall"'s novel, and for "Searching for Bobby Fischer" (aka Innocent Moves), which... Full Biography
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