Leonard Schrader

Leonard Schrader

Nascimento : 1943-11-30, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Morte : 2006-11-02

História

American screenwriter and director.

Perfil

Leonard Schrader

Filmes

Edie: Girl on Fire
Writer
Model, film star, muse, socialite, icon. Edie Sedgwick was the very first "it" girl of the Andy Warhol Factory scene. The arc of her life traced the rise and fall of the 1960s recklessness. After being the toasted by the whole of New York City, Edie died alone of a drug overdose in California at the age of 28. She was both the harbinger of celebrity culture and someone who stood entirely outside of it, an artist who painted life, bravely and spontaneously, with her own hand.
Naked Tango
Writer
When a young European woman assumes a false identity in 1920s Argentina, she gets more than she bargained for.
Naked Tango
Director
When a young European woman assumes a false identity in 1920s Argentina, she gets more than she bargained for.
O Beijo da Mulher-Aranha
Screenplay
Em uma prisão na América do Sul, dois prisioneiros dividem a mesma cela. Um é homossexual e está preso por comportamento imoral e o outro é um prisioneiro político. O primeiro, para fugir da triste realidade que o cerca, inventa filmes cheios de mistério e romance, mas o outro tenta se manter o mais politizado possível em relação ao momento que vive. Mas esta convivência faz com que os dois homens se compreendam e se respeitem.
Mishima: Uma Vida em Quatro Tempos
Writer
Biografia do romancista, dramaturgo e ator japonês Yukio Mishima. O filme relaciona suas obras a acontecimentos de sua vida, como seu suicídio, que inclui o ritual de ser decapitado por um seguidor após cortar seu abdômen.
P. P. Rider
Writer
Three high-school students tangle with indulgent yakuza and lackadaisical police as they set out in search of the class bully, who has been kidnapped.
The Killing of America
Producer
A documentary of the decline of America. Featuring footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much-much more.
The Killing of America
Writer
A documentary of the decline of America. Featuring footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much-much more.
The Killing of America
Director
A documentary of the decline of America. Featuring footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much-much more.
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Writer
Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata.
The Man Who Stole the Sun
Story
A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.
The Man Who Stole the Sun
Screenplay
A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.
Old Boyfriends
Writer
When her marriage falls apart, a psychiatrist seeks out those of her former boyfriends who left the biggest impact on her life, mostly in a bad way.
Vivendo na Corda Bamba
Screenplay
Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.
Operação Yakuza
Story
Homem volta ao Japão para tentar resgatar a filha de um amigo, que foi sequestrada pela máfia Yakuza. Lá, reencontra uma amante que teve no passado e pede ajuda ao irmão dela para enfrentar a organização.