Leonard Schrader

Leonard Schrader was born on Nov 30, 1943 in USA. Leonard Schrader's big-screen debut came with The Yakuza directed by Sydney Pollack in 1974. Leonard Schrader is known for Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters directed by Paul Schrader, Ken Ogata stars as Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25 1970") and Masayuki Shionoya as Morita (segment "November 25, 1970"). The upcoming new movie Leonard Schrader plays is Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters which will be released on Sep 20, 1985.

He and his brother, Taxi Driver (1976) screenwriter Paul Schrader, were born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.Their family, of the Dutch Calvinist religious sect, forbade them to see any movies in their youth. Paul was quoted as saying, "That was a church edict. What they called worldly amusements were prohibited."It wasn't until he was in college in the 1960s that Schrader saw his first movie.Living in Japan in the 1960s and 1970s, Schrader taught American literature to Japanese students.His first film, Yakuza (1974), was co-written with his brother Paul.