Schrader wrote for the films Old Boyfriends, Raging Bull, The Mosquito Coast, The Last Temptation of Christ, City Hall, and Bringing Out the Dead. He also directed the movies Cat People, Patty Hearst, The Comfort of Strangers, Auto Focus, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, Adam Resurrected, The Canyons, and Dog Eat Dog. Schrader earned the Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement from the Writers Guild of America in 1999. He has been nominated for Golden Globe Awards for Raging Bull and Taxi Driver.