Directing · Writing · age 73

Steven Zaillian

Best rated: Searching for Bobby Fischer (7.3)

Films: 3
Avg rating: 6.67

Films: 3
Avg rating: 6.67

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The career

Steven Zaillian, directing career by IMDb rating5-film average

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19933 films2006

Current formLast 3: 6.67 vs career 6.67 (−0.00)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Steven by the numbers

Average

6.67

3 rated films

Vote weighted

6.68

bigger films count more

Median

6.6

half are better

Consistency

±0.60

rating spread

Career

14y

1993 to 2006

Total votes

105K

across every film

Best

7.3

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Worst

6.1

All the King's Men

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

2006	All the King's Men	6.1	26,810
1998	A Civil Action	6.6	33,004
1993	Searching for Bobby Fischer	7.3	45,160

Better together?

Steven Zaillian's regulars

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Takes

On Steven Zaillian

5 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2020
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian
Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2012
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin
Nominated
Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2003
Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan; Story by Jay Cocks
Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1994
Steven Zaillian
Won
Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1991
Steven Zaillian
Nominated

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