– Deauville Film Festival, Critics Award for Light Sleeper 1993 – Independent Spirit Awards – Best Screenplay for Light Sleeper 1993 – Mystfest, Best Film for Light Sleeper 1995 – Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA, Saturn Award – Best Single Genre Television Presentation for Witch Hunt 1997 – Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival, Best Film for Touch 1997 – Valladolid International Film Festival, Golden Spike for Affliction 1998 – Independent Spirit Awards – Best Screenplay for Touch 1998 – Independent Spirit Awards – Best Director for Touch 1999 – Independent Spirit Awards – Best Screenplay for Affliction 1999 – Independent Spirit Awards – Best Director for Affliction 2002 – San Sebastián International Film Festival, Golden Seashell for Auto Focus 2003 – Golden Trailer Awards, Golden Trailer – Trashiest Trailer for Auto Focus 2005 – Golden Raspberry Awards, Razzie Award – Worst Director for Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist 2018 – Independent Spirit Awards – Best Screenplay for First Reformed 2018 – Independent Spirit Awards – Best Director for First Reformed 2019 – Academy Awards – Best Original Screenplay for First Reformed References Further reading Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer, Da Capo Press, 1988 (). Notes on Film Noir, Film Comment, Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 1972. External links Interview with Schrader from 1998 on 'Bringing Out the Dead' and his writing techniques by Mikael Colville-Andersen. 1946 births American film critics American male non-fiction writers American male screenwriters American people of Canadian descent American people of Dutch descent American people of German descent AFI Conservatory alumni Calvin University alumni Christians from Michigan English-language film directors Film directors from Michigan German-language film directors Living people Screenwriters from Michigan University of California, Los Angeles alumni Writers from Grand Rapids, Michigan