The Night Of was co-directed by an award-winning director.
The miniseries was written by Richard Price and Steven Zaillian and directed by Zaillian and James Marsh.
He won an Academy Award , a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for his screenplay Schindler 's List -LRB- 1993 -RRB- and he has been nominated for Awakenings , Gangs of New York and Moneyball.
He was also presented with the Distinguished Screenwriter Award at the 2009 Austin Film Festival and the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the Writers Guild of America in 2011.
