Joel Schumacher

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-08-29 (81 years old)

Deathday

2020-06-22

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Joel Schumacher

Biography

Joel T. Schumacher (August 29, 1939 – June 22, 2020) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and costume designer. He was raised in New York City by his mother and suffered from substance abuse at a young age. He became a fashion designer after graduating from Parsons School of Design, but would continue suffering from substance abuse and high levels of debt until the early 1970s. He first entered film-making as a production and costume designer before gaining writing credits on Car Wash, Sparkle, and The Wiz. He received little attention for his initial theatrically released films, The Incredible Shrinking Woman and D.C. Cab,...

Acting

Production

1995

Batman Forever

as Director

1997

Batman & Robin

as Director

1990

Flatliners

as Director

1987

The Lost Boys

as Director

1996

A Time to Kill

as Director

2003

Phone Booth

as Director

1994

The Client

as Director

2002

Bad Company

as Director

2003

Veronica Guerin

as Director

2007

The Number 23

as Director

2000

Tigerland

as Director

2009

Blood Creek

as Director

1985

St. Elmo's Fire

as Director

1985

St. Elmo's Fire

as Screenplay

1989

Cousins

as Director

1999

8MM

as Producer

1999

8MM

as Director

1991

Dying Young

as Director

1999

Flawless

as Director

1978

The Wiz

as Screenplay

2004

1983

D.C. Cab

as Director

2010

Twelve

as Director

1993

Falling Down

as Director

2011

Trespass

as Director

2020

The Binge

as In Memory Of

1976

Sparkle

as Screenplay

1976

Sparkle

as Story

1999

Flawless

as Producer

1999

Flawless

as Screenplay

1986

Slow Burn

as Executive Producer

1978

Interiors

as Costume Design

1973

The Last of Sheila

as Costume Design

1983

D.C. Cab

as Writer

1974

Virginia Hill

as Director

2011

1976

Car Wash

as Writer

1975

1974

Killer Bees

as Production Design

1973

Blume in Love

as Costume Design

1995

The Babysitter

as Executive Producer

1973

Sleeper

as Costume Designer

2000

Gossip

as Executive Producer

1972

Play It as It Lays

as Costume Design

1974

Virginia Hill

as Writer

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