Joel Schumacher Biography (1939-)
Born August 29, 1939, in New York, NY; son of Francis and Marian (maiden name, Kantor) Schumacher.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Writer, director, costume designer, producer
- Birth Details
- August 29, 1939
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Film Work
- Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
- Costume designer, Play It As It Lays, Universal, 1972
- Costume designer, The Last of Sheila, 1972
- Costume designer, Blume in Love, 1973
- Costume designer, Sleeper, United Artists, 1973
- Costume designer, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Warner Bros., 1975
- Costume designer, Interiors, United Artists, 1978
- The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Universal, 1981
- D.C. Cab (also known as Street Fleet), Universal, 1983
- St. Elmo's Fire, Columbia, 1985
- The Lost Boys, Warner Bros., 1987
- Cousins, Paramount, 1989
- Flatliners, Columbia, 1990
- Dying Young, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
- Falling Down, 1993
- The Client, 1994
- Batman Forever (also known as Forever), 1995
- Executive producer, The Babysitter, 1995
- A Time to Kill, Warner Bros., 1996
- Batman and Robin, Warner Bros., 1997
- (And producer) 8MM, Columbia, 1999
- (And producer) Flawless, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999
- Tigerland, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
- Phone Booth, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
- Dare, 2001
- The Church of the Dead Girls, 2001
- Executive producer, Gossip, Warner Bros., 2001
- Film Appearances
- Himself, Welcome to Hollywood, Phaedra Cinema, 1998
- Television Work
- Movies
- Production designer, Killer Bees, 1974
- Director, The Virginia Hill Story, NBC, 1974
- Director, Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill, NBC, 1979
- Executive producer (with Stefanie Staffin Kowal), Slow Burn, Showtime, 1986
- Television Director
- Episodic
- 2000 Malibu Road, 1992
- Other Television Work
- Executive Producer
- Now We're Cookin' (pilot), CBS, 1983
- Foxfire (also known as Code Name: Foxfire), 1985
- 2000 Malibu Road (series), 1992
- Television Appearances
- Episodic
- Himself, The Directors, Encore, 1999
- Other Television Appearances
- The ShoWest Awards (special), 1997
- Masters of Fantasy: Joel Schumacher (special), Sci-Fi Channel, 1997
- The Boys of Manchester: On the Set of Queer As Folk, 2000
- Stage Work
- Costume designer, The Time of the Cuckoo, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, c. 1974
- Director, Speed-the-Plow, Chicago, IL, 1989
- Director, Them, HERE Arts Center, New York City, 1999
- RECORDINGS
- Videos
- Director of the music videos Devil Inside by INXS, The End Is the Beginning Is the End by Smashing Pumpkins, and Kiss from a Roseby Seal.
- WRITINGS
- Screenplays
- Car Wash, Universal, 1976
- Sparkle (based on a story by Schumacher and Howard Rosenman), Warner Bros., 1976
- The Wiz (based on musical of the same title by William F. Brown and Charlie Smalls, which was based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L.Frank Baum), Universal, 1978
- D.C. Cab (also known as Street Fleet; based on a story by Schumacher and Topper Carew), Universal, 1983
- (With Carl Kurlander), St. Elmo's Fire, Columbia, 1985
- (And the song "Ashley") Flawless, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999
- Television Scripts
- The Virginia Hill Story (movie), NBC, 1974
- Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill (movie), NBC, 1979
- Now We're Cookin' (pilot), CBS, 1983
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
- International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1996 Volume 2: Directors, St. James Press,
- Cinefastique, January, 1990.
- Empire, Issue 88, 1996, pp. 62-64.
- Interview, July, 1990; February, 1999, p. 80.
- Movieline, February, 1999, pp. 66-70, 97.
- Newsday, February 23, 1993.
- New York Times, June 16, 1991; March 3, 1993; June 11, 1995.
- People Weekly, July 14, 1997, p. 117.
- Premiere, August, 1996, p. 76.
- Starlog, September, 1990; July, 1995; September, 1996; July, 1997.
