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Michael A. Schultz Biography (1938-)

Born November 10, 1938, in Milwaukee, WI; son of Leo (an insurance salesman)and Katherine Frances (a factory worker; maiden name, Leslie) Schultz; married Gloria (an actress; maiden name, Lauren Jones). Addresses: Office: P.O. Box 1940, Santa Monica, CA 90406.; Agent: Shapiro & Lobell, 111 West40th Street, New York, NY 10018.

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, producer

Birth Details

November 10, 1938

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Director
• Waiting for Godot, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1966
• Song of the Lusitanian Bogey, Negro Ensemble Company, St. Marks Playhouse, New York City, then London, England, both 1968
• Kongis Harvest, Negro Ensemble Company, St. Marks Playhouse, 1968
• God Is a (Guess What?), Negro Ensemble Company, St. Marks Playhouse, 1968 69.
• Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre, Waterford, CT, then Belasco Theatre, New York City, both 1969
• The Reckoning, St. Marks Playhouse, 1969
• Every Night When the Sun Goes Down, Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre, 1969
• The Dream on Monkey Mountain, Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre, 1969 then Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1970 later St. Marks Playhouse, 1971
• Operation Sidewinder, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, thenMark Taper Forum, both 1970
• Sambo, Mobile Theatre, 1970
• Woyzeck, St. Marks Playhouse, 1970
• The Three Sisters, Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, CT, 1973
• Thoughts, Westport Country Playhouse, then Theatre De Lys, New York City, both 1973
• The Poison Tree, Westport Country Playhouse, 1973
• The Cherry Orchard, Anspacher Theatre, New York City, 1973
• What the Winesellers Buy, Mark Taper Forum, then Vivian Beaumont Theatre, later New Theatre for Now, Los Angeles, all 1974
• Mulebone, Helen Hayes Public Theatre at Lincoln Center, New York City, 1991
• Stage Work
• Other
• Stage manager, The Old Glory, American Place Theatre, 1964 then Theatre De Lys, both New York City, 1965
• Stage manager, Command Performance, Maidman Playhouse, 1966
• Lighting director, Daddy Goodness, Negro Ensemble Company, St. Marks Playhouse, 1968
• Stage Appearances
• Francesco, "Benito Cereno," The Old Glory, American Place Theatre,1964 then Theatre De Lys, 1965
• Film Director
• Together for Days (also known as Black Cream), Olas, 1972
• Honeybaby, Honeybaby, Kelly/Jordan, 1974
• Cooley High, American International, 1975
• Car Wash, Universal, 1976
• Greased Lightning, Warner Bros., 1977
• Which Way Is Up?, Universal, 1977
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Universal, 1978
• Scavenger Hunt, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
• Carbon Copy, Avco Embassy, 1981
• Bustin Loose, Universal, 1983
• The Last Dragon, Tri-Star, 1985
• (And producer; with Doug McHenry) Krush Groove, Warner Bros., 1985
• (And producer; with George Jackson) Disorderlies, Warner Bros., 1987
• Livin Large, Samuel Goldwyn/Night Life, 1991
• Film Work
• Other
• Editor, The Show, 1995
• Executive producer, Phat Beach, 1996
• Editor, Ritual, 1999
• Television Director
• Movies
• Carbon Copy, 1981
• Benny's Place, ABC, 1982
• For Us the Living, 1983
• Timestalkers, CBS, 1986
• The Spirit, ABC, 1987
• Rock `n' Roll Mom, ABC, 1988
• Tarzan in Manhattan, CBS, 1989
• Jury Duty: The Comedy, ABC, 1990
• Dayo, NBC, 1992
• Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies, The Family Channel,1994
• Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father, The Family Channel and ABC, 1996
• Killers in the House, USA Network, 1998
• Episodic
• Toma, ABC, 1973
• Movin On, NBC, 1974
• The Rockford Files (also known as Jim Rockford, Private Investigator), NBC, 1974
• Baretta, ABC, 1975
• Starsky & Hutch, ABC, 1977
• Picket Fences, CBS, 1992-1996
• Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1993
• Chicago Hope, CBS, 1994
• JAG, NBC, 1995
• Promised Land (also known as Home of the Brave), CBS, 1996
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (also known as Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Series and Buffy), The WB, 1997
• The Practice, ABC, 1997
• Ally McBeal, Fox, 1997
• Felicity, The WB, 1998
• Charmed, The WB, 1998
• Family Law, CBS, 1999
• "Cry Me a Liver," City of Angels, NBC, 2000
• Boston Public, Fox, 2000
• Also directed episodes of Sisters and Touched by an Angel.
• Television Work
• Specials
• Director, To Be Young, Gifted, and Black, 1972
• Director and producer, Earth, Wind and Fire in Concert, HBO, 1982
• Editor, 112th & South Central: Through the Eyes of the Children, 1993
• Also director of documentary Fade Out--The Erosion of Black Images inthe Media and Ceremonies in Dark Old Men.
• Television Director
• Pilots
• Change at 125th Street, CBS, 1974
• The Jerk, Too, NBC, 1984
• Hammer, Slammer, and Slade, ABC, 1990
• Shock Treatment, 1995