Joel Schumacher
Directing
Awards
Won 1 Time Machine Award Award
Time Machine Award 1 won
- 2004 Time Machine Award Won
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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, but rose to prominence after directing St. Elmo's Fire (1985), The Lost Boys (1987), and The Client (1994). Schumacher was selected to replace Tim Burton as director of the Batman franchise and oversaw Batman Foreve (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997). After the Batman franchise Schumacher directed smaller-budgeted films, including Tigerland (2000) and Phone Booth (2002). He directed The Phantom of the Opera, which was released to mixed reviews in 2004. His final directorial work was for two episodes of House of Cards (2013).
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Filmography
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Directing
28 credits
House of Cards
Batman Forever
Falling Down
Batman & Robin
A Time to Kill
The Lost Boys
Phone Booth
The Client
The Phantom of the Opera
8MM
The Number 23
Bad Company
Flatliners
St. Elmo's Fire
Trespass
Dying Young
Veronica Guerin
Tigerland
Blood Creek
Cousins
2000 Malibu Road
Flawless
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Twelve
D.C. Cab
Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill
Virginia Hill
Man in the Mirror
Acting
17 credits
Welcome to Hollywood
Radioman
BRATS
Side by Side
Very Ralph
Heckler
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
The Binge
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Everything Is Copy
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
Halston
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
Stupidity
The Batmobile
Bloodsucking Cinema
Making of Phone Booth
Writing
10 credits
The Phantom of the Opera
St. Elmo's Fire
The Wiz
Car Wash
Flawless
D.C. Cab
Code Name: Foxfire
Sparkle
Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill
Virginia Hill
Other credits
7 credits
Sleeper
Interiors
The Last of Sheila
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Blume in Love
Killer Bees
Play It as It Lays
Producing
6 credits
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