# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joel-schumacher
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:00:46.460Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joel-schumacher"
name: "Joel Schumacher"
slug: "joel-schumacher"
description: "Joel T. Schumacher was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Raised in New York City by his mother, Schumacher graduated from Parsons School of Design and originally became a fashion designer. He first entered filmmaking as a production and costume designer before gaining writing credits on Car Wash, Sparkle, and The Wiz."
tagline: "American director, screenwriter, and producer (1939–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joel_Schumacher_at_Taormina_Film_Fest_2003_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1939-08-29"
deathDate: "2020-06-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump