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Joel Schumacher

American director, screenwriter, and producer (1939-2020) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 80

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.

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2020Died22 June 20202019HalstonFilm2015Do Not Disturb: Hotel HorrorsSeries, ProducerEverything Is CopyFilm, 20152013House of CardsSeries, Director2010TwelveFilm, Director2007HecklerFilm2004Time Machine AwardAward2003Phone BoothFilm, Director2000GossipFilm, Producer1996A Time to KillFilm, Director1994The ClientFilm, Director19922000 Malibu RoadSeries, Director1991Dying YoungFilm, Director1989CousinsFilm, Director1985Code Name: FoxfireSeries, CreatorSt. Elmo's FireFilm, 1985Director, Writer1981The Incredible Shrinking WomanFilm, Director1976Car WashFilm, Writer1939Born29 August 1939

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  • A Time to Kill 1996
  • Falling Down 1993
  • Side by Side 2012
  • The Phantom of the Opera 2004
  • Val 2021

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Filmography 40

73 credits on file

Television 4

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Time Machine Award2004

About this person

He first entered filmmaking as a production and costume designer before gaining writing credits on Car Wash, Sparkle, and The Wiz.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1939 to 2020 · aged 80

In the same film or series as Joel

Radha MitchellAlso in Phone Booth (2003)Philip Michael ThomasAlso in Sparkle (1976)Dominic PurcellAlso in Blood Creek (2009)Gary BuseyAlso in D.C. Cab (1983)Lois SmithAlso in Falling Down (1993)Chris BauerAlso in Flawless (1999)