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Joel Schumacher
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American director, screenwriter, and producer (1939–2020)
Joel Schumacher was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer who had a long career in Hollywood from the 1980s through the 2000s. He is remembered for directing a wide range of films across different genres, including the Batman movies of the 1990s, which remain culturally significant despite mixed critical reception.
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Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
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.…
Known for
- BRATS — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2024
- Val — Self (archive)2021
- Very Ralph — Self2019
- Halston — Self2019
- Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall — Self2016
- Everything Is Copy — Self2015
- The Batmobile — Self2012
- Side by Side — Self2012
- Radioman — Self2012
- Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel — Self2012
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1939-08-29 ) August 29, 1939, New York City, New York, U.S.
- Died
- June 22, 2020 (2020-06-22) (aged 80), New York City, New York, U.S.
- Alma mater
- Fashion Institute of Technology , Parsons School of Design
- Occupations
- Film director producer costume designer production designer screenwriter
- Years active
- 1970–2015
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joel
- Family name
- Schumacher
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- Fashion Institute of Technology
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Field of work
- film production
- Image
- Joel Schumacher at Taormina Film Fest 2003 (cropped).jpg
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- Category:Films directed by Joel Schumacher
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- 1972-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-06-22
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
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- 2020-00-00
- birth name
- Joel T. Schumacher
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
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Encyclopedic overview
Joel T. Schumacher (/ˈʃuːmɑːkər/; August 29, 1939 – June 22, 2020) 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.
Schumacher received little attention for his first theatrically released films, The Incredible Shrinking Woman and D.C. Cab, but rose to prominence after directing St. Elmo's Fire, The Lost Boys, The Client and Falling Down. Schumacher was selected to replace Tim Burton as director of the Batman film franchise, and oversaw two of the series's most commercially oriented entries, Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997). The latter's failure foresaw a steep career decline, although Schumacher continued directing work on smaller-budget films, such as Tigerland and Phone Booth. In 2004, he directed The Phantom of the Opera, which was released to mixed reviews. His final directorial work was two episodes of House of Cards.
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