Directing
Jeffrey Schwarz
EN, PL cinema · 322 credits
Born
15 September 1969 (age 57)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Jeffrey Schwarz is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker based in Los Angeles. His latest documentary is "Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders," which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2026. Other films include "Commitment to Life," "Boulevard! A Hollywood Story," "The Fabulous Allan Carr," "Tab Hunter Confidential," "I Am Divine," "Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon," "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story," and HBO Documentary Films’ "Vito." He is executive producer of "Hollywood Black" (2024), the Emmy-nominated MGM+ series directed by Justin Simien, which won the 2025 Independent Spirit Award for Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series. Schwarz is also the recipient of the 2015 Frameline Award for outstanding contribution to LGBTQ representation in film, television, and the media arts.
Known for
Filmography
Goddess: The Fall and Rise of Showgirls
Director, Producer
Jump Back: Re-Imagining “Footloose”
Producer, Director
Gays on Strike: The Truth Behind "Wedding Wars"
Producer, Director
Diggin’ Up "Bones"
Producer
13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O
Producer, Director
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
Producer, Director
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
Director, Producer, Editor
Commitment to Life
Director, Editor, Producer
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
as Self, Director, Editor, Producer
Valerie
as Self
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
Editor, Producer, Director
Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
2018
Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
Producer, Editor, Director
Love, Gilda
Consulting Producer
Crime and Beauty: Remembering "Female Trouble"
Producer, Director, Editor
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Producer, Director, Editor
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Consulting Producer
Tab Hunter Confidential
Producer, Editor, Director
She's The Best Thing in It
Editor, Producer
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
Executive Producer
I Am Divine
Director, Producer
That Guy Dick Miller
Executive Producer
And the Oscar Goes To...
Co-Producer
Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution'
Producer, Director
Stories from the Plague
Producer, Director
Dancing with the 'Footloose' Stars
Producer, Director
Everybody Cut: The Stars of 'Footloose'
Producer, Director
Different From the Others: A Legacy Preserved
Producer, Director
Larger Than Life: The Making of "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story"
as Self, Producer, Director
Vito
Director, Producer
Marty and Bobby
Director, Producer
Raging Bull: Reflections on a Classic
Producer, Director
From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interivew with Sarah Jessica Parker
Producer, Director
Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose"
Producer, Director
Marty on Film
Producer, Director
Raging Bull: Remembering Jake
Producer, Director
"Footloose": Remembering Willard
Producer, Director
Raging Bull: Marty & Bobby
Director, Producer
Undead Evolution: Making 'Resident Evil: Afterlife'
Producer, Director
House of Harrington
Director, Producer
‘Friday’ Straight Up
Director, Producer
Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’
Director, Producer
Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’
Producer, Director
On These Shoulders We Stand
Consulting Producer
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
Producer, Director
Creek Daze: A Conversation with Kevin Williamson
Producer, Director
Milk
as Castro Man (uncredited)
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
Director, Producer
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
Producer, Director
Fellow Travelers
Producer, Director
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Director, Editor, Producer
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
Producer, Director
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
Producer, Director
The Roots of 'Hairspray'
Producer, Director
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
Producer, Director
The House That Freddy Built
Producer, Director
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
Producer, Director
Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
Producer, Director
Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'
Producer, Director
Hitchcocked!
Producer, Director
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
Producer, Director
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
Producer, Director
Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
Producer, Director
JoJo: The Pop Princess
Director, Producer
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
Director, Producer
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
Director, Producer
Return to Edge City
Producer, Director
Reservoir Dogs Revisited
Director, Producer
Still Swingin’
Producer, Editor, Director
Cartoon Logic
Producer, Director
Introducing Cameron Diaz
Producer, Director
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
Producer, Director
What Makes Fido Run?
Producer, Director
Why I Love 'Bewitched'
Director, Producer
Eating Out
Associate Producer
Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated
Producer, Director
Game Babes
Producer
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
Producer, Director
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
Producer, Director
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
Producer, Director
Meet Bob Shaye
Producer, Director
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
Producer, Director
Clive Barker: Raising Hell
Producer, Director
Symphony of Evil
Producer
Dialing Up "Cellular"
Producer, Director
Celling Out
Producer, Director
East Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of Carolco
Producer, Director
Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of "Universal Soldier"
Producer, Director
From the Classroom to the Streets: The Making of 'Who's That Knocking at My Door'
Producer
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Severed Parts
Producer, Director
Elf Jukebox
Producer
Minnesota Nice
Producer, Director
Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th'
Producer, Director
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
Producer, Director
The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface'
Producer, Director
The Terror Gauge!
Producer
Journey to Safety: Making 'Tears of the Sun'
Producer, Director
Tears of the Sun: Voices of Africa
Producer, Director
This Is Automat
as Self, Producer
Mysteries of Love
Producer, Director
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
Director, Producer
The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees
Producer, Director
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
Producer, Director
Mackin’ Ain’t Easy
Producer
Playing Dead: "Resident Evil" from Game to Screen
Producer, Director
Scoring "Resident Evil"
Producer, Director
Guts and Glory
Producer
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
Producer, Director
Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"
Producer, Director
Taking the Punishment Poll
Producer, Director
Chow Yun Fat Goes Hollywood
Producer, Director
Jet Li Is 'The One'
Producer
Rambonomics
Producer
Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe
Producer, Director
The Starships of “Starship Troopers”
Producer, Director
Rescued from the Closet
Editor, Producer, Director
How Harry Met Sally…
Editor, Producer, Director
Let the Games Begin
Producer, Director
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
Producer, Director
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Producer, Editor, Director
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
Producer, Director
Imagining 'Total Recall'
Producer, Director
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell
Director, Producer
Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'
Producer, Director
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
Producer, Director
Visions of Mars
Producer, Director
Satan’s Top Forty
Producer, Director
Krull: Marvel Comics Video Adaptation
Producer, Director
One on One with Vito Russo
Producer, Director
Paul Verhoeven vs. the MPAA
Producer, Director
Satan’s Top 40
2001
Satan’s Top 40
Director, Producer
Charlie’s Angels: Getting G’d Up
Director, Producer
Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels
Producer, Director
Charlie’s Angels: Welcome to Angel World
Producer, Director
Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy
Producer, Director
Charlie’s Angels: Angelic Effects
Director, Producer
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
Producer, Director
Julie Strain: Supergoddess!
Producer, Director
Catching Up with Marty DiBergi
Producer, Director
Premonitions
Producer, Director
The Perfect Souffle: Testing "Final Destination"
Producer, Director
KPFA On the Air
Additional Photography
Angels Forever
Producer, Director
Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball'
Producer, Editor, Director
Imagining 'Heavy Metal'
Editor, Producer, Director
Psycho Path
Producer, Editor
Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'
Producer, Editor, Director
The Dead Walk: Remaking a Classic
Producer, Director
Virus: Ghost in the Machine
Producer, Editor
"Bats" Abound
Producer, Director
Scorpio One
Editor
Dear Santa
Editor
The Escort
Editor
Phantom Pain
Editor
Precious Find
Assistant Editor
The Celluloid Closet
Assistant Editor
Frisk
Assistant Editor
Al Lewis in the Flesh
Director, Producer, Editor
Out There
Production Assistant
Gotta Give ‘Em Hope
Director, Producer, Editor
Poison
Production Assistant
Blood and Donuts
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor