Directing

Jeffrey Schwarz

15.09.1969 New York City, New York, USA 324 credits Homepage

Biography

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.

Career

1990 2026

8 Acting 130 Directing 322 Movies 2 Series

1990

2000

2010

2020

Filmography

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

Director, Editor, Producer

Hollywood Black

Series — 2024

Executive Producer

Commitment to Life

Director, Editor, Producer

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

Acting: Self, Director, Editor, Producer

Return to Chili Verde: Making ‘Lust in the Dust’

Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’

Director, Editor, Producer

Consulting Producer

Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’

Director, Editor, Producer

Crime and Beauty: Remembering "Female Trouble"

Director, Editor, Producer

The Fabulous Allan Carr

Director, Editor, Producer

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

Consulting Producer

Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story

Executive Producer

She's The Best Thing in It

Editor, Producer

Tab Hunter Confidential

Director, Editor, Producer

Director, Producer

That Guy Dick Miller

Executive Producer

And the Oscar Goes To...

Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution'

Director, Producer

Stories from the Plague

Director, Producer

Different From the Others: A Legacy Preserved

Director, Producer

Dancing with the 'Footloose' Stars

Director, Producer

Everybody Cut: The Stars of 'Footloose'

Director, Producer

Final Destination 5: Circle of Death

Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'

Director, Producer

"Footloose": Remembering Willard

Director, Producer

Larger Than Life: The Making of "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story"

Acting: Self, Director, Producer

Obsession: The Making of "The Roommate"

The Roommate: Dressing Dangerously

The Roommate: The Next Generation of Stars

From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interivew with Sarah Jessica Parker

Director, Producer

Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose"

Director, Producer

Raging Bull: Reflections on a Classic

Director, Producer

Director, Producer

Takers: Take Action!

Marty and Bobby

Director, Producer

Raging Bull: Marty & Bobby

Director, Producer

Raging Bull: Remembering Jake

Director, Producer

Program Alice: Activated

Undead Evolution: Making 'Resident Evil: Afterlife'

Director, Producer

LeToya Luckett: A Rising Star

The Music of 'the Preacher's Kid'

The Preacher's Kid in Atlanta

The Prodigal Experience: Reflections on a Story

Body Count: The Deaths of "Final Destination"

Creek Daze: A Conversation with Kevin Williamson

Director, Producer

Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema

Director, Producer

It Came from Kuchar

Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’

Director, Producer

17 Again: Zac Goes Back

17 Again: Zac's Dance Flashback

17 Agan: Going Back to 17

On These Shoulders We Stand

Consulting Producer

Welcome to Lakeview Terrace: Behind the Scenes

House of Harrington

Director, Producer

Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’

Director, Producer

‘Friday’ Straight Up

Director, Producer

Acting: Castro Man (uncredited)

For Life: The Journey of Dr. Dennis Slamon

Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof'

Sex and the City: A Conversation with Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael Patrick King

Taking the Band: Making "Taking 5"

Starz Inside: In the Gutter

Director, Producer

Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack Nicholson

Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan Freeman

The Making of “Say”

Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon

Director, Producer

Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City

Sex and the City: Fergie in the Studio

Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was

Sex and the City: The Wedding Dress Photo Shoot

The Fabulous Fashion of 'Sex and the City'

Dreams Worth While: The Journey of "A Raisin in the Sun"

Director, Producer

Dreaming Slipstream Dream

Mr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales

Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock”

Beyond Raccoon City: Unearthing 'Resident Evil: Extinction'

Fellow Travelers

Director, Producer

Resident Road Map: Reflections on the Future of the Series

The Players: The Cast of 'Extinction'

Writing a Bucket List

Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse

The Evolution of Resident Evil: Bridge to Extinction

'Hairspray' Extentions

Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth

Hairspray: Playing Tracy

Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad

Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad

It's 'Hairspray'!

The Roots of 'Hairspray'

Director, Producer

You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"

Director, Producer

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Director, Editor, Producer

DP/30: Conversations About Movies

Series — 2007

Rise Up and Shout!

Exhuming 'The Messengers'

Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel

Director, Producer

Snakes on a Blog

Animatronic Snakes: A Visit to the Creature Shop

Kong: Creating a Monster

Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles

Snakes on a Plane: Snakebite Survival

Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes

Snakes on a Video: Cobra Starship

The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane'

Serving Seconds: The Making of 'Eating Out 2'

Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’

Director, Producer

Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'

Director, Producer

Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'

Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy

Director, Producer

JoJo: The Pop Princess

Director, Producer

RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors

Director, Producer

RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors

Director, Producer

Robin Williams: A Family Affair

Director, Producer

Robin Williams: A Family Affair

Director, Producer

Director, Producer

No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'

Director, Producer

Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds

Shooting the Police: Cops on Film

Director, Producer

"Jarhead" Diaries

Jarhead: Background

Semper Fi: Life After the Corps

Death's Design: Making "Final Destination 3"

Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane

Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares

The House That Freddy Built

Director, Producer

Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'

Director, Producer

Why I Love 'Bewitched'

Director, Producer

King Arthur: A Roundtable Discussion

De Niro vs. La Motta: Shot for Shot

Reservoir Dogs Revisited

Director, Producer

Chow Bella: Hollywood’s Pampered Pooches

Digital Diapers and Dog Bytes: Creating “Son of The Mask”

Paw Prints and Baby Steps: On the Set of “Son of The Mask”

What Makes Fido Run?

Director, Producer

Director, Producer

Introducing Cameron Diaz

Director, Producer

Return to Edge City

Director, Producer

Still Swingin’

Director, Editor, Producer

Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated

Director, Producer

Undead Boot Camp

Corporate Malfeasance

Symphony of Evil

Blood on the Land: The Making of a King

The Workaday Gangster

Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown

Elf: Deck the Halls

Elf: Film School for Kids

Elf: How they Made the North Pole

Elf: Kids on Christmas

Elf: Lights, Camera, Puffin!

Elf: Santa Mania

Elf: Tag Along with Will Ferrell

Elf: That's a Wrap

Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier'

Director, Producer

Universal Soldier: A Tale of Two Titans

Army of One: Punisher Origins

Drawing Blood Bradstreet Style

East Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of Carolco

Director, Producer

Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield

Keepin' It Real: 'Punisher' Stunts

War Journal: On the Set of The Punisher

Paper Is Cheaper Than Film

Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"

Clive Barker: Raising Hell

Director, Producer

Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours

From the Classroom to the Streets: The Making of 'Who's That Knocking at My Door'

Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'

Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy

Director, Producer

Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos

Director, Producer

People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'

Director, Producer

Obey the Lost Skeleton!

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Severed Parts

Director, Producer

Lockdown on Main Street

The Running Man: Game Theory

Associate Producer

Eliza Dushku: Babe in the Woods

Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn'

Stan Winston: Monster Mogul

A Stuntman for All Seasons: A Tribute to Bennie Dobbins

Director, Producer

Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre

Director, Producer

Code of Silence: Inside the Rampart Scandal

Dialing Up "Cellular"

Director, Producer

Director, Producer

Cheating Death: Beyond and Back

The Terror Gauge!

Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th'

Director, Producer

Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig

Dick Miller: Thespian

Journey to Safety: Making 'Tears of the Sun'

Director, Producer

Tears of the Sun: Voices of Africa

Director, Producer

Director, Producer

Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life

The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface'

Director, Producer

Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’

Director, Producer

A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'

Cosmic Symphonies: Elfman in Space

Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'

Men in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy

Men in Black II: MIB ADR

Men in Black II‎: Creature Featurettes

Rick Baker: Alien Maker

Squish, Splat, Sploosh: The Stellar Sounds of 'Men in Black II'

Scoring "Resident Evil"

Director, Producer

This Is Automat

Acting: Self, Producer

Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'

Director, Producer

Jet Li Is 'The One'

Mark Borchardt Was in 'The One' with Jet Li

Playing Dead: "Resident Evil" from Game to Screen

Director, Producer

The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees

Director, Producer

Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'

Fighting for Care

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"

The Politics of Fur

What’s the Worst That Could Happen: Scene Stealers

Afganistan: Land in Crisis

Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'

Director, Producer

Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later

Rambo: Selling a Hero

Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe

Director, Producer

Suiting Up: Rambo's Survival Hardware

The Real Nam: Voices From Within

The Starships of “Starship Troopers”

Director, Producer

We Get to Win This Time

Revisiting 'The Last Waltz'

Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'

Director, Producer

Mackin’ Ain’t Easy

The Forging of Heroes: America’s Green Berets

Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'

Life as a House: From the Ground Up

Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"

Director, Producer

Taking the Punishment Poll

Director, Producer

A Feast for the Eyes: Ang Lee in Taipei

Chow Yun Fat Goes Hollywood

Director, Producer

Bones: Urban Gothic

Mysteries of Love

Director, Producer

Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars

Scoring 'Ghosts of Mars'

Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'

Director, Producer

Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'

Director, Producer

The Confidence Man

Visions of Mars

Director, Producer

As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'

Director, Producer

Krull: Marvel Comics Video Adaptation

Director, Producer

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Director, Editor, Producer

Paul Verhoeven vs. the MPAA

Director, Producer

One on One with Vito Russo

Director, Producer

Rescued from the Closet

Director, Editor, Producer

Let the Games Begin

Director, Producer

The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"

Director, Producer

Adam Sandler Goes to Hell

Director, Producer

Satan’s Top Forty

Director, Producer

From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking

Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy

Director, Producer

Charlie’s Angels: Angelic Effects

Director, Producer

Charlie’s Angels: Getting G’d Up

Director, Producer

Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels

Director, Producer

Charlie’s Angels: Welcome to Angel World

Director, Producer

How Harry Met Sally…

Director, Editor, Producer

Imagining 'Total Recall'

Director, Producer

Predator: Camouflage

Predator: Character Design

Predator: Classified Action

Predator: Old Painless

Predator: The Life Inside

Predator: Welcome to the Jungle

Satan’s Top 40

Director, Producer

If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

Director, Producer

Director, Producer

KPFA On the Air

Additional Photography

Director, Producer

The Perfect Souffle: Testing "Final Destination"

Director, Producer

Catching Up with Marty DiBergi

Director, Producer

The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich

Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji'

Julie Strain: Supergoddess!

Director, Producer

Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball'

Director, Editor, Producer

Director, Producer

Virus: Ghost in the Machine

Editor, Producer

Invisible Mom II

The Kid with X-Ray Eyes

Editor, Producer

Imagining 'Heavy Metal'

Director, Editor, Producer

Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'

Director, Editor, Producer

The Dead Walk: Remaking a Classic

Director, Producer

Bikini Traffic School

Leather Jacket Love Story

If I Die Before I Wake

Maximum Security

Assistant Editor

Assistant Editor

The Celluloid Closet

Assistant Editor

Production Assistant

Gotta Give ‘Em Hope

Director, Editor, Producer

Al Lewis in the Flesh

Director, Editor, Producer

Production Assistant

Blood and Donuts

Director, Editor, Producer, Writer

13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O

Director, Producer

A Backstage Look at "The Wedding Singer" on Broadway

Diggin’ Up "Bones"

Fleshing Out the Hollow Man

Director, Producer

Gays on Strike: The Truth Behind "Wedding Wars"

Director, Producer

Goddess: The Fall and Rise of Showgirls

Director, Producer

Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of "Universal Soldier"

Director, Producer

Heavy Metal 2000: Voice Talent Featurette

Jump Back: Re-Imagining “Footloose”

Director, Producer

Multiverses Create 'The One'

Predator: The Unseen Arnold

Resident Evil: Apocalypse: Stuntman Set Tour

Step by Step: The Dances of 'Hairspray'

The Making of 'Sex and the City'