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Jeffrey Schwarz

Born: 1969-09-15 in New York City, New York, USA

Known For: Directing

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.

Filmography

2026

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders ... (Director)

2024

Hollywood Black ... (Executive Producer)

2023

Commitment to Life ... (Director)

2021

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story as Self

2019

Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’ ... (Editor)
Valerie as Self
Return to Chili Verde: Making ‘Lust in the Dust’ ... (Producer)

2018

Love, Gilda ... (Consulting Producer)
Crime and Beauty: Remembering "Female Trouble" ... (Producer)
Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’ ... (Producer)

2017

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin ... (Consulting Producer)
The Fabulous Allan Carr ... (Producer)

2015

Tab Hunter Confidential ... (Producer)
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story ... (Executive Producer)
She's The Best Thing in It ... (Editor)

2014

I Am Divine ... (Director)
That Guy Dick Miller ... (Executive Producer)
And the Oscar Goes To... ... (Co-Producer)

2012

Everybody Cut: The Stars of 'Footloose' ... (Producer)
Dancing with the 'Footloose' Stars ... (Producer)
Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution' ... (Producer)
Different From the Others: A Legacy Preserved ... (Producer)
Stories from the Plague ... (Producer)

2011

Marty and Bobby ... (Director)
The Roommate: The Next Generation of Stars ... (Producer)
Obsession: The Making of "The Roommate" ... (Producer)
Raging Bull: Marty & Bobby ... (Director)
Marty on Film ... (Producer)
Final Destination 5: Circle of Death ... (Producer)
Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose" ... (Producer)
"Footloose": Remembering Willard ... (Producer)
From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interivew with Sarah Jessica Parker ... (Producer)
The Roommate: Dressing Dangerously ... (Producer)
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers' ... (Producer)
Vito ... (Director)
Larger Than Life: The Making of "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story" as Self
Takers: Take Action! ... (Producer)
Raging Bull: Remembering Jake ... (Producer)
Raging Bull: Reflections on a Classic ... (Producer)

2010

Body Count: The Deaths of "Final Destination" ... (Producer)
Going the Distance: A Guide to Long Distance Dating ... (Producer)
The Prodigal Experience: Reflections on a Story ... (Producer)
The Cast of Going the Distance: Off the Cuff ... (Director)
Going the Distance: How to Have a Perfect Date ... (Producer)
LeToya Luckett: A Rising Star ... (Producer)
The Music of 'the Preacher's Kid' ... (Producer)
The Preacher's Kid in Atlanta ... (Producer)
Undead Evolution: Making 'Resident Evil: Afterlife' ... (Producer)
Program Alice: Activated ... (Producer)

2009

Spider-Man: Re-Animated ... (Producer)
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema ... (Producer)
17 Again: Zac Goes Back ... (Producer)
17 Agan: Going Back to 17 ... (Producer)
Welcome to Lakeview Terrace: Behind the Scenes ... (Producer)
17 Again: Zac's Dance Flashback ... (Producer)
It Came from Kuchar as Self
House of Harrington ... (Director)
‘Friday’ Straight Up ... (Director)
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Stylizing Spidey ... (Producer)
Creek Daze: A Conversation with Kevin Williamson ... (Producer)
Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’ ... (Producer)
Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’ ... (Producer)
On These Shoulders We Stand ... (Consulting Producer)

2008

Milk as Castro Man (uncredited)
The Fabulous Fashion of 'Sex and the City' ... (Producer)
The Players: The Cast of 'Extinction' ... (Producer)
Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City ... (Producer)
Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was ... (Producer)
Mr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales ... (Producer)
Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof' ... (Producer)
Sex and the City: The Wedding Dress Photo Shoot ... (Producer)
Dreams Worth While: The Journey of "A Raisin in the Sun" ... (Producer)
Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock” ... (Producer)
Dreaming Slipstream Dream ... (Producer)
Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan Freeman ... (Producer)
Sex and the City: A Conversation with Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael Patrick King ... (Producer)
Fellow Travelers ... (Producer)
The Making of “Say” ... (Producer)
Sex and the City: Fergie in the Studio ... (Producer)
Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack Nicholson ... (Producer)
For Life: The Journey of Dr. Dennis Slamon ... (Producer)
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon ... (Director)
Writing a Bucket List ... (Producer)
Q&A at the DGA: Rob Epstein and Tom Ammiano ... (Producer)
Taking the Band: Making "Taking 5" ... (Producer)
Starz Inside: In the Gutter ... (Producer)
Beyond Raccoon City: Unearthing 'Resident Evil: Extinction' ... (Producer)
Resident Road Map: Reflections on the Future of the Series ... (Producer)

2007

'Hairspray' Extentions ... (Producer)
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray" ... (Producer)
Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles ... (Producer)
Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth ... (Producer)
Cinemaville as Self
Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes ... (Producer)
Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad ... (Producer)
Snakes on a Blog ... (Producer)
It's 'Hairspray'! ... (Producer)
Exhuming 'The Messengers' ... (Producer)
DP/30: Conversations About Movies as Self
The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane' ... (Producer)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story ... (Director)
Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad ... (Producer)
Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse ... (Producer)
The Roots of 'Hairspray' ... (Producer)
Kong: Creating a Monster ... (Producer)
Animatronic Snakes: A Visit to the Creature Shop ... (Producer)
Hairspray: Playing Tracy ... (Producer)
Snakes on a Plane: Snakebite Survival ... (Producer)
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel ... (Producer)
Snakes on a Video: Cobra Starship ... (Producer)
Rise Up and Shout! ... (Producer)
The Evolution of Resident Evil: Bridge to Extinction ... (Producer)

2006

"Jarhead" Diaries ... (Producer)
Robin Williams: A Family Affair ... (Director)
JoJo: The Pop Princess ... (Director)
Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds ... (Producer)
Robin Williams: A Family Affair ... (Producer)
Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane ... (Producer)
Serving Seconds: The Making of 'Eating Out 2' ... (Producer)
Death's Design: Making "Final Destination 3" ... (Producer)
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors ... (Producer)
The House That Freddy Built ... (Producer)
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill' ... (Producer)
Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy ... (Producer)
Semper Fi: Life After the Corps ... (Producer)
Jarhead: Background ... (Producer)
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' ... (Producer)
Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ ... (Producer)
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors ... (Director)
Hitchcocked! ... (Producer)
Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares ... (Producer)
Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights' ... (Producer)
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film ... (Producer)

2005

Cartoon Logic ... (Producer)
King Arthur: A Roundtable Discussion ... (Producer)
Reservoir Dogs Revisited ... (Producer)
Why I Love 'Bewitched' ... (Director)
Still Swingin’ ... (Producer)
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' ... (Producer)
Introducing Cameron Diaz ... (Producer)
Paw Prints and Baby Steps: On the Set of “Son of The Mask” ... (Producer)
Digital Diapers and Dog Bytes: Creating “Son of The Mask” ... (Producer)
Chow Bella: Hollywood’s Pampered Pooches ... (Producer)
What Makes Fido Run? ... (Producer)
Return to Edge City ... (Producer)
De Niro vs. La Motta: Shot for Shot ... (Producer)

2004

Blood on the Land: The Making of a King ... (Producer)
Army of One: Punisher Origins ... (Producer)
Game Babes ... (Producer)
From the Classroom to the Streets: The Making of 'Who's That Knocking at My Door' ... (Producer)
War Journal: On the Set of 'The Punisher' ... (Producer)
Dialing Up "Cellular" ... (Producer)
Eating Out ... (Associate Producer)
The Workaday Gangster ... (Producer)
Keepin' It Real: 'Punisher' Stunts ... (Producer)
A Stuntman for All Seasons: A Tribute to Bennie Dobbins ... (Producer)
Elf: Film School for Kids ... (Producer)
Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" ... (Producer)
East Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of Carolco ... (Producer)
Elf: That's a Wrap ... (Producer)
Symphony of Evil ... (Producer)
Stan Winston: Monster Mogul ... (Producer)
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown ... (Producer)
Celling Out ... (Producer)
Drawing Blood Bradstreet Style ... (Producer)
Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier' ... (Producer)
Obey the Lost Skeleton! ... (Producer)
Eliza Dushku: Babe in the Woods ... (Producer)
The Running Man: Game Theory ... (Producer)
Elf: How they Made the North Pole ... (Producer)
Undead Boot Camp ... (Producer)
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre ... (Producer)
Meet Bob Shaye ... (Producer)
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' ... (Producer)
Universal Soldier: A Tale of Two Titans ... (Producer)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Severed Parts ... (Producer)
Code of Silence: Inside the Rampart Scandal ... (Producer)
Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn' ... (Producer)
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' ... (Producer)
Elf: Santa Mania ... (Producer)
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy ... (Producer)
Corporate Malfeasance ... (Producer)
Lockdown on Main Street ... (Producer)
Elf: Tag Along with Will Ferrell ... (Producer)
Elf: Lights, Camera, Puffin! ... (Producer)
Elf: Deck the Halls ... (Producer)
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos ... (Producer)
Clive Barker: Raising Hell ... (Producer)
Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated ... (Producer)
Paper Is Cheaper Than Film ... (Producer)
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours ... (Producer)
Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield ... (Producer)
Elf Jukebox ... (Producer)
Elf: Kids on Christmas ... (Producer)

2003

Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th' ... (Director)
Minnesota Nice ... (Producer)
Journey to Safety: Making 'Tears of the Sun' ... (Producer)
The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface' ... (Producer)
Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig ... (Producer)
Tears of the Sun: Voices of Africa ... (Producer)
Dick Miller: Thespian ... (Producer)
Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life ... (Producer)
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ ... (Producer)
Cheating Death: Beyond and Back ... (Producer)
The Terror Gauge! ... (Producer)

2002

Revisiting 'The Last Waltz' ... (Producer)
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' ... (Producer)
Mysteries of Love ... (Director)
Jet Li Is 'The One' ... (Producer)
Chow Yun Fat Goes Hollywood ... (Producer)
We Get to Win This Time ... (Producer)
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' ... (Director)
Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II' ... (Producer)
Men in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy ... (Producer)
What’s the Worst That Could Happen: Scene Stealers ... (Producer)
Guts and Glory ... (Producer)
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q' ... (Producer)
Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House' ... (Producer)
Men in Black II: MIB ADR ... (Producer)
Scoring "Resident Evil" ... (Producer)
Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe ... (Producer)
Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal" ... (Producer)
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later ... (Producer)
Life as a House: From the Ground Up ... (Producer)
The Starships of “Starship Troopers” ... (Producer)
Rambonomics ... (Producer)
The Forging of Heroes: America’s Green Berets ... (Producer)
Playing Dead: "Resident Evil" from Game to Screen ... (Producer)
Bones: Urban Gothic ... (Producer)
Taking the Punishment Poll ... (Producer)
The Real Nam: Voices From Within ... (Producer)
The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees ... (Producer)
A Feast for the Eyes: Ang Lee in Taipei ... (Producer)
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' ... (Producer)
Fighting for Care ... (Producer)
Men in Black II‎: Creature Featurettes ... (Producer)
Suiting Up: Rambo's Survival Hardware ... (Producer)
Afganistan: Land in Crisis ... (Producer)
Mark Borchardt Was in 'The One' with Jet Li ... (Producer)
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket' ... (Producer)
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X" ... (Producer)
This Is Automat as Self
Squish, Splat, Sploosh: The Stellar Sounds of 'Men in Black II' ... (Producer)
Mackin’ Ain’t Easy ... (Producer)
Cosmic Symphonies: Elfman in Space ... (Producer)
Rick Baker: Alien Maker ... (Producer)
The Politics of Fur ... (Editor)
Rambo: Selling a Hero ... (Producer)

2001

Adam Sandler Goes to Hell ... (Producer)
Satan’s Top Forty ... (Producer)
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' ... (Director)
Predator: Camouflage ... (Producer)
Satan’s Top 40 ... (Director)
Rescued from the Closet ... (Producer)
Scoring 'Ghosts of Mars' ... (Producer)
Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct' ... (Producer)
Predator: Old Painless ... (Producer)
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' ... (Producer)
Predator: The Life Inside ... (Producer)
Charlie’s Angels: Getting G’d Up ... (Director)
Let the Games Begin ... (Producer)
How Harry Met Sally… ... (Editor)
Predator: Welcome to the Jungle ... (Producer)
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking ... (Producer)
Predator: Classified Action ... (Producer)
Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels ... (Producer)
Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars ... (Producer)
Predator: Character Design ... (Producer)
Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy ... (Producer)
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons" ... (Producer)
One on One with Vito Russo ... (Producer)
Imagining 'Total Recall' ... (Producer)
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop' ... (Producer)
The Confidence Man ... (Editor)
Visions of Mars ... (Producer)
Paul Verhoeven vs. the MPAA ... (Producer)
Krull: Marvel Comics Video Adaptation ... (Producer)
Charlie’s Angels: Welcome to Angel World ... (Producer)
Charlie’s Angels: Angelic Effects ... (Director)

2000

Angels Forever ... (Producer)
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' ... (Producer)
The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich ... (Editor)
Catching Up with Marty DiBergi ... (Producer)
Julie Strain: Supergoddess! ... (Producer)
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' ... (Producer)
KPFA On the Air ... (Additional Photography)
The Perfect Souffle: Testing "Final Destination" ... (Producer)
Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji' ... (Producer)
Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball' ... (Producer)
Premonitions ... (Producer)

1999

Psycho Path ... (Producer)
Invisible Mom II ... (Editor)
The Kid with X-Ray Eyes ... (Editor)
"Bats" Abound ... (Producer)
Imagining 'Heavy Metal' ... (Editor)
Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler' ... (Producer)
Virus: Ghost in the Machine ... (Producer)
The Dead Walk: Remaking a Classic ... (Producer)

1998

A Bold Affair ... (Editor)
Scorpio One ... (Editor)
Bikini Traffic School ... (Editor)
Dear Santa ... (Editor)
If I Die Before I Wake ... (Editor)
Leather Jacket Love Story ... (Editor)

1997

Maximum Security ... (Editor)
The Escort ... (Editor)
Rapid Assault ... (Editor)

1996

Precious Find ... (Assistant Editor)
The Celluloid Closet ... (Assistant Editor)
Frisk ... (Assistant Editor)
Phantom Pain ... (Editor)

1993

Out There ... (Production Assistant)
Al Lewis in the Flesh ... (Director)
Gotta Give ‘Em Hope ... (Director)

1991

Poison ... (Production Assistant)

1990

Blood and Donuts ... (Director)