Joel Schumacher

23 films · 1981 to 2011

Born 29 August 1939, New York City, New York, USA · Died 22 June 2020

Joel T. Schumacher was an American filmmaker. During a four-decade career, he directed more than 20 feature length films that spanned various genres. His films were commercially successful, grossing over a combined $1 billion. Born in New York City, Schumacher worked as a fashion designer before entering filmmaking. After making his directorial debut in 1981 with the science fiction comedy The Incredible Shrinking Woman, he came to prominence with the 1985 coming-of-age drama St. Elmo's Fire and the 1987 comedy horror The Lost Boys. Schumacher directed several box office hits during the 1990s, including the science fiction horror Flatliners (1990), the romantic drama Dying Young (1991), the action drama Falling Down (1993), the crime thriller 8mm (1999), and the adaptations of the John Grisham novels The Client (1994) and A Time to Kill (1996).

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