Director
Jeffrey Schwarz
- Born September 15, 1969 in 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.
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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
Milk2008
Eating Out2004
The Celluloid Closet1996
Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds2006
I Am Divine2014
Poison1991
And the Oscar Goes To...2014
Tab Hunter Confidential2015
Filmography
- TBAGoddess: The Fall and Rise of ShowgirlsFilmDirector, Producer
- TBAHeavy Metal 2000: Voice Talent FeaturetteFilmProducer
- TBAJump Back: Re-Imagining “Footloose”FilmProducer, Director
- TBAGays on Strike: The Truth Behind "Wedding Wars"FilmProducer, Director
- TBAA Backstage Look at "The Wedding Singer" on BroadwayFilmProducer
- TBADiggin’ Up "Bones"FilmProducer
- TBA13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-OFilmProducer, Director
- TBAFleshing Out the Hollow ManFilmProducer, Director
- TBAStep by Step: The Dances of 'Hairspray'FilmProducer
- TBAMultiverses Create 'The One'FilmProducer
- TBAPredator: The Unseen ArnoldFilmProducer
- TBAResident Evil: Apocalypse: Stuntman Set TourFilmProducer
- TBAThe Making of 'Sex and the City'FilmProducer
- 2026Mineshaft: The Cruising MurdersFilmProducer, Director, Editor
- 2024Hollywood BlackSeriesExecutive Producer
- 2023Commitment to LifeFilmDirector, Producer, Editor
- 2021Boulevard! A Hollywood StoryFilmSelf, Director, Editor, Producer
- 2019ValerieFilmSelf
- 2019Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’FilmEditor, Producer, Director
- 2019Return to Chili Verde: Making ‘Lust in the Dust’FilmProducer
- 2018Love, GildaFilmConsulting Producer
- 2018Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’FilmProducer, Editor, Director
- 2018Crime and Beauty: Remembering "Female Trouble"FilmProducer, Director, Editor
- 2017The Untold Tales of Armistead MaupinFilmConsulting Producer
- 2017The Fabulous Allan CarrFilmProducer, Director, Editor
- 2015Tab Hunter ConfidentialFilmProducer, Editor, Director
- 2015Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes StoryFilmExecutive Producer
- 2015She's The Best Thing in ItFilmEditor, Producer
- 2014I Am DivineFilmDirector, Producer
- 2014And the Oscar Goes To...FilmCo-Producer
- 2014That Guy Dick MillerFilmExecutive Producer
- 2012Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution'FilmProducer, Director
- 2012Stories from the PlagueFilmProducer, Director
- 2012Dancing with the 'Footloose' StarsFilmProducer, Director
- 2012Everybody Cut: The Stars of 'Footloose'FilmProducer, Director
- 2012Different From the Others: A Legacy PreservedFilmProducer, Director
- 2011VitoFilmDirector, Producer
- 2011Larger Than Life: The Making of "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story"FilmSelf, Producer, Director
- 2011Marty and BobbyFilmDirector, Producer
- 2011Raging Bull: Reflections on a ClassicFilmProducer, Director
- 2011Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'FilmProducer
- 2011From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interivew with Sarah Jessica ParkerFilmProducer, Director
- 2011Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose"FilmProducer, Director
- 2011Marty on FilmFilmProducer, Director
- 2011Obsession: The Making of "The Roommate"FilmProducer
- 2011Raging Bull: Remembering JakeFilmProducer, Director
- 2011"Footloose": Remembering WillardFilmProducer, Director
- 2011Final Destination 5: Circle of DeathFilmProducer
- 2011Raging Bull: Marty & BobbyFilmDirector, Producer
- 2011Takers: Take Action!FilmProducer
- 2011The Roommate: Dressing DangerouslyFilmProducer
- 2011The Roommate: The Next Generation of StarsFilmProducer
- 2010Undead Evolution: Making 'Resident Evil: Afterlife'FilmProducer, Director
- 2010Body Count: The Deaths of "Final Destination"FilmProducer
- 2010Program Alice: ActivatedFilmProducer
- 2010LeToya Luckett: A Rising StarFilmProducer
- 2010The Music of 'the Preacher's Kid'FilmProducer
- 2010The Preacher's Kid in AtlantaFilmProducer
- 2010The Prodigal Experience: Reflections on a StoryFilmProducer
- 2009It Came from KucharFilmSelf
- 2009Starz Inside: Sex and the CinemaFilmProducer, Director
- 2009House of HarringtonFilmDirector, Producer
- 2009Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’FilmDirector, Producer
- 2009On These Shoulders We StandFilmConsulting Producer
- 2009‘Friday’ Straight UpFilmDirector, Producer
- 2009Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’FilmDirector, Producer
- 2009Creek Daze: A Conversation with Kevin WilliamsonFilmProducer, Director
- 200917 Agan: Going Back to 17FilmProducer
- 2009Welcome to Lakeview Terrace: Behind the ScenesFilmProducer
- 200917 Again: Zac Goes BackFilmProducer
- 200917 Again: Zac's Dance FlashbackFilmProducer
- 2008MilkFilmCastro Man (uncredited)
- 2008Wrangler: Anatomy of an IconFilmDirector, Producer
- 2008Beyond Raccoon City: Unearthing 'Resident Evil: Extinction'FilmProducer
- 2008Starz Inside: In the GutterFilmProducer, Director
- 2008Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack NicholsonFilmProducer
- 2008Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan FreemanFilmProducer
- 2008Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof'FilmProducer
- 2008Resident Road Map: Reflections on the Future of the SeriesFilmProducer
- 2008Dreams Worth While: The Journey of "A Raisin in the Sun"FilmProducer, Director