Joel Schumacher

Born

1939

Died

2020

Height

1.91 m (6'3")

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Writer
Producer

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Decades active

In short · Directed for five decades — 34 credits.

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Biography

Joel Schumacher. Director: The Phantom of the Opera. Joel Schumacher was an American film director, film producer, screenwriter, and fashion designer from New York City. He rose to fame in the 1980s for directing the coming-of-age drama "St. Elmo's Fire" (1985) and the vampire-themed horror film "The Lost Boys" (1987). In the 1990s, he worked on two controversial superhero films, "Batman Forever" (1995) and "Batman & Robin" (1997). His final film was "Trespass" (2009).

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