Jeffrey Schwarz

Biography

Jeffrey Schwarz is an Emmy Award-winning producer, director and editor based in Los Angeles. His latest feature documentary is “Commitment to Life,” which chronicles the city of Los Angeles’ response to the HIV/AIDS crisis. It premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and is currently streaming on NBCUniversal’s Peacock. Previous work includes “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 the Emmy Award-winning HBO Documentary Films’ “Vito.”

Most Famous Work

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Abbott Elementary

(2021) Unit Production Manager

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Catch Me If You Can

(2002) Second Second Assistant Director

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Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds

(2006) Producer

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And the Oscar Goes To...

(2014) Co-Producer

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Tab Hunter Confidential

(2015) Editor

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Eating Out

(2004) Associate Producer

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That Guy Dick Miller

(2014) Executive Producer

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Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'

(2006) Producer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2021	Self	Boulevard! A Hollywood Story 2021-08-16 Movie
2019	Self	Valerie 2019-08-07 Movie
2009	Self	It Came from Kuchar 2009-09-22 Movie
2007	Self	DP/30: Conversations About Movies 2007-11-01 TV Show
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2023	Director	Commitment to Life 2023-02-10 Movie
2021	Director	Boulevard! A Hollywood Story 2021-08-16 Movie
2019	Director	Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’ 2019-09-17 Movie
2018	Director	Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’ 2018-06-26 Movie
2017	Director	The Fabulous Allan Carr 2017-05-19 Movie
2015	Director	Tab Hunter Confidential 2015-03-15 Movie
2013	Director	I Am Divine 2013-03-09 Movie
2012	Director	Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution' 2012-12-18 Movie
	Director	Stories from the Plague 2012-08-18 Movie
2011	Director	Vito 2011-10-14 Movie
	Director	Marty on Film 2011-02-02 Movie
	Director	Marty and Bobby 2011-01-11 Movie
2010	Director	Program Alice: Activated 2010-12-28 Movie
	Director	Undead Evolution: Making 'Resident Evil: Afterlife' 2010-12-28 Movie
2009	Director	Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema 2009-11-11 Movie
	Director	Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’ 2009-09-08 Movie
	Director	House of Harrington 2009-01-01 Movie
	Director	‘Friday’ Straight Up 2009-01-01 Movie
	Director	Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’ 2009-01-01 Movie
2008	Director	Starz Inside: In the Gutter 2008-07-29 Movie
	Director	Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon 2008-06-07 Movie
2007	Director	Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story 2007-11-08 Movie
	Director	Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel 2007-02-28 Movie
2006	Director	Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights' 2006-08-29 Movie
	Director	Hitchcocked! 2006-08-11 Movie
	Director	No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' 2006-08-02 Movie
	Director	Shooting the Police: Cops on Film 2006-07-01 Movie
	Director	Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ 2006-01-01 Movie
	Director	The House That Freddy Built 2006-01-01 Movie
2005	Director	‘Reservoir Dogs’ Revisited 2005-06-03 Movie
	Director	Return to Edge City 2005-01-01 Movie
2004	Director	Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated 2004-12-28 Movie
	Director	Game Babes 2004-12-24 Movie
	Director	Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier' 2004-10-19 Movie
	Director	People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' 2004-07-19 Movie
	Director	Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn' 2004-01-20 Movie
	Director	Stan Winston: Monster Mogul 2004-01-20 Movie
	Director	Eliza Dushku: Babe in the Woods 2004-01-20 Movie
	Director	Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre 2004-01-01 Movie
	Director	Clive Barker: Raising Hell 2004-01-01 Movie
	Director	Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos 2004-01-01 Movie
	Director	Meet Bob Shaye 2004-01-01 Movie
2003	Director	Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th' 2003-10-24 Movie
	Director	Minnesota Nice 2003-04-01 Movie
	Director	Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ 2003-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Saw is Family 2003-01-01 Movie
2002	Second Second Assistant Director	Catch Me If You Can 2002-12-16 Movie
	Director	Scoring Resident Evil 2002-11-15 Movie
	Director	Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' 2002-08-27 Movie
	Director	Playing Dead: Resident Evil from Game to Screen 2002-07-30 Movie
	Director	The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees 2002-07-23 Movie
	Director	Mysteries of Love 2002-06-04 Movie
	Director	Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' 2002-05-28 Movie
	Director	Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket' 2002-04-02 Movie
2001	Director	Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop' 2001-10-02 Movie
	Director	Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct' 2001-09-28 Movie
	Director	As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' 2001-09-04 Movie
	Director	Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' 2001-08-21 Movie
	Director	Let the Games Begin 2001-05-22 Movie
	Director	The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons" 2001-05-22 Movie
	Director	Satan’s Top Forty 2001-04-24 Movie
	Director	How Harry Met Sally… 2001-01-09 Movie
	Director	Imagining 'Total Recall' 2001-01-01 Movie
	Director	Adam Sandler Goes to Hell 2001-01-01 Movie
	Director	Satan’s Top 40 2001-01-01 Movie
2000	Director	Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' 2000-10-31 Movie
	Director	Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball' 2000-01-01 Movie
	Director	Julie Strain: Supergoddess 2000-01-01 Movie
1999	Director	Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler' 1999-01-01 Movie
	Director	Imagining 'Heavy Metal' 1999-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Dead Walk: Remaking a Classic 1999-01-01 Movie
1993	Director	Al Lewis in the Flesh 1993-01-01 Movie
	Director	Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders Movie
	Director	Goddess: The Fall and Rise of Showgirls Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Editing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2023	Editor	Commitment to Life 2023-02-10 Movie
2019	Editor	Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’ 2019-09-17 Movie
2015	Editor	She's The Best Thing in It 2015-03-16 Movie
	Editor	Tab Hunter Confidential 2015-03-15 Movie
2007	Editor	Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story 2007-11-08 Movie
2001	Editor	The Confidence Man 2001-09-27 Movie
	Editor	Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' 2001-08-21 Movie
	Editor	Rescued from the Closet 2001-05-29 Movie
	Editor	How Harry Met Sally… 2001-01-09 Movie
2000	Editor	The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich 2000-02-19 Movie
	Editor	Psycho Path 2000-02-10 Movie
1999	Editor	Invisible Mom II 1999-08-31 Movie
	Editor	The Kid with X-Ray Eyes 1999-06-29 Movie
	Editor	Imagining 'Heavy Metal' 1999-01-01 Movie
1998	Editor	A Bold Affair 1998-06-27 Movie
	Editor	Bikini Traffic School 1998-03-08 Movie
	Editor	Leather Jacket Love Story 1998-02-20 Movie
	Editor	If I Die Before I Wake 1998-01-01 Movie
	Editor	Scorpio One 1998-01-01 Movie
1997	Editor	The Escort 1997-09-30 Movie
	Editor	Maximum Security 1997-01-01 Movie
1996	Editor	Phantom Pain 1996-06-22 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2023	Producer	Commitment to Life 2023-02-10 Movie
2021	Unit Production Manager	Abbott Elementary 2021-12-07 TV Show
2019	Producer	Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’ 2019-09-17 Movie
2018	Producer	Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’ 2018-06-26 Movie
	Producer	Harrington on Harrington 2018-01-27 Movie
2017	Producer	The Fabulous Allan Carr 2017-05-19 Movie
2015	Executive Producer	Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story 2015-05-30 Movie
	Producer	She's The Best Thing in It 2015-03-16 Movie
	Producer	Tab Hunter Confidential 2015-03-15 Movie
2014	Executive Producer	That Guy Dick Miller 2014-03-07 Movie
	Co-Producer	And the Oscar Goes To... 2014-02-01 Movie
2013	Producer	From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking 2013-04-05 Movie
	Producer	I Am Divine 2013-03-09 Movie
2012	Producer	Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution' 2012-12-18 Movie
2011	Producer	Marty and Bobby 2011-01-11 Movie
2010	Producer	Program Alice: Activated 2010-12-28 Movie
	Producer	Undead Evolution: Making 'Resident Evil: Afterlife' 2010-12-28 Movie
2009	Producer	Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’ 2009-09-08 Movie
	Producer	‘Friday’ Straight Up 2009-01-01 Movie
	Producer	Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’ 2009-01-01 Movie
2008	Producer	Resident Road Map: Reflections on the Future of the Series 2008-01-01 Movie
	Producer	Beyond Raccoon City: Unearthing 'Resident Evil: Extinction' 2008-01-01 Movie
2007	Producer	Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story 2007-11-08 Movie
2006	Producer	Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights' 2006-08-29 Movie
	Producer	Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill' 2006-08-22 Movie
	Producer	No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' 2006-08-02 Movie
	Producer	Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds 2006-07-13 Movie
	Producer	Shooting the Police: Cops on Film 2006-07-01 Movie
	Producer	Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ 2006-01-01 Movie
	Producer	The House That Freddy Built 2006-01-01 Movie
2005	Producer	‘Reservoir Dogs’ Revisited 2005-06-03 Movie
	Producer	Return to Edge City 2005-01-01 Movie
2004	Producer	Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated 2004-12-28 Movie
	Producer	Game Babes 2004-12-24 Movie
	Producer	The Workaday Gangster 2004-11-19 Movie
	Producer	Universal Soldier: A Tale of Two Titans 2004-10-19 Movie
	Producer	Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier' 2004-10-19 Movie
	Producer	Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield 2004-09-07 Movie
	Producer	People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' 2004-07-19 Movie
	Associate Producer	Eating Out 2004-02-14 Movie
	Producer	Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn' 2004-01-20 Movie
	Producer	Stan Winston: Monster Mogul 2004-01-20 Movie
	Producer	Eliza Dushku: Babe in the Woods 2004-01-20 Movie
	Producer	Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre 2004-01-01 Movie
	Producer	Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos 2004-01-01 Movie
	Producer	Clive Barker: Raising Hell 2004-01-01 Movie
	Producer	Meet Bob Shaye 2004-01-01 Movie
	Executive Producer	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances 2004-01-01 Movie
2003	Producer	Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th' 2003-10-24 Movie
	Producer	Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig 2003-09-07 Movie
	Producer	Minnesota Nice 2003-04-01 Movie
	Producer	Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life 2003-01-01 Movie
	Producer	Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ 2003-01-01 Movie
	Producer	The Saw is Family 2003-01-01 Movie
2002	Executive Producer	A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' 2002-12-17 Movie
	Producer	Cosmic Symphonies: Elfman in Space 2002-11-26 Movie
	Producer	Rick Baker: Alien Maker 2002-11-26 Movie
	Producer	Squish, Splat, Sploosh: The Stellar Sounds of 'Men in Black II' 2002-11-26 Movie
	Producer	Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' 2002-08-27 Movie
	Producer	The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees 2002-07-23 Movie
	Producer	Mysteries of Love 2002-06-04 Movie
	Producer	Drawing Blood 2002-05-28 Movie
	Producer	Revisiting 'The Last Waltz' 2002-05-07 Movie
2001	Producer	As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' 2001-09-04 Movie
	Producer	Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' 2001-08-21 Movie
	Producer	Rescued from the Closet 2001-05-29 Movie
	Producer	Let the Games Begin 2001-05-22 Movie
	Producer	The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons" 2001-05-22 Movie
	Producer	How Harry Met Sally… 2001-01-09 Movie
	Producer	Imagining 'Total Recall' 2001-01-01 Movie
	Producer	Satan’s Top 40 2001-01-01 Movie
	Producer	Adam Sandler Goes to Hell 2001-01-01 Movie
2000	Producer	Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' 2000-10-31 Movie
	Producer	Psycho Path 2000-02-10 Movie
	Associate Producer	Psycho Path 2000-02-10 Movie
	Producer	Julie Strain: Supergoddess 2000-01-01 Movie
1999	Producer	Imagining 'Heavy Metal' 1999-01-01 Movie
	Producer	The Dead Walk: Remaking a Classic 1999-01-01 Movie
	Producer	Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler' 1999-01-01 Movie
	Producer	Made Men: The "Goodfellas" Legacy Movie
	Producer	Getting Made: The Making of "Goodfellas" Movie
	Producer	Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders Movie
	Producer	Goddess: The Fall and Rise of Showgirls Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv