Jeffrey Schwarz

Directing·Sep 15, 1969·New York City, New York, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders2026 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Commitment to Life2023 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story2021 · Self, Director, Producer	Self, Director, Producer
Return to Chili Verde: Making ‘Lust in the Dust’2019 · Producer	Producer
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’2019 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Valerie2019 · Self	Self
CCrime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’2018 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Crime and Beauty: Remembering "Female Trouble"2018 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
The Fabulous Allan Carr2017 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
She's The Best Thing in It2015 · Producer	Producer
Tab Hunter Confidential2015 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
I Am Divine2014 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution'2012 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Stories from the Plague2012 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Different From the Others: A Legacy Preserved2012 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Dancing with the 'Footloose' Stars2012 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Everybody Cut: The Stars of 'Footloose'2012 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Final Destination 5: Circle of Death2011 · Producer	Producer
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'2011 · Producer	Producer
Vito2011 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
"Footloose": Remembering Willard2011 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Larger Than Life: The Making of "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story"2011 · Self, Producer, Director	Self, Producer, Director
Obsession: The Making of "The Roommate"2011 · Producer	Producer
The Roommate: Dressing Dangerously2011 · Producer	Producer
The Roommate: The Next Generation of Stars2011 · Producer	Producer
From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interivew with Sarah Jessica Parker2011 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose"2011 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Raging Bull: Reflections on a Classic2011 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Marty on Film2011 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Takers: Take Action!2011 · Producer	Producer
Marty and Bobby2011 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Raging Bull: Remembering Jake2011 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Raging Bull: Marty & Bobby2011 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Undead Evolution: Making 'Resident Evil: Afterlife'2010 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Program Alice: Activated2010 · Producer	Producer
LeToya Luckett: A Rising Star2010 · Producer	Producer
The Music of 'the Preacher's Kid'2010 · Producer	Producer
The Preacher's Kid in Atlanta2010 · Producer	Producer
The Prodigal Experience: Reflections on a Story2010 · Producer	Producer
Body Count: The Deaths of "Final Destination"2010 · Producer	Producer
Creek Daze: A Conversation with Kevin Williamson2009 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema2009 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
It Came from Kuchar2009 · Self	Self
Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’2009 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
17 Agan: Going Back to 172009 · Producer	Producer
17 Again: Zac Goes Back2009 · Producer	Producer
17 Again: Zac's Dance Flashback2009 · Producer	Producer
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Stylizing Spidey2009 · Producer	Producer

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