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Jeffrey Schwarz

Jeffrey Schwarz

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.

On screen

  • Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
  • Valerie
  • Larger Than Life: The Making of "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story"
  • It Came from Kuchar
  • Milk
  • Cinemaville
  • This Is Automat

Behind the camera

  • Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
  • Commitment to Life
  • Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
  • Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
  • Crime and Beauty: Remembering "Female Trouble"
  • The Fabulous Allan Carr
  • Tab Hunter Confidential
  • I Am Divine
  • Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution'
  • Stories from the Plague
  • Dancing with the 'Footloose' Stars
  • Everybody Cut: The Stars of 'Footloose'
  • Different From the Others: A Legacy Preserved
  • Vito
  • Marty and Bobby
  • Raging Bull: Marty & Bobby
  • Raging Bull: Reflections on a Classic
  • Marty on Film
  • Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose"
  • Larger Than Life: The Making of "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story"
  • "Footloose": Remembering Willard
  • From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interivew with Sarah Jessica Parker
  • Raging Bull: Remembering Jake
  • Undead Evolution: Making 'Resident Evil: Afterlife'
  • House of Harrington
  • ‘Friday’ Straight Up
  • Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’
  • Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’
  • Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
  • Creek Daze: A Conversation with Kevin Williamson
  • Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
  • Fellow Travelers
  • Starz Inside: In the Gutter
  • Dreams Worth While: The Journey of "A Raisin in the Sun"
  • Q&A at the DGA: Rob Epstein and Tom Ammiano
  • Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
  • You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
  • The Roots of 'Hairspray'
  • Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
  • Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
  • Hitchcocked!
  • No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
  • The House That Freddy Built
  • Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
  • Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'
  • RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
  • Robin Williams: A Family Affair
  • JoJo: The Pop Princess
  • Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
  • Robin Williams: A Family Affair
  • RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
  • Return to Edge City
  • Reservoir Dogs Revisited
  • Cartoon Logic
  • Introducing Cameron Diaz
  • Still Swingin’
  • Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
  • What Makes Fido Run?
  • Why I Love 'Bewitched'
  • Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
  • People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
  • Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
  • Meet Bob Shaye
  • Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated
  • Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
  • Clive Barker: Raising Hell
  • Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier'
  • East Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of Carolco
  • Dialing Up "Cellular"
  • Celling Out
  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Severed Parts
  • Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th'
  • Minnesota Nice
  • The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface'
  • Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
  • Journey to Safety: Making 'Tears of the Sun'
  • Tears of the Sun: Voices of Africa
  • Mysteries of Love
  • Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
  • Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
  • Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
  • Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"
  • Taking the Punishment Poll
  • The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees
  • Playing Dead: "Resident Evil" from Game to Screen
  • Scoring "Resident Evil"
  • Chow Yun Fat Goes Hollywood
  • Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe
  • The Starships of “Starship Troopers”
  • As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
  • Adam Sandler Goes to Hell
  • Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'
  • Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
  • How Harry Met Sally…
  • Imagining 'Total Recall'
  • Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
  • Rescued from the Closet
  • The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
  • Let the Games Begin
  • Krull: Marvel Comics Video Adaptation
  • Visions of Mars
  • Paul Verhoeven vs. the MPAA
  • One on One with Vito Russo
  • Satan’s Top Forty
  • Charlie’s Angels: Getting G’d Up
  • Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels
  • Charlie’s Angels: Welcome to Angel World
  • Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy
  • Charlie’s Angels: Angelic Effects
  • Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
  • The Perfect Souffle: Testing "Final Destination"
  • Catching Up with Marty DiBergi
  • Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball'
  • Premonitions
  • Julie Strain: Supergoddess!
  • Angels Forever
  • Imagining 'Heavy Metal'
  • Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'
  • The Dead Walk: Remaking a Classic
  • "Bats" Abound
  • Al Lewis in the Flesh
  • Gotta Give ‘Em Hope
  • Blood and Donuts
  • Goddess: The Fall and Rise of Showgirls
  • 13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O
  • Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
  • Jump Back: Re-Imagining “Footloose”
  • Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of "Universal Soldier"
  • Gays on Strike: The Truth Behind "Wedding Wars"

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