Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 15, 1969
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
327 titles
Jeffrey Schwarz
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
Producer
Hollywood Black
Executive Producer
Commitment to Life
Director
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Self
Return to Chili Verde: Making ‘Lust in the Dust’
Producer
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
Editor
Valerie
Self
Crime and Beauty: Remembering "Female Trouble"
Producer
Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
Producer
Love, Gilda
Consulting Producer
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Producer
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Consulting Producer
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
Executive Producer
She's The Best Thing in It
Editor
Tab Hunter Confidential
Producer
I Am Divine
Director
That Guy Dick Miller
Executive Producer
And the Oscar Goes To...
Co-Producer
Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution'
Producer
Stories from the Plague
Producer
Different From the Others: A Legacy Preserved
Producer
Dancing with the 'Footloose' Stars
Producer
Everybody Cut: The Stars of 'Footloose'
Producer
Final Destination 5: Circle of Death
Producer
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'
Producer
Vito
Director
"Footloose": Remembering Willard
Producer
Larger Than Life: The Making of "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story"
Self
The Roommate: The Next Generation of Stars
Producer
Obsession: The Making of "The Roommate"
Producer
The Roommate: Dressing Dangerously
Producer
From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interivew with Sarah Jessica Parker
Producer
Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose"
Producer
Raging Bull: Reflections on a Classic
Producer
Marty on Film
Producer
Takers: Take Action!
Producer
Marty and Bobby
Director
Raging Bull: Marty & Bobby
Director
Raging Bull: Remembering Jake
Producer
Undead Evolution: Making 'Resident Evil: Afterlife'
Producer
Program Alice: Activated
Producer
The Prodigal Experience: Reflections on a Story
Producer
LeToya Luckett: A Rising Star
Producer
The Preacher's Kid in Atlanta
Producer
The Music of 'the Preacher's Kid'
Producer
Body Count: The Deaths of "Final Destination"
Producer
Creek Daze: A Conversation with Kevin Williamson
Producer
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
Producer
It Came from Kuchar
Self
Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’
Director