Jeffrey Schwarz
Directing
1969-09-15 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
2026 · Movie
Hollywood Black
2024 · Series
Commitment to Life
2023 · Movie
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021 · Movie
Return to Chili Verde: Making ‘Lust in the Dust’
2019 · Movie
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
2019 · Movie
Valerie
2019 · Movie
Love, Gilda
2018 · Movie
Crime and Beauty: Remembering "Female Trouble"
2018 · Movie
Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
2018 · Movie
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Movie
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017 · Movie
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
2015 · Movie
She's The Best Thing in It
2015 · Movie
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015 · Movie
I Am Divine
2014 · Movie
That Guy Dick Miller
2014 · Movie
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014 · Movie
Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution'
2012 · Movie
Stories from the Plague
2012 · Movie
Different From the Others: A Legacy Preserved
2012 · Movie
Everybody Cut: The Stars of 'Footloose'
2012 · Movie
Dancing with the 'Footloose' Stars
2012 · Movie
Final Destination 5: Circle of Death
2011 · Movie
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'
2011 · Movie
Vito
2011 · Movie
"Footloose": Remembering Willard
2011 · Movie
Larger Than Life: The Making of "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story"
2011 · Movie
Obsession: The Making of "The Roommate"
2011 · Movie
The Roommate: The Next Generation of Stars
2011 · Movie
The Roommate: Dressing Dangerously
2011 · Movie
Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose"
2011 · Movie
From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interivew with Sarah Jessica Parker
2011 · Movie
Raging Bull: Reflections on a Classic
2011 · Movie
Marty on Film
2011 · Movie
Takers: Take Action!
2011 · Movie
Marty and Bobby
2011 · Movie
Raging Bull: Marty & Bobby
2011 · Movie
Raging Bull: Remembering Jake
2011 · Movie
Program Alice: Activated
2010 · Movie
Undead Evolution: Making 'Resident Evil: Afterlife'
2010 · Movie
The Prodigal Experience: Reflections on a Story
2010 · Movie
LeToya Luckett: A Rising Star
2010 · Movie
The Music of 'the Preacher's Kid'
2010 · Movie
The Preacher's Kid in Atlanta
2010 · Movie
Body Count: The Deaths of "Final Destination"
2010 · Movie
Creek Daze: A Conversation with Kevin Williamson
2009 · Movie
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
2009 · Movie
It Came from Kuchar
2009 · Movie
Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’
2009 · Movie
17 Again: Zac's Dance Flashback
2009 · Movie
17 Agan: Going Back to 17
2009 · Movie
17 Again: Zac Goes Back
2009 · Movie
On These Shoulders We Stand
2009 · Movie
Welcome to Lakeview Terrace: Behind the Scenes
2009 · Movie
Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’
2009 · Movie
‘Friday’ Straight Up
2009 · Movie
House of Harrington
2009 · Movie
Milk
2008 · Movie
For Life: The Journey of Dr. Dennis Slamon
2008 · Movie
Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof'
2008 · Movie
Sex and the City: A Conversation with Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael Patrick King
2008 · Movie
Taking the Band: Making "Taking 5"
2008 · Movie
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
2008 · Movie
Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan Freeman
2008 · Movie
The Making of “Say”
2008 · Movie
Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack Nicholson
2008 · Movie
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
2008 · Movie
Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was
2008 · Movie
Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City
2008 · Movie
The Fabulous Fashion of 'Sex and the City'
2008 · Movie
Sex and the City: Fergie in the Studio
2008 · Movie
Sex and the City: The Wedding Dress Photo Shoot
2008 · Movie
Dreams Worth While: The Journey of "A Raisin in the Sun"
2008 · Movie
Dreaming Slipstream Dream
2008 · Movie
Mr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales
2008 · Movie
Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock”
2008 · Movie
The Players: The Cast of 'Extinction'
2008 · Movie
Beyond Raccoon City: Unearthing 'Resident Evil: Extinction'
2008 · Movie
Writing a Bucket List
2008 · Movie
Resident Road Map: Reflections on the Future of the Series
2008 · Movie
Fellow Travelers
2008 · Movie
The Evolution of Resident Evil: Bridge to Extinction
2007 · Movie
Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse
2007 · Movie
'Hairspray' Extentions
2007 · Movie
Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth
2007 · Movie
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
2007 · Movie
It's 'Hairspray'!
2007 · Movie
Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad
2007 · Movie
The Roots of 'Hairspray'
2007 · Movie
Hairspray: Playing Tracy
2007 · Movie
Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad
2007 · Movie
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007 · Movie
DP/30: Conversations About Movies
2007 · Series
Rise Up and Shout!
2007 · Movie
Exhuming 'The Messengers'
2007 · Movie
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
2007 · Movie
Snakes on a Blog
2007 · Movie
Snakes on a Plane: Snakebite Survival
2007 · Movie
Snakes on a Video: Cobra Starship
2007 · Movie
The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane'
2007 · Movie
Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles
2007 · Movie
Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes
2007 · Movie
Animatronic Snakes: A Visit to the Creature Shop
2007 · Movie
Kong: Creating a Monster
2007 · Movie
Cinemaville
2007 · Movie
Serving Seconds: The Making of 'Eating Out 2'
2006 · Movie
Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
2006 · Movie
Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'
2006 · Movie
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
2006 · Movie
Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
2006 · Movie
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
2006 · Movie
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
2006 · Movie
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
2006 · Movie
JoJo: The Pop Princess
2006 · Movie
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
2006 · Movie
Hitchcocked!
2006 · Movie
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
2006 · Movie
Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds
2006 · Movie
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
2006 · Movie
"Jarhead" Diaries
2006 · Movie
Jarhead: Background
2006 · Movie
Semper Fi: Life After the Corps
2006 · Movie
Death's Design: Making "Final Destination 3"
2006 · Movie
Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane
2006 · Movie
The House That Freddy Built
2006 · Movie
Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares
2006 · Movie
Why I Love 'Bewitched'
2005 · Movie
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
2005 · Movie
King Arthur: A Roundtable Discussion
2005 · Movie
De Niro vs. La Motta: Shot for Shot
2005 · Movie
Reservoir Dogs Revisited
2005 · Movie
Chow Bella: Hollywood’s Pampered Pooches
2005 · Movie
Digital Diapers and Dog Bytes: Creating “Son of The Mask”
2005 · Movie
Paw Prints and Baby Steps: On the Set of “Son of The Mask”
2005 · Movie
What Makes Fido Run?
2005 · Movie
Introducing Cameron Diaz
2005 · Movie
Cartoon Logic
2005 · Movie
Return to Edge City
2005 · Movie
Still Swingin’
2005 · Movie
Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated
2004 · Movie
Undead Boot Camp
2004 · Movie
Game Babes
2004 · Movie
Symphony of Evil
2004 · Movie
Corporate Malfeasance
2004 · Movie
Blood on the Land: The Making of a King
2004 · Movie
The Workaday Gangster
2004 · Movie
Elf: How they Made the North Pole
2004 · Movie
Elf: Film School for Kids
2004 · Movie
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
2004 · Movie
Elf: Lights, Camera, Puffin!
2004 · Movie
Elf: That's a Wrap
2004 · Movie
Elf: Tag Along with Will Ferrell
2004 · Movie
Elf: Kids on Christmas
2004 · Movie
Elf: Deck the Halls
2004 · Movie
Elf Jukebox
2004 · Movie
Elf: Santa Mania
2004 · Movie
Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of "Universal Soldier"
2004 · Movie
Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier'
2004 · Movie
Universal Soldier: A Tale of Two Titans
2004 · Movie
War Journal: On the Set of The Punisher
2004 · Movie
Army of One: Punisher Origins
2004 · Movie
Keepin' It Real: Punisher Stunts
2004 · Movie
Drawing Blood Bradstreet Style
2004 · Movie
East Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of Carolco
2004 · Movie
Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield
2004 · Movie
Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
2004 · Movie
Paper Is Cheaper Than Film
2004 · Movie
From the Classroom to the Streets: The Making of 'Who's That Knocking at My Door'
2004 · Movie
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
2004 · Movie
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
2004 · Movie
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
2004 · Movie
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours
2004 · Movie
Clive Barker: Raising Hell
2004 · Movie
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
2004 · Movie
Obey the Lost Skeleton!
2004 · Movie
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Severed Parts
2004 · Movie
Lockdown on Main Street
2004 · Movie
The Running Man: Game Theory
2004 · Movie
Eating Out
2004 · Movie
Eliza Dushku: Babe in the Woods
2004 · Movie
Stan Winston: Monster Mogul
2004 · Movie
Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn'
2004 · Movie
A Stuntman for All Seasons: A Tribute to Bennie Dobbins
2004 · Movie
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
2004 · Movie
Celling Out
2004 · Movie
Code of Silence: Inside the Rampart Scandal
2004 · Movie
Dialing Up "Cellular"
2004 · Movie
Meet Bob Shaye
2004 · Movie
The Terror Gauge!
2003 · Movie
Cheating Death: Beyond and Back
2003 · Movie
Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th'
2003 · Movie
Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig
2003 · Movie
Dick Miller: Thespian
2003 · Movie
Journey to Safety: Making 'Tears of the Sun'
2003 · Movie
Tears of the Sun: Voices of Africa
2003 · Movie
Minnesota Nice
2003 · Movie
Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life
2003 · Movie
The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface'
2003 · Movie
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003 · Movie
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
2002 · Movie
Men in Black II: MIB ADR
2002 · Movie
Men in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
2002 · Movie
Squish, Splat, Sploosh: The Stellar Sounds of 'Men in Black II'
2002 · Movie
Men in Black II: Creature Featurettes
2002 · Movie
Cosmic Symphonies: Elfman in Space
2002 · Movie
Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'
2002 · Movie
Rick Baker: Alien Maker
2002 · Movie
Scoring "Resident Evil"
2002 · Movie
This Is Automat
2002 · Movie
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
2002 · Movie
Jet Li Is 'The One'
2002 · Movie
Mark Borchardt Was in 'The One' with Jet Li
2002 · Movie
Playing Dead: "Resident Evil" from Game to Screen
2002 · Movie
The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees
2002 · Movie
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
2002 · Movie
Fighting for Care
2002 · Movie
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"
2002 · Movie
The Politics of Fur
2002 · Movie
What’s the Worst That Could Happen: Scene Stealers
2002 · Movie
The Real Nam: Voices From Within
2002 · Movie
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
2002 · Movie
We Get to Win This Time
2002 · Movie
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
2002 · Movie
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
2002 · Movie
Guts and Glory
2002 · Movie
Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe
2002 · Movie
The Starships of “Starship Troopers”
2002 · Movie
Suiting Up: Rambo's Survival Hardware
2002 · Movie
Rambonomics
2002 · Movie
Rambo: Selling a Hero
2002 · Movie
Revisiting 'The Last Waltz'
2002 · Movie
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
2002 · Movie
Mackin’ Ain’t Easy
2002 · Movie
The Forging of Heroes: America’s Green Berets
2002 · Movie
Life as a House: From the Ground Up
2002 · Movie
Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'
2002 · Movie
Taking the Punishment Poll
2002 · Movie
Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"
2002 · Movie
Chow Yun Fat Goes Hollywood
2002 · Movie
A Feast for the Eyes: Ang Lee in Taipei
2002 · Movie
Bones: Urban Gothic
2002 · Movie
Mysteries of Love
2002 · Movie
Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars
2001 · Movie
Scoring 'Ghosts of Mars'
2001 · Movie
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
2001 · Movie
Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'
2001 · Movie
The Confidence Man
2001 · Movie
Visions of Mars
2001 · Movie
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
2001 · Movie
Krull: Marvel Comics Video Adaptation
2001 · Movie
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001 · Movie
Paul Verhoeven vs. the MPAA
2001 · Movie
Rescued from the Closet
2001 · Movie
One on One with Vito Russo
2001 · Movie
Let the Games Begin
2001 · Movie
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
2001 · Movie
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell
2001 · Movie
Satan’s Top Forty
2001 · Movie
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
2001 · Movie
Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels
2001 · Movie
Charlie’s Angels: Getting G’d Up
2001 · Movie
Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy
2001 · Movie
Charlie’s Angels: Welcome to Angel World
2001 · Movie
Charlie’s Angels: Angelic Effects
2001 · Movie
How Harry Met Sally…
2001 · Movie
Predator: The Life Inside
2001 · Movie
Predator: Camouflage
2001 · Movie
Predator: Welcome to the Jungle
2001 · Movie
Predator: Old Painless
2001 · Movie
Satan’s Top 40
2001 · Movie
Imagining 'Total Recall'
2001 · Movie
Predator: Classified Action
2001 · Movie
Predator: Character Design
2001 · Movie
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'
2000 · Movie
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000 · Movie
Angels Forever
2000 · Movie
The Perfect Souffle: Testing "Final Destination"
2000 · Movie
KPFA On the Air
2000 · Movie
Premonitions
2000 · Movie
Catching Up with Marty DiBergi
2000 · Movie
The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich
2000 · Movie
Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji'
2000 · Movie
Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball'
2000 · Movie
Julie Strain: Supergoddess!
2000 · Movie
"Bats" Abound
1999 · Movie
Virus: Ghost in the Machine
1999 · Movie
Invisible Mom II
1999 · Movie
The Kid with X-Ray Eyes
1999 · Movie
Psycho Path
1999 · Movie
Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'
1999 · Movie
The Dead Walk: Remaking a Classic
1999 · Movie
Imagining 'Heavy Metal'
1999 · Movie
A Bold Affair
1998 · Movie
Bikini Traffic School
1998 · Movie
Leather Jacket Love Story
1998 · Movie
Scorpio One
1998 · Movie
If I Die Before I Wake
1998 · Movie
Dear Santa
1998 · Movie
Rapid Assault
1997 · Movie
The Escort
1997 · Movie
Maximum Security
1997 · Movie
Precious Find
1996 · Movie
Phantom Pain
1996 · Movie
Frisk
1996 · Movie
The Celluloid Closet
1996 · Movie
Out There
1993 · Movie
Gotta Give ‘Em Hope
1993 · Movie
Al Lewis in the Flesh
1993 · Movie
Poison
1991 · Movie
Blood and Donuts
1990 · Movie
Jump Back: Re-Imagining “Footloose”
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Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
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Predator: The Unseen Arnold
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13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O
Movie
Goddess: The Fall and Rise of Showgirls
Movie
The Making of 'Sex and the City'
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Step by Step: The Dances of 'Hairspray'
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse: Stuntman Set Tour
Movie
Multiverses Create 'The One'
Movie
Gays on Strike: The Truth Behind "Wedding Wars"
Movie
A Backstage Look at "The Wedding Singer" on Broadway
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Heavy Metal 2000: Voice Talent Featurette
Movie
Diggin’ Up "Bones"
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