Jeffrey Schwarz
- Directing
- September 15, 1969 · New York City, New York, USA
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 · Director, Producer
- Hollywood Black · Executive producer
- Commitment to Life · Director, Editing
- Boulevard! A Hollywood Story · Self, Director
- Return to Chili Verde: Making ‘Lust in the Dust’ · Producer
- Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’ · Editing, Producer
- Valerie · Self
- Love, Gilda · Consulting Producer
- Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’ · Producer, Editing
- Crime and Beauty: Remembering "Female Trouble" · Producer, Director
- The Fabulous Allan Carr · Producer, Director
- The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin · Consulting Producer
- Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story · Executive producer
- She's The Best Thing in It · Editing, Producer
- Tab Hunter Confidential · Producer, Editing
- I Am Divine · Director, Producer
- That Guy Dick Miller · Executive producer
- And the Oscar Goes To... · Co-producer
- Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution' · Producer, Director
- Stories from the Plague · Producer, Director
- Different From the Others: A Legacy Preserved · Producer, Director
- Dancing with the 'Footloose' Stars · Producer, Director
- Everybody Cut: The Stars of 'Footloose' · Producer, Director
- Final Destination 5: Circle of Death · Producer
- Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers' · Producer
- Vito · Director, Producer
- "Footloose": Remembering Willard · Producer, Director
- Larger Than Life: The Making of "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story" · Self, Producer
- Obsession: The Making of "The Roommate" · Producer
- The Roommate: Dressing Dangerously · Producer
- The Roommate: The Next Generation of Stars · Producer
- From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interivew with Sarah Jessica Parker · Producer, Director
- Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose" · Producer, Director
- Raging Bull: Reflections on a Classic · Producer, Director
- Marty on Film · Producer, Director
- Takers: Take Action! · Producer
- Marty and Bobby · Director, Producer
- Raging Bull: Remembering Jake · Producer, Director
- Raging Bull: Marty & Bobby · Director, Producer
- Program Alice: Activated · Producer
- Undead Evolution: Making 'Resident Evil: Afterlife' · Producer, Director
- LeToya Luckett: A Rising Star · Producer
- The Music of 'the Preacher's Kid' · Producer
- The Preacher's Kid in Atlanta · Producer
- The Prodigal Experience: Reflections on a Story · Producer
- Body Count: The Deaths of "Final Destination" · Producer
- Creek Daze: A Conversation with Kevin Williamson · Producer, Director
- Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema · Producer, Director
- It Came from Kuchar · Self
- Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’ · Producer, Director
- 17 Agan: Going Back to 17 · Producer
- 17 Again: Zac Goes Back · Producer
- 17 Again: Zac's Dance Flashback · Producer
- On These Shoulders We Stand · Consulting Producer
- Welcome to Lakeview Terrace: Behind the Scenes · Producer
- House of Harrington · Director, Producer
- ‘Friday’ Straight Up · Director, Producer
- Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’ · Producer, Director
- Milk · Castro Man (uncredited)
- For Life: The Journey of Dr. Dennis Slamon · Producer
- Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof' · Producer
- Sex and the City: A Conversation with Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael Patrick King · Producer
- Taking the Band: Making "Taking 5" · Producer
- Starz Inside: In the Gutter · Producer, Director
- Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack Nicholson · Producer
- Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan Freeman · Producer
- The Making of “Say” · Producer
- Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon · Director, Producer
- Sex and the City: Fergie in the Studio · Producer
- Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was · Producer
- Sex and the City: The Wedding Dress Photo Shoot · Producer
- The Fabulous Fashion of 'Sex and the City' · Producer
- Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City · Producer
- Dreams Worth While: The Journey of "A Raisin in the Sun" · Producer, Director
- Dreaming Slipstream Dream · Producer
- Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock” · Producer
- Mr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales · Producer
- Resident Road Map: Reflections on the Future of the Series · Producer
- Beyond Raccoon City: Unearthing 'Resident Evil: Extinction' · Producer
- Fellow Travelers · Producer, Director