Joel Schumacher

Biography

Born 08/29/1939

Previous work experience as a window display artist and fashion designer provided an appropriate foundation for the films of Joel Schumacher. Amiably shallow, slickly produced and filled to overflowing with glossy images and beautiful people, these films are a triumph of fashion over substance. At...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 1999, received ShowEast Award of Excellence in Filmmaking
In 1997, received NATO/ShoWest Director of the Year Award

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Highlights

In 2007, Helmed the thriller "The Number 23," starring Jim Carrey
In 2004, Directed the film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical "The Phantom of the Opera"
In 2003, Directed Cate Blanchett in "Veronica Guerin" the true story of an Irish journalist who is assassinated by drug dealers

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Family & Companions

Frank Schumacher: father (a Baptist from Knoxville, Tennessee; died when Schumacher was four years old)
Marian Schumacher: mother (a Jew from Sweden; died suddenly in 1965 from diabetes complications)
Lucas Berman: godson (son of Bruce Berman, president of Worldwide Production at Warner Bros. Pictures, and his wife Nancy)

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