Jeffrey Schwarz is an Emmy Award-winning producer, director and editor based in Los Angeles. His latest feature documentary is “Commitment to Life,” which chronicles the city of Los Angeles’ response to the HIV/AIDS crisis. It premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and is currently streaming on NBCUniversal’s Peacock. Previous work includes “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 the Emmy Award-winning HBO Documentary Films’ “Vito.”
Known For
Catch Me If You Can
(2002)
Second Second Assistant Director
I Am Divine
(2013)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Al Lewis in the Flesh
(1993)
Director
Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'
(1999)
Director
Imagining 'Heavy Metal'
(1999)
Director
The Dead Walk: Remaking a Classic
(1999)
Director
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
(2000)
Director
Julie Strain: Supergoddess
(2000)
Director
Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball'
(2000)
Director
Satan’s Top 40
(2001)
Director
How Harry Met Sally…
(2001)
Director
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
(2001)
Director
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
(2001)
Director
Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'
(2001)
Director
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
(2001)
Director
Satan’s Top Forty
(2001)
Director
Imagining 'Total Recall'
(2001)
Director
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell
(2001)
Director
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
(2002)
Director
Playing Dead: Resident Evil from Game to Screen
(2002)
Director
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
(2002)
Director
The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees
(2002)
Director
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
(2002)
Director
Mysteries of Love
(2002)
Director
Scoring Resident Evil
(2002)
Director
Catch Me If You Can
(2002)
Second Second Assistant Director
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
(2003)
Director
Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th'
(2003)
Director
Minnesota Nice
(2003)
Director
The Saw is Family
(2003)
Director
Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier'
(2004)
Director
Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated
(2004)
Director
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
(2004)
Director
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
(2004)
Director
Game Babes
(2004)
Director
Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn'
(2004)
Director
Stan Winston: Monster Mogul
(2004)
Director
Eliza Dushku: Babe in the Woods
(2004)
Director
Meet Bob Shaye
(2004)
Director
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
(2004)
Director
Clive Barker: Raising Hell
(2004)
Director
‘Reservoir Dogs’ Revisited
(2005)
Director
Return to Edge City
(2005)
Director
Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'
(2006)
Director
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
(2006)
Director
Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
(2006)
Director
Hitchcocked!
(2006)
Director
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
(2006)
Director
The House That Freddy Built
(2006)
Director
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
(2007)
Director
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
(2007)
Director
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
(2008)
Director
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
(2008)
Director
Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’
(2009)
Director
Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’
(2009)
Director
‘Friday’ Straight Up
(2009)
Director
House of Harrington
(2009)
Director
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
(2009)
Director
Program Alice: Activated
(2010)
Director
Undead Evolution: Making 'Resident Evil: Afterlife'
(2010)
Director
Marty and Bobby
(2011)
Director
Vito
(2011)
Director
Marty on Film
(2011)
Director
Stories from the Plague
(2012)
Director
Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution'
(2012)
Director
I Am Divine
(2013)
Director
Tab Hunter Confidential
(2015)
Director
The Fabulous Allan Carr
(2017)
Director
Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
(2018)
Director
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
(2019)
Director
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
(2021)
Director
Commitment to Life
(2023)
Director
Acting
Editing
Phantom Pain
(1996)
Editor
The Escort
(1997)
Editor
Maximum Security
(1997)
Editor
If I Die Before I Wake
(1998)
Editor
Leather Jacket Love Story
(1998)
Editor
Bikini Traffic School
(1998)
Editor
A Bold Affair
(1998)
Editor
Scorpio One
(1998)
Editor
The Kid with X-Ray Eyes
(1999)
Editor
Imagining 'Heavy Metal'
(1999)
Editor
Invisible Mom II
(1999)
Editor
The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich
(2000)
Editor
Psycho Path
(2000)
Editor
The Confidence Man
(2001)
Editor
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
(2001)
Editor
How Harry Met Sally…
(2001)
Editor
Rescued from the Closet
(2001)
Editor
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
(2007)
Editor
She's The Best Thing in It
(2015)
Editor
Tab Hunter Confidential
(2015)
Editor
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
(2019)
Editor
Commitment to Life
(2023)
Editor
Production
The Dead Walk: Remaking a Classic
(1999)
Producer
Imagining 'Heavy Metal'
(1999)
Producer
Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'
(1999)
Producer
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
(2000)
Producer
Psycho Path
(2000)
Producer and Associate Producer
Julie Strain: Supergoddess
(2000)
Producer
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell
(2001)
Producer
How Harry Met Sally…
(2001)
Producer
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
(2001)
Producer
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
(2001)
Producer
Rescued from the Closet
(2001)
Producer
Imagining 'Total Recall'
(2001)
Producer
Satan’s Top 40
(2001)
Producer
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
(2002)
Producer
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
(2002)
Executive Producer
Mysteries of Love
(2002)
Producer
Revisiting 'The Last Waltz'
(2002)
Producer
Cosmic Symphonies: Elfman in Space
(2002)
Producer
Drawing Blood
(2002)
Producer
The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees
(2002)
Producer
Rick Baker: Alien Maker
(2002)
Producer
Squish, Splat, Sploosh: The Stellar Sounds of 'Men in Black II'
(2002)
Producer
Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life
(2003)
Producer
Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig
(2003)
Producer
The Saw is Family
(2003)
Producer
Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th'
(2003)
Producer
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
(2003)
Producer
Minnesota Nice
(2003)
Producer
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
(2004)
Producer
Clive Barker: Raising Hell
(2004)
Producer
Universal Soldier: A Tale of Two Titans
(2004)
Producer
Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield
(2004)
Producer
Game Babes
(2004)
Producer
Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated
(2004)
Producer
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
(2004)
Producer
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
(2004)
Producer
Eating Out
(2004)
Associate Producer
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances
(2004)
Executive Producer
Eliza Dushku: Babe in the Woods
(2004)
Producer
The Workaday Gangster
(2004)
Producer
Stan Winston: Monster Mogul
(2004)
Producer
Meet Bob Shaye
(2004)
Producer
Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn'
(2004)
Producer
Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier'
(2004)
Producer
Return to Edge City
(2005)
Producer
‘Reservoir Dogs’ Revisited
(2005)
Producer
Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'
(2006)
Producer
The House That Freddy Built
(2006)
Producer
Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
(2006)
Producer
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
(2006)
Producer
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
(2006)
Producer
Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds
(2006)
Producer
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
(2006)
Producer
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
(2007)
Producer
Resident Road Map: Reflections on the Future of the Series
(2008)
Producer
Beyond Raccoon City: Unearthing 'Resident Evil: Extinction'
(2008)
Producer
Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’
(2009)
Producer
‘Friday’ Straight Up
(2009)
Producer
Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’
(2009)
Producer
Program Alice: Activated
(2010)
Producer
Undead Evolution: Making 'Resident Evil: Afterlife'
(2010)
Producer
Marty and Bobby
(2011)
Producer
Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution'
(2012)
Producer
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
(2013)
Producer
I Am Divine
(2013)
Producer
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Co-Producer
That Guy Dick Miller
(2014)
Executive Producer
She's The Best Thing in It
(2015)
Producer
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
(2015)
Executive Producer
Tab Hunter Confidential
(2015)
Producer
The Fabulous Allan Carr
(2017)
Producer
Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
(2018)
Producer
Harrington on Harrington
(2018)
Producer
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
(2019)
Producer
Commitment to Life
(2023)
Producer