Directing · b. 1969 · New York City, New York, USA

Jeffrey Schwarz

Biography

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.”

Directed
Commitment to Life 2023 Boulevard! A Hollywood Story 2021 Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’ 2019 Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’ 2018 The Fabulous Allan Carr 2017 Tab Hunter Confidential 2015 I Am Divine 2014 Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution' 2012 Stories from the Plague 2012 Vito 2011 Marty on Film 2011 Marty and Bobby 2011 Raging Bull: Reflections on a Classic 2011 Program Alice: Activated 2010 Undead Evolution: Making 'Resident Evil: Afterlife' 2010 Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema 2009 House of Harrington 2009 ‘Friday’ Straight Up 2009 Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’ 2009 Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’ 2009 Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon 2008 Starz Inside: In the Gutter 2008 Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story 2007 Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel 2007 The House That Freddy Built 2006 No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' 2006 Hitchcocked! 2006 Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ 2006 Shooting the Police: Cops on Film 2006 Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights' 2006 Return to Edge City 2005 Reservoir Dogs Revisited 2005 Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated 2004 Game Babes 2004 Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre 2004 Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn' 2004 Stan Winston: Monster Mogul 2004 Eliza Dushku: Babe in the Woods 2004 People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' 2004 Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier' 2004 Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos 2004 Meet Bob Shaye 2004 Clive Barker: Raising Hell 2004 Symphony of Evil 2004 Corporate Malfeasance 2004 Celling Out 2004 Minnesota Nice 2003 Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th' 2003 Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ 2003 The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface' 2003 Mysteries of Love 2002 Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket' 2002 The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees 2002 Playing Dead: Resident Evil from Game to Screen 2002 Scoring Resident Evil 2002 Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' 2002 Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' 2002 Satan’s Top Forty 2001 Let the Games Begin 2001 The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons" 2001 Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' 2001 As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' 2001 Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop' 2001 Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct' 2001 Imagining 'Total Recall' 2001 How Harry Met Sally… 2001 Satan’s Top 40 2001 Adam Sandler Goes to Hell 2001 Rescued from the Closet 2001 Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' 2000 Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball' 2000 Julie Strain: Supergoddess 2000 Catching Up with Marty DiBergi 2000 The Perfect Souffle: Testing "Final Destination" 2000 Premonitions 2000 Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji' 2000 The Dead Walk: Remaking a Classic 1999 Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler' 1999 Imagining 'Heavy Metal' 1999 Al Lewis in the Flesh 1993
Acting
Valerie Self 2019 It Came from Kuchar Self 2009
Other Credits
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story Executive Producer 2015 She's The Best Thing in It Editor 2015 That Guy Dick Miller Executive Producer 2014 And the Oscar Goes To... Co-Producer 2014 From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking Producer 2013 Resident Road Map: Reflections on the Future of the Series Producer 2008 Beyond Raccoon City: Unearthing 'Resident Evil: Extinction' Producer 2008 The Evolution of Resident Evil: Bridge to Extinction Executive Producer 2007 Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse Executive Producer 2007 Rise Up and Shout! Producer 2007 Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill' Producer 2006 Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds Producer 2006 The Workaday Gangster Producer 2004 Universal Soldier: A Tale of Two Titans Producer 2004 Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield Producer 2004 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances Executive Producer 2004 Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy Producer 2004 Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' Producer 2004 Eating Out Associate Producer 2004 The Terror Gauge! Producer 2003
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