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A producer for film and television, Charles Hamilton “Chiz” Schultz' career spans over forty years. Best known for his work in television and as a producer of films featuring African Americans, Schultz began his career in show business as a stage manager, actor and producer with various summer stock companies from 1946 to 1953. Upon graduating from Princeton University in 1954, he was employed by CBS-TV as a staff production assistant on the Mama and Adventure series, and in 1955, he became associate producer on several television shows including Studio One, Playhouse 90 and Kraft Theater. His first independent producing was done from 1959 to 1962 as a freelance associate producer for television specials such as The Judy Garland Show and Belafonte: New York 19. The New York Public Library
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2019
Burial
Movie Grandpa
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2017
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Movie Executive Producer
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2017
Head Above Water
Movie Leonard
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2015
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Movie Dr. Redding
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2013
Birth of the Living Dead
Movie Film & TV producer
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2001
Walter and Henry
Movie Producer
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2001
Goin' to Chicago
Movie Executive Producer
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1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Movie Producer
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1996
Slings & Arrows
Movie Executive Producer
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1989
A Raisin in the Sun
Movie Producer
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1986
Seize the Day
Movie Producer
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1986
American Masters
TV show Executive Producer
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1984
A Soldier's Story
Movie Executive Producer
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1984
The House of Dies Drear
Movie Executive Producer
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1979
Too Far to Go
Movie Producer
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1978
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Movie Producer
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1977
The Baron
Movie Producer
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1976
Once Upon a Classic
TV show Producer
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1973
Ganja & Hess
Movie Producer
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1970
The Angel Levine
Movie Producer
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1962
The Judy Garland Show
Movie Associate Producer