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Jeffrey Schwarz
New York City, New York, USA
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 2…
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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.
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2026
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
Movie Director
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2024
Hollywood Black
TV show Executive Producer
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2023
Commitment to Life
Movie Director
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2021
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Movie Self
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2019
Return to Chili Verde: Making ‘Lust in the Dust’
Movie Producer
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2019
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
Movie Editor
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2019
Valerie
Movie Self
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2018
Love, Gilda
Movie Consulting Producer
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2018
Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
Movie Producer
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2018
Crime and Beauty: Remembering "Female Trouble"
Movie Producer
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2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Movie Producer
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2017
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Movie Consulting Producer
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2015
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
Movie Executive Producer
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2015
She's The Best Thing in It
Movie Editor
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2015
Tab Hunter Confidential
Movie Producer
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2014
I Am Divine
Movie Director
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2014
That Guy Dick Miller
Movie Executive Producer
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2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
Movie Co-Producer
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2012
Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution'
Movie Producer
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2012
Stories from the Plague
Movie Producer
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2012
Different From the Others: A Legacy Preserved
Movie Producer
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2012
Everybody Cut: The Stars of 'Footloose'
Movie Producer
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2012
Dancing with the 'Footloose' Stars
Movie Producer
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2011
Final Destination 5: Circle of Death
Movie Producer
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2011
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'
Movie Producer
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2011
Vito
Movie Director
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2011
"Footloose": Remembering Willard
Movie Producer
- 2011
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2011
Obsession: The Making of "The Roommate"
Movie Producer
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2011
The Roommate: Dressing Dangerously
Movie Producer
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2011
The Roommate: The Next Generation of Stars
Movie Producer
- 2011
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2011
Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose"
Movie Producer
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2011
Raging Bull: Reflections on a Classic
Movie Producer
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2011
Marty on Film
Movie Producer
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2011
Takers: Take Action!
Movie Producer
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2011
Marty and Bobby
Movie Director
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2011
Raging Bull: Marty & Bobby
Movie Director
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2011
Raging Bull: Remembering Jake
Movie Producer
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2010
Undead Evolution: Making 'Resident Evil: Afterlife'
Movie Producer
