Director
Jeffrey Schwarz
September 15, 1969 · 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 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.
Notable work
Often works with
John Waters
3 titles together
I Am Divine, Tab Hunter Confidential, Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Bruce Vilanch
3 titles together
I Am Divine, Vito, The Fabulous Allan Carr
Paul W. S. Anderson
3 titles together
Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution', Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated, Scoring "Resident Evil"
Tab Hunter
2 titles together
I Am Divine, Tab Hunter Confidential
Lainie Kazan
2 titles together
I Am Divine, Tab Hunter Confidential
Connie Stevens
2 titles together
Tab Hunter Confidential, The Fabulous Allan Carr
Full filmography · 126
Goddess: The Fall and Rise of Showgirls
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Upcoming
13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O
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Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
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Jump Back: Re-Imagining “Footloose”
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Upcoming
Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of "Universal Soldier"
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Gays on Strike: The Truth Behind "Wedding Wars"
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Upcoming
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
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2026
Commitment to Life
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2023
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
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2019
Crime and Beauty: Remembering "Female Trouble"
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2018
The Fabulous Allan Carr
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2017
Tab Hunter Confidential
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