Jeffrey Schwarz

Known for DirectingBorn 1969-09-15 (age 57)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof'

Code of Silence: Inside the Rampart Scandal

Celling Out

Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"

Adam Sandler Goes to Hell

Imagining 'Heavy Metal'

The Dead Walk: Remaking a Classic

RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors

The Workaday Gangster

Stan Winston: Monster Mogul

Eliza Dushku: Babe in the Woods

Meet Bob Shaye

Symphony of Evil

Dialing Up "Cellular"

Cosmic Symphonies: Elfman in Space

Afganistan: Land in Crisis

A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'

Let the Games Begin

Premonitions

Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier'

The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich

JoJo: The Pop Princess

Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’

‘Friday’ Straight Up

Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’

Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'

Return to Edge City

Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre

Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn'

A Stuntman for All Seasons: A Tribute to Bennie Dobbins

East Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of Carolco

The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface'

The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees

Squish, Splat, Sploosh: The Stellar Sounds of 'Men in Black II'

Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'

Mackin’ Ain’t Easy

Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'

Jet Li Is 'The One'

Satan’s Top 40

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'

No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Reservoir Dogs Revisited

Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'

Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life

Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy

As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'