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Michael Schultz

Directing 87 years old Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA ★ 0.6
Born: November 10, 1938

Biography

Schultz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Katherine Frances (née Leslie), a factory worker, and German American Leo Schultz, an insurance salesman.

After his undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Marquette University, he attended Princeton University, where in 1966 he directed his first play, a production of Waiting for Godot. He joined the Negro Ensemble Company in 1968, which brought him to Broadway in 1969. His breakthrough was directing Lorraine Hansberry's To Be Young, Gifted and Black, which he restaged for television in 1972.

Schultz' earliest film projects combined low comedy with profound social comment (Honeybaby, Honeybaby and Cooley High), reaching a peak with the ensemble comedy Car Wash (1976) and Which Way Is Up? (1977), starring Richard Pryor.

In 1978, Schultz took the reins of the musical Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band with the largest budget ever entrusted to an African-American film director to that date. However, upon its release, the project was a commercial and critical failure. Schultz would go on to make prominent films such as Scavenger Hunt (1979), Carbon Copy (1981), and Disorderlies (1987).

More recently, Schultz has worked in television, piloting episodes of such style-conscious series as The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and Picket Fences, as well as an abundance of made-for-TV movies.

In 1991, Schultz was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.

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Known For

Charmed
Charmed Director 1998
Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls Director 2000
JAG
JAG Director 1995
Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time Director 2011
Cold Case
Cold Case Director 2003

Filmography

Acting Credits (5)

Directing Credits (93)

Found
Found Director 2023
All American: Homecoming
All American: Homecoming Director 2022
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years Director 2021
All American
All American Director 2018
Black Lightning
Black Lightning Director 2018
No Tomorrow
No Tomorrow Director 2016
Dead of Summer
Dead of Summer Director 2016
Recovery Road
Recovery Road Director 2016
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Director 2015
black-ish
black-ish Director 2014
The Tomorrow People
The Tomorrow People Director 2013
Arrow
Arrow Director 2012
Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time Director 2011
Hart of Dixie
Hart of Dixie Director 2011
New Girl
New Girl Director 2011
Switched at Birth
Switched at Birth Director 2011
Drop Dead Diva
Drop Dead Diva Director 2009
Privileged
Privileged Director 2008
In Plain Sight
In Plain Sight Director 2008
Eli Stone
Eli Stone Director 2008
Women's Murder Club
Women's Murder Club Director 2007
Dirty Sexy Money
Dirty Sexy Money Director 2007
Chuck
Chuck Director 2007
October Road
October Road Director 2007
Lincoln Heights
Lincoln Heights Director 2007
Brothers and Sisters
Brothers and Sisters Director 2006
Pepper Dennis
Pepper Dennis Director 2006
Woman Thou Art Loosed
Woman Thou Art Loosed Director 2004
Jack & Bobby
Jack & Bobby Director 2004
Cold Case
Cold Case Director 2003
The O.C.
The O.C. Director 2003
Everwood
Everwood Director 2002
L.A. Law: The Movie
L.A. Law: The Movie Director 2002
Philly
Philly Director 2001
The Education of Max Bickford
The Education of Max Bickford Director 2001
Boston Public
Boston Public Director 2000
Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls Director 2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change Director 2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure Director 2000
City of Angels
City of Angels Director 2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence Director 1999
Wasteland
Wasteland Director 1999
Family Law
Family Law Director 1999
My Last Love
My Last Love Director 1999
Killers in the House
Killers in the House Director 1998
Charmed
Charmed Director 1998
Felicity
Felicity Director 1998
Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal Director 1997
The Practice
The Practice Director 1997
Promised Land
Promised Land Director 1996
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father Director 1996
JAG
JAG Director 1995
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies Director 1994
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel Director 1994
Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope Director 1994
Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder Director 1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Director 1993
Day-O
Day-O Director 1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Director 1992
Livin' Large!
Livin' Large! Director 1991
Sisters
Sisters Director 1991
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade Director 1990
Jury Duty: The Comedy
Jury Duty: The Comedy Director 1990
Tarzan in Manhattan
Tarzan in Manhattan Director 1989
Rock 'N Roll Mom
Rock 'N Roll Mom Director 1988
Disorderlies
Disorderlies Director 1987
The Spirit
The Spirit Director 1987
Timestalkers
Timestalkers Director 1987
L.A. Law
L.A. Law Director 1986
Krush Groove
Krush Groove Director 1985
The Last Dragon
The Last Dragon Director 1985
The Jerk, Too
The Jerk, Too Director 1984
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers Director 1983
Earth, Wind & Fire in Concert
Earth, Wind & Fire in Concert Director 1982
Benny's Place
Benny's Place Director 1982
Carbon Copy
Carbon Copy Director 1981
Bustin' Loose
Bustin' Loose Director 1981
Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger Hunt Director 1979
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Director 1978
Which Way Is Up?
Which Way Is Up? Director 1977
Greased Lightning
Greased Lightning Director 1977
Car Wash
Car Wash Director 1976
Starsky & Hutch
Starsky & Hutch Director 1975
Cooley High
Cooley High Director 1975
Baretta
Baretta Director 1975
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men Director 1975
Bee Gees - Live au Festival Hall de Melbourne
Bee Gees - Live au Festival Hall de Melbourne Director 1974
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
Honeybaby, Honeybaby Director 1974
The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files Director 1974
Movin' On
Movin' On Director 1974
Together for Days
Together for Days Director 1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
To Be Young, Gifted and Black Director 1972
Shock Treatment
Shock Treatment Director

Writing Credits (1)

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