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| 3 | Joel T. Schumacher (August 29, 1939 – June 22, 2020) was a prolific American filmmaker of Swedish descent. |
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| 5 | Starting his career as a costume designer and a screenwriter, he got his big break in the 1980s with the teen films ''Film/StElmosFire'' and ''Film/TheLostBoys'', [[AuteurLicense the success of which allowed him to direct]] two [[TheMovie adaptations]] of Creator/JohnGrisham novels, ''Film/TheClient'' and ''Film/ATimeToKill''. Other well-known titles of his include ''Film/FallingDown'', ''Film/EightMM'', ''Film/{{The Phantom of the Opera|2004}}'' and ''Film/PhoneBooth''. He also directed chapters 5 and 6 in the hit Netflix series ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}''. |
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| 7 | To put it simply, Schumacher made many films that are not ''Film/BatmanForever'' and ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', a fact which is [[NeverLiveItDown often conveniently overlooked]]. He was also well liked by his collaborators. |
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| 9 | He directed two music videos for songs off of the soundtracks to his ''Batman'' movies: "Kiss from a Rose" by Music/{{Seal}} and "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" by Music/TheSmashingPumpkins. |
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| 11 | Schumacher eventually passed away at the age of 80 in 2020, following a year-long battle with cancer. |
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| 13 | !! Filmography: |
| 14 | [[index]] |
| 15 | * ''Film/{{Sleeper}}'' (1973; costume designer only) |
| 16 | * ''Film/TheLastOfSheila'' (1973; costume designer only) |
| 17 | * ''Film/{{Sparkle}}'' (1976; screenplay only) |
| 18 | * ''Film/CarWash'' (1976; screenplay only) |
| 19 | * ''Film/TheWiz'' (1978; screenplay only) |
| 20 | * ''Film/TheIncredibleShrinkingWoman'' (1981) |
| 21 | * ''Film/DCCab'' (1983) |
| 22 | * ''Film/StElmosFire'' (1985) |
| 23 | * ''Film/TheLostBoys'' (1987) |
| 24 | * ''Cousins'' (1989) |
| 25 | * ''Film/{{Flatliners}}'' (1990) |
| 26 | * ''Film/DyingYoung'' (1991) |
| 27 | * ''Film/FallingDown'' (1993) |
| 28 | * ''Film/TheClient'' (1994) |
| 29 | * ''Film/BatmanFilmSeries'': |
| 30 | ** ''Film/BatmanForever'' (1995) |
| 31 | ** ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' (1997) |
| 32 | * ''Film/ATimeToKill'' (1996) |
| 33 | * ''Film/EightMM'' (1999) |
| 34 | * ''Flawless'' (1999) |
| 35 | * ''Film/{{Tigerland}}'' (2000) |
| 36 | * ''Film/{{Bad Company|2002}}'' (2002) |
| 37 | * ''Film/PhoneBooth'' (2003) |
| 38 | * ''Film/VeronicaGuerin'' (2003) |
| 39 | * ''Film/{{The Phantom of the Opera|2004}}'' (2004) |
| 40 | * ''Film/TheNumber23'' (2007) |
| 41 | * ''Blood Creek'' (2009) |
| 42 | * ''Film/Trespass2011'' |
| 43 | * ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' (2013; Season 1, Episodes 5 and 6) |
| 44 | [[/index]] |
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| 46 | !!Tropes associated with him: |
| 47 | * AuthorAppeal: Supposedly defied, with the content of some of his other films backing this up. Joel Schumacher was a self-admitted "extremely promiscuous" man, but all the homoerotic imagery in his Batman films were apparently ''not'' him being self-indulgent and inserting muscular men for the hell of it. It's claimed he was inspired by Ancient Greek statues that highlighted well-toned male bodies. |
| 48 | * CreatorsOddball: His Batman films, rather surprisingly enough for those who only know him for them. Schumacher's filmography mainly comprised of dark, dramatic, PsychologicalThriller-types and were generally way more serious and gritty than either of the cartoonish ''Film/BatmanForever'' or ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''. There's some level irony to the fact that Schumacher made two of the goofiest Batman films despite having proven to be capable of directing within the tones of [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy later]] [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse film]] [[Film/TheBatman2022 adaptations.]] |
| 49 | * PromotedFanboy: Schumacher has claimed that unlike Creator/TimBurton, he was actually a fan of Batman via the comics themselves, which manifested in the form of more focus on Bruce Wayne's character, something that Burton glossed over due to being more interested in the villains. |
| 50 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: After ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', Schumacher campaigned ''for years'' to direct a third film about the character, even trying to direct a potential live-action ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' film, claiming that he’d learned his lesson and promised to deliver a dark and cerebral take on the superhero—playing to both the strengths of himself as a filmmaker and the character. Sadly, he never got the chance to prove it. |
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