Biography
Jeffrey Schwarz is an Emmy Award-winning producer, director and editor based in Los Angeles. His latest feature documentary is “Commitment to Life,” which chronicles the city of Los Angeles’ response to the HIV/AIDS crisis. It premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and is currently streaming on NBCUniversal’s Peacock. Previous work includes “Boulevard! A Hollywood Story,” “The Fabulous Allan Carr,” “Tab Hunter Confidential,” “I Am Divine,” “Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon,” “Spi...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Commitment to Life
2023
Director, Producer, Editor
Against a rich Hollywood backdrop, "Commitment to Life" documents the true story of the fight against HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles - and how an intrepid gr...

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021
as Self
Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young composers and romantic partners, are caught in the web of silent film star Gloria Swanson when she hires...

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021
Director
Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young composers and romantic partners, are caught in the web of silent film star Gloria Swanson when she hires...

Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
2019
Editor, Director, Producer
Featurette on the making of John Waters' "Polyester."

Valerie
2019
as Self
A documentary of the incredible life of actress Valerie Perrine and her battle with Parkinson's.
Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
2018
Producer, Director
Interview outtakes from Jeffrey Schwarz's 2013 documentary 'I Am Divine' which feature director John Waters; actors Susan Lowe, Mink Stole, George Fig...

The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
Producer, Director
Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw the Hollywood parties that defined the 1970s. A prod...

Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
2015
Executive Producer
Seed Money is the story of Chuck Holmes, a San Francisco pornographer turned philanthropist. Holmes helped shaped and create gay identity in the years...

She's The Best Thing in It
2015
Editor, Producer
Mary Louise Wilson is the most accomplished character actor you've never heard of. While teaching skeptical young students, she examines whether her l...

Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
Producer, Editor, Director
Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his years of stardom, Tab had a secret. Tab Hunter wa...

I Am Divine
2014
Director, Producer
Harris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine (1945-1988) was the ultimate outsider turned underground hero. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body image...

That Guy Dick Miller
2014
Executive Producer
Documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has spanned almost 200 films across six decades, featu...

And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
Co-Producer
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
2013
Producer
Documentary about the invention of MORF, the program for morphing, which was created for the film Willow (1988).

Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution'
2012
Director, Producer
Cast comes back and returns. Featuring footage/segments from Resident Evil Afterlife.

Stories from the Plague
2012
Director
The story of the AIDS epidemic from its early, ominous beginnings and the wave of death that followed, through the formation of ACT UP and the arrival...

Vito
2011
Director
In the aftermath of Stonewall, a newly politicized Vito Russo found his voice as a gay activist and critic of LGBTQ+ representation in the media. He w...
Raging Bull: Reflections on a Classic
2011
Director, Producer
Prominent filmmakers discuss Martin Scorsese's "Raging Bull."
Marty on Film
2011
Director
Martin Scorsese discusses his love of film.

Marty and Bobby
2011
Director, Producer
An exploration of the creative collaboration of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, with a special emphasis on "Raging Bull."
Program Alice: Activated
2010
Director, Producer
Resident Evil: Afterlife featurette.

Undead Evolution: Making 'Resident Evil: Afterlife'
2010
Producer, Director
Resident Evil: Afterlife featurette.

Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
2009
Director
Sex and Cinema is a steamy trip through the looking glass of the camera lens, depicting how sexually charged films reflect our own sexual liberation. ...

It Came from Kuchar
2009
as Self
It Came from Kuchar is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground filmmaking twins, the Kuchar brothers. George and Mike Kuc...

Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’
2009
Director, Producer
Documentary about the making of "Menace 2 Society."

House of Harrington
2009
Director
Profile of the late iconoclastic director Curtis Harrington, featuring images from many of his poetic and haunting films.
‘Friday’ Straight Up
2009
Director, Producer
Featurette about the making of "Friday."
Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’
2009
Director, Producer
Documentary about the making of "Set it Off."
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
2008
Director
From the moment Shakespeare wrote his first fart joke, audiences have loved gross-out humor. In this 'Starz Inside' documentary, take a trip through t...

Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
2008
Director
The outrageous story of 1970s porn icon Jack Wrangler, and how he rose to the top of the gay, and then straight, adult film industry.
Resident Road Map: Reflections on the Future of the Series
2008
Producer
Resident Evil: Extinction featurette.

Beyond Raccoon City: Unearthing 'Resident Evil: Extinction'
2008
Producer
Resident Evil: Extinction featurette.

The Evolution of Resident Evil: Bridge to Extinction
2007
Executive Producer
The making of "Resident Evil: Extinction."

Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse
2007
Executive Producer
The making of "Resident Evil: Apocalypse."

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
Director, Editor, Producer
Chronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle, a master of ballyhoo who became a brand name in movie horror with his outrageous...
Rise Up and Shout!
2007
Producer
Rise Up And Shout! tells the story of four generations of creative gay voices in Los Angeles who unite to create a theatrical showcase for gay youth o...
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
2007
Director
Documentary about the making of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" featuring interviews with producer Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Fo...

Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
2006
Producer, Director
The saga behind this modern horror classic. Featuring Wes Craven, Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss and many more.

Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'
2006
Producer, Director
Documentary on the 1985 film White Nights, with interviews from Taylor Hackford, Helen Mirren and Isabella Rossellini.

Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
2006
Producer
6 part behind the scenes feature on making 'Silent Hill'.

Hitchcocked!
2006
Director
A tribute to the work of Alfred Hitchcock, featuring contemporary filmmakers, writers, performers, and cultural critics.

No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
2006
Director, Producer
Feature length documentary about Jonathan Larson and "Rent"'s journey from Broadway to the screen. Featuring director Chris Columbus, the entire cast,...

Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds
2006
Producer
How far would you go to get the person of your dreams? With the help of Gwen and Tiffani, Kyle pretends to be heterosexual in order to land Troy, the ...
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
2006
Producer, Director
Documentary about how police have been portrayed on screen.

The House That Freddy Built
2006
Director, Producer
How “A Nightmare on Elm Street” launched New Line Cinema and their legacy of horror films.

‘Reservoir Dogs’ Revisited
2005
Director, Producer
Filmmakers, actors, critics, and pop culture pundits pay tribute to Quentin Tarantino’s 1992 classic.
Return to Edge City
2005
Producer, Director
A DVD exclusive making-of documentary for Chuck Russell's 1994 action comedy The Mask, consisting of interviews, behind the scenes footage, film clips...

Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated
2004
Director, Producer
Resident Evil: Apocalypse featurette.

Game Babes
2004
Director, Producer
Resident Evil: Apocalypse featurette.

The Workaday Gangster
2004
Producer
A short Goodfellas documentary featuring interviews with the actors, Martin Scorsese, and Henry Hill.

Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier'
2004
Producer, Director
Retrospective documentary on the making of the film Universal Soldier (1992).

Universal Soldier: A Tale of Two Titans
2004
Producer
Biography style segment that gives us some interesting background information on Van Damme and Lundgren. Though they come from different parts of Euro...

Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield
2004
Producer
Documentary about the real life inspiration behind "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre," serial killer Ed Gein.

Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
2004
Producer
A documentary that presents a brief yet detailed account on the making of Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas" (1990), the successful film that redefined th...

Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
2004
Producer
A group of filmmakers talk about their appreciation for "GoodFellas" (1990) and how it has influenced their work. Jon Favreau, Allan and Albert Hughes...

Clive Barker: Raising Hell
2004
Producer, Director
Career profile of horror auteur Clive Barker.

Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
2004
Director, Producer
Retrospective documentary featuring director Bernard Rose, writer Clive Barker, producer Alan Poul and stars Tony Todd, Virginia Madsen and Kasi Lemmo...

People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
2004
Director, Producer
10 years after the release of "Philadelphia," director Jonathan Demme, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington and others discuss about the making of that film a...

Eating Out
2004
Associate Producer
After getting dumped by his slutty girlfriend, Caleb falls in love with Gwen. However, thanks to Caleb's roommate, Gwen thinks he's gay and sets him u...

Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn'
2004
Producer, Director
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Rob Schmidt's 'Wrong Turn'.

Stan Winston: Monster Mogul
2004
Director, Producer
Featurette on special make-up effects creator Stan Winston

Eliza Dushku: Babe in the Woods
2004
Director, Producer
Featurette on Eliza Dushku, who plays Jessie in 'Wrong Turn'
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances
2004
Executive Producer
A documentary about the making of Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
2004
Director, Producer
Feature length documentary about the making of the film featuring interviews with producer Michael Bay, director Marcus Nispel, executive producers Br...
Meet Bob Shaye
2004
Producer, Director
Documentary portrait of Robert Shaye, founder and CEO of New Line Cinema.
The Terror Gauge!
2003
Producer
Produced for the "Final Destination" Special Edition DVD.
Cheating Death: Beyond and Back
2003
Producer
Produced for the "Final Destination 2" Special Edition DVD.

Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th'
2003
Producer, Director

Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig
2003
Producer
Documentary about the creation of the stage musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" and its subsequent film adaptation.

Minnesota Nice
2003
Director, Producer
A collection of cast interviews and behind-the-scenes clips from the Coen brother's Academy Award-winning film Fargo.

Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life
2003
Producer
Starting off as a brief history of horror and slasher films, various people take about Hammer films, Herschell Gordon Lewis, and various other notable...

Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003
Producer, Director
Documentary featuring director Joe Dante, screenwriter John Sayles, producer Mike Finnell, stars Dee Wallace Stone, Dick Miller, Robert Picardo, and B...

The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface'
2003
Director, Producer
Documentary about the making of "Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III" featuring interviews with director Jeff Burr, screnwriter David J. Schow, p...

A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
2002
Executive Producer
Documentary about the making of Martin Scorsese's story of a man willing to go to any length for a shot at fame.

Catch Me If You Can
2002
Second Second Assistant Director
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor...

Cosmic Symphonies: Elfman in Space
2002
Producer
A look at Danny Elfman's music for Men in Black II (2002)

Rick Baker: Alien Maker
2002
Producer
The documentary looks at Rick Baker as he works on the alien design and creation for MIIB. Describing himself as part of 'the first generation that gr...

Squish, Splat, Sploosh: The Stellar Sounds of 'Men in Black II'
2002
Producer
A look behind the scenes of MIIB to watch the foley artists at work adding all the background and special effects noises to the finished scenes. Cover...

Scoring Resident Evil
2002
Director
Resident Evil featurette.

Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
2002
Director, Producer
Retrospective documentary on the making of the 1980 horror film "The Fog."

Playing Dead: Resident Evil from Game to Screen
2002
Director
Resident Evil featurette.

The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees
2002
Director, Producer
A documentary charting the rise and fall (and inevitable undead rise) of fictional killer Jason Vorhees from the Friday the 13th series, which takes i...

The Politics of Fur
2002
Editor
Una, a controlling big shot L.A. music producer living with her pet baby tiger and her gay assistant, becomes attracted to an independent female artis...

Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
2002
Director
A behind-the-scenes look at director Paul Verhoeven's imaginative re-telling of Robert Heinlein's classic science fiction novel.

Drawing Blood
2002
Producer

Revisiting 'The Last Waltz'
2002
Producer
Documentary about the making of Martin Scorsese's film of the Band's 1976 farewell concert.

Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
2002
Director
A look back at the classic 1964 film of horror and suspense starring Joan Crawford as an axe-murderer just released from the mental hospital. Includes...

Mysteries of Love
2002
Producer, Director
Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, and producer Fred Caruso are interviewed for this 68-minute documentary about the mak...

Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
2001
Director
A look behind the scenes at the making of this science fiction classic about a policeman killed in the line of duty, only to be reborn as a half-man, ...

Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'
2001
Director
A look behind the scenes at one of the more controversial thillers of the 90's, and the one that made Sharon Stone a top-name star. Includes interview...

The Confidence Man
2001
Editor
Policeman Stevie Grimes never lost his trust in the police force but has been suspended a few months for accidentally shooting and killing a young boy...

As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
2001
Producer, Director
A "behinds the scenes" documentary about the making of the 1987 film THE PRINCESS BRIDE with original archive footage and new interviews with cast mem...

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001
Editor, Director, Producer
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of this Oscar winning thriller, prepared for its tenth anniversary. Includes interviews with star Anthony Hopki...

Rescued from the Closet
2001
Producer, Editor, Director
Rescued from the Closet is a 2001 documentary consisting of interviews originally recorded for the 1995 film The Celluloid Closet. It explores the his...

Let the Games Begin
2001
Producer, Director
Produced for the "Dungeons & Dragons" Special Edition DVD.

The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
2001
Producer, Director
Produced for the "Dungeons and Dragons" Special Edition DVD. This video gives fantasy film and game fans a behind-the- scenes look at the making of t...
Satan’s Top Forty
2001
Director
Produced for the "Little Nicky" Special Edition DVD.

How Harry Met Sally…
2001
Editor, Director, Producer
Documentary about "When Harry Met Sally" featuring director Rob Reiner, screenwriter Nora Ephron, stars Billy Crystal and Carrie Fisher and composer M...

Imagining 'Total Recall'
2001
Producer, Director
Making of documentary featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Paul Verhoeven.
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell
2001
Director, Producer
Documentary on the making of "Little Nicky."
Satan’s Top 40
2001
Producer, Director
Documentary produced for the "Little Nicky" DVD about heavy metal and the Devil featuring rock stars Gene Simmons, Ronnie James Dio, and Ozzy Osborne.

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000
Producer, Director
Documentary featuring interviews with director Sidney Lumet, "Fail-Safe" (2000) producer George Clooney, star Dan O’Herlihy and screenwriter Walter Be...
The Perfect Souffle: Testing "Final Destination"
2000
Director, Producer
Produced for the "Final Destination" Special Edition DVD.
Premonitions
2000
Director, Producer
Produced for the "Final Destination" Special Edition DVD.
Catching Up with Marty DiBergi
2000
Director, Producer
Produced for the "This is Spinal Tap" Special Edition DVD.

The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich
2000
Editor
Director Peter Bogdanovich sitting down to discuss Orson Welles' cult classic The Lady from Shanghai.

Psycho Path
2000
Producer, Associate Producer, Editor
Documentary on the making of Gus Van Sant's "Psycho."

Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji'
2000
Director, Producer
A look at the making of the digital wildlife in "Jumanji" (1995), from the beginning design stages to the implementation of the animatronic and digita...
Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball'
2000
Director
Documentary about the making of the 1975 science-fiction dystopia classic.

Julie Strain: Supergoddess
2000
Director, Producer
Featurette about "Heavy Metal 2000" star Julie Strain.

Invisible Mom II
1999
Editor
A young orphan, heir to a vast fortune, is fostered into a somewhat bizarre family, primarily due to the fact that his foster mom can become invisible...

The Kid with X-Ray Eyes
1999
Editor
Justin and his uncle find X-ray goggles misplaced by an evil crime ring. The criminals kidnap Justin, his uncle, and the Feds and Justin has to rescue...

Imagining 'Heavy Metal'
1999
Editor, Director, Producer
Documentary about the making of "Heavy Metal" (1981).

The Dead Walk: Remaking a Classic
1999
Director, Producer
Documentary about the making of "Night of the Living Dead" (1990) featuring interviews with director Tom Savini, producers and effects artists.

Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'
1999
Producer, Director
Documentary about the making of "The Tingler" (1959).

A Bold Affair
1998
Editor
A man's life gets wrecked by a woman with whom he had a casual "affair" over the Internet.

Bikini Traffic School
1998
Editor
Las Vegas strippers inherit a traffic school while a local slumlord dreams of building a corrupt community.

Leather Jacket Love Story
1998
Editor
Kyle is 18, an aspiring poet hoping to find inspiration by moving to the arty Silver Lake neighborhood of LA, and maybe love too. On day one, he finds...

If I Die Before I Wake
1998
Editor
A suburban family is held hostage and terrorized by three intruders while their sixteen year-old daughter first hides, then exacts her own brand of te...

Scorpio One
1998
Editor
Using ultra-advanced technology, scientists aboard Scorpio One have made a monumental discovery -- and paid for it with their lives. Now, with time an...

The Escort
1997
Editor
A psycho escort (Shauna O'Brien) sets her sights on a married woman (Landon Hall). Revenge, blackmail and murder follow in this steamy late night thri...

Maximum Security
1997
Editor
Terrorists infiltrate Innsmouth, a new maximum security prison, and inmate Mace Richter, a former police officer, is the only one who can foil their p...
Phantom Pain
1996
Editor
Kristy Nichols is a prostitute with a difference — she is transgender. She decides to make a life change just as a college film professor offers her a...

Al Lewis in the Flesh
1993
Director
Al Lewis' role as Grampa on television's "The Munsters" has ensured him permanence in the American collective consciousness. Although he has performed...

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
N/A
Producer, Director
The protests against William Friedkin’s 1980 film Cruising became a flash point in the emerging gay rights movement, but the real-life events surround...

Goddess: The Fall and Rise of Showgirls
N/A
Director, Producer
A look at the production and enduring popularity of a modern trash classic from those bad boys behind 1992's Basic Instinct, the infamous screenwriter...