Known For
Complete Filmography
Betty: They Say I’m Different
2017
as Self
An aspiring songwriter from a small steel town, Betty Mabry Davis arrived on the scene to break boundaries for women with her daring personality, icon...
American Pastime
2007
Director, Story, Screenplay
American Pastime tells a poignant story set against the Japanese-American internment camps during World War II. Rounded up and uprooted from their eve...
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998
as Self
Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does mar...
Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
1997
as Self - Writer
Schmidt follows the 27 miles of the “street of life” to Pacific Palisades, where the boulevard ends at the ocean. While interviews with celebrities f...
White Man's Burden
1995
Director, Writer
The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis Pin...
American Me
1992
Screenplay
During his 18 years in Folsom Prison, street-gang leader Santana rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana ...
Last Exit to Brooklyn
1989
Screenplay
A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute...
Black Moon Rising
1986
Screenplay
An FBI free-lancer stashes a stolen Las Vegas-crime tape in a high-tech car stolen by someone else.
Body Rock
1984
Story, Screenplay
A disco owner lures a New York breakdancer away from his rapping and dancing friends.
Boulevard Nights
1979
Writer
A focus on life in a gang, Boulevard Nights portrays the dangers of street violence. Richard Yniguez plays a young Chicano who tries to get out of the...