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'...
Known For
Complete Filmography

I Am Richard Pryor
2019
as Self - Filmmaker
The life story of Richard Pryor (1940-2005), the legendary performer and iconic social satirist who transcended racial and social barriers with his ho...

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
as Self
Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.

Directors on Directing
2009
as Self
A look at the development of film making and its contribution to the social and political times form the perspective of Black film makers.

Woman Thou Art Loosed
2004
Director
An adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes' self-help novel, chronciling a woman's struggle to come to terms with her legacy of abuse, addiction and poverty.

L.A. Law: The Movie
2002
Director
Reunion movie from the popular TV series reunites most of the original cast from the Los Angeles law firm of McKenzie-Brackman. In the eight years sin...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
2000
Director
Following World War I, Indy - now fluent in several languages - works as a translator at the controversial Paris Peace Conference, where he once more ...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
2000
Director
While traveling with his father's world-wide lecture tour, nine-year-old Indiana Jones encounters an ancient mummy and a fresh corpse at an archaeolog...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
1999
Director
In Italy, Indy's espionage work takes him behind enemy lines where he embarks on an important propaganda assignment that he hopes will bring a swift e...

My Last Love
1999
Director
Love and life can never be planned. That's the message of the heartwarming love story of Susan Morton, a single mother facing a terminal illness who f...

Killers in the House
1998
Director
Bank robbers on the run from the police invade a mansion and take the owners hostage.

Phat Beach
1996
Executive Producer
A hefty homeboy borrows his dad's Mercedes and goes to the beach with his friends for wild sun & fun.

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
1996
Director
While visiting Russia on his father’s lecture tour, Indy runs off on his own and meets Leo Tolstoy. Later, on a trip to Athens, Indy and his father ar...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies
1994
Director
While working for a Hollywood movie studio, Indy finds that he is no match for the wily megalomaniacal director Erich von Stroheim when the two lock h...

Day-O
1992
Director
A five-year-old named Grace creates an imaginary friend, because her parents only pay attention to the new baby, Tony. Now at 35, his sole friend reap...

Livin' Large!
1991
Director
A young black reporter begins to lose his identity.

Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
1990
Director
After he retires from the police force, a veteran cop is framed for robbery but his friends, a rookie and three ex-cops, come to his rescue.

Jury Duty: The Comedy
1990
Director
Mild and meek accountant Sanford Lagelfost has been charged with embezzling $3 million dollars from Trout Industries. A decidedly mixed bag of jurors ...

Tarzan in Manhattan
1989
Director
The ape man flies to New York, where cabby Jane and her father help him rescue Cheetah from a madman.

Rock 'N Roll Mum
1988
Director
Dyan Cannon portrays Annie Hackett, an aspiring singer and suburban mother of two, who rocks and rolls her way through her household chores. When one ...

Disorderlies
1987
Director
As not-quite-orderlies who're downright Disorderlies, rap-music favorites The Fat Boys rule. Playing the freewheeling caretakers of the frail Dennison...

The Spirit
1987
Director
A legally dead police detective decides to battle crime as a masked superhero.

Timestalkers
1987
Director
History professor Scott McKenzie makes an anachronistic discovery in a photograph from the Old West and he is soon joined by beautiful time-traveler G...

Krush Groove
1985
Director, Producer
Russell Walker is a young, successful manager of rap performers, handling acts for the Krush Groove label, including Run-DMC and The Fat Boys. When Ru...

The Last Dragon
1985
Director
A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial...

The Jerk, Too
1984
Director
Navin Johnson heads to Los Angeles to attend the wedding of his pen pal, Marie. On the way, he runs across a gang of hobos whose leader, Diesel, takes...

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
Director
This film is the true story of Medgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Jackson, Mississippi to direct the regional headquarters of the...

Earth, Wind & Fire in Concert
1982
Director
Earth, Wind & Fire: In Concert was recorded at the Oakland Coliseum on December 30-31, 1981 for broadcast on HBO. This brilliant performance by the Gr...

Benny's Place
1982
Director
Time begins to catches up to a tough factory worker who is feeling threatened by younger men at work and at play.

Carbon Copy
1981
Director
A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopte...

Bustin' Loose
1981
Director
After ex-con Joe Braxton violates his probation, he is given a second chance. All he has to do is drive a group of special kids across the country.

Scavenger Hunt
1979
Director
An eccentric games inventor dies and leaves behind an inheritance worth hundreds of millions of dollars - which will only be given to the person or te...

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
Director
A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots, as they get caught up into the big-time machinations of the music biz. Now, they must ...

Which Way Is Up?
1977
Director
Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his sex-obsessed father, Rufus, and timid spo...

Greased Lightning
1977
Director
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.

Car Wash
1976
Director
This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of e...

Cooley High
1975
Director
In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting ...

Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
1975
Director
Russell B. Parker, a former vaudeville hoofer, is a man of big dreams but small ambitions. He hardly works at all in fact, often spending the time inc...

Bee Gees - Live au Festival Hall de Melbourne
1974
Director

Honeybaby, Honeybaby
1974
Director
Liv, a mercenary, is drawn into a mission to rescue a kidnapped politician. He travels to the volatile Mideast and is assisted by Laura, a translator,...

Together for Days
1972
Director
A black radical activist and a young White woman find themselves drawn to one another during the politically and racially-charged atmosphere of early ...

To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
Director
A mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished writings, letters, and diaries.

SEGAL
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as Self
From a shy kid on Long Island to Hollywood Leading Man, during its most prolific decades, legendary entertainer George Segal shares his life story.