Michael Schultz

Michael Schultz

1938-11-10 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 42 Credits

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'...

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I Am Richard Pryor

I Am Richard Pryor

2019

as Self - Filmmaker

6.9
Acting

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

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

2013

as Self

7.1
Acting

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

Directors on Directing

2009

as Self

Acting

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

Woman Thou Art Loosed

2004

Director

5.5
Directing

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

L.A. Law: The Movie

2002

Director

6.8
Directing

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

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

2000

Director

5.7
Directing

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

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure

2000

Director

5.6
Directing

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

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence

1999

Director

5.5
Directing

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

My Last Love

1999

Director

5.6
Directing

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

Killers in the House

1998

Director

Directing

Bank robbers on the run from the police invade a mansion and take the owners hostage.

Phat Beach

Phat Beach

1996

Executive Producer

5.1
Producing

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

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father

1996

Director

6.2
Directing

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

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies

1994

Director

5.5
Directing

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

Day-O

1992

Director

4.7
Directing

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!

Livin' Large!

1991

Director

6.0
Directing

A young black reporter begins to lose his identity.

Hammer, Slammer, & Slade

Hammer, Slammer, & Slade

1990

Director

Directing

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

Jury Duty: The Comedy

1990

Director

1.0
Directing

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

Tarzan in Manhattan

1989

Director

3.8
Directing

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

Rock 'N Roll Mum

Rock 'N Roll Mum

1988

Director

3.3
Directing

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

Disorderlies

1987

Director

5.0
Directing

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

The Spirit

1987

Director

4.6
Directing

A legally dead police detective decides to battle crime as a masked superhero.

Timestalkers

Timestalkers

1987

Director

5.3
Directing

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

Krush Groove

1985

Director, Producer

6.2
Directing Producing

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

The Last Dragon

1985

Director

6.4
Directing

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

The Jerk, Too

1984

Director

3.0
Directing

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

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

1983

Director

Directing

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

Earth, Wind & Fire in Concert

1982

Director

7.0
Directing

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

Benny's Place

1982

Director

10.0
Directing

Time begins to catches up to a tough factory worker who is feeling threatened by younger men at work and at play.

Carbon Copy

Carbon Copy

1981

Director

5.7
Directing

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

Bustin' Loose

1981

Director

6.1
Directing

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

Scavenger Hunt

1979

Director

5.6
Directing

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

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

1978

Director

4.3
Directing

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?

Which Way Is Up?

1977

Director

6.1
Directing

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

Greased Lightning

1977

Director

6.3
Directing

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

Car Wash

Car Wash

1976

Director

6.0
Directing

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

Cooley High

1975

Director

6.9
Directing

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

Ceremonies in Dark Old Men

1975

Director

Directing

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

Bee Gees - Live au Festival Hall de Melbourne

1974

Director

Directing
Honeybaby, Honeybaby

Honeybaby, Honeybaby

1974

Director

4.0
Directing

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

Together for Days

1972

Director

8.0
Directing

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

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

1972

Director

5.0
Directing

A mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished writings, letters, and diaries.

SEGAL

SEGAL

N/A

as Self

Acting

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