What is Joel Schumacher?
[[File:Joel Schumacher at Taormina Film Fest 2003 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|180px|Schumacher in April 2003]] '''Joel T. Schumacher''' (August 29, 1939 &ndash; June 22, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] movie director, writer, screenwriter, and producer. He was known for his movies such as ''[[D.C. Cab]]'', ''[[Batman Forever]]'', ''[[Batman & Robin]]'', ''[[The Lost Boys]]'', ''[[Falling Down]]'', ''[[A Time to Kill]]'', ''[[8mm]]'', ''[[Tigerland]]'', and ''[[Phone Booth]]''. His directorial debut came in 1981 ''[[The Incredible Shrinking Woman]]''. Schumacher was born on August 29, 1939 in [[New York City]].<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/32/Joel-Schumacher.html Joel Schumacher Biography (1939-)]</ref> He studied at [[Parsons The New School for Design]] and [[University of California, Los Angeles]]. Schumacher was openly [[gay]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Gay directors bring home the bacon |work=[[The Advocate]] |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2003_May_13/ai_102453324 |date=May 13, 2003 |accessdate=July 8, 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071121192436/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2003_May_13/ai_102453324 |archivedate = November 21, 2007}}</ref> He died from [[cancer]] on June 22, 2020 in New York City, aged 80.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://deadline.com/2020/06/joel-schumacher-dead-batman-director-st-elmos-fire-a-time-to-kill-director-1202966245/|title = Joel Schumacher Dies: Director Of Two Batman & Brat Pack Pics, 'Falling Down' & Others Was 80|work = [[Deadline Hollywood]]|last = Pedersen|first = Erik|date = June 22, 2020|accessdate = June 22, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://variety.com/2020/film/news/joel-schumacher-dead-dies-batman-director-1234644961/|title = Joel Schumacher, Director of Batman Films and 'Lost Boys,' Dies at 80|last = Dagan|first = Carmel|date = June 22, 2020|accessdate = June 22, 2020|work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons category}} * {{IMDb name|1708