1939 - 2020
Joel T. Schumacher (; August 29, 1939 – June 22, 2020) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Raised in New York City by his mother, Schumacher graduated from Parsons School of Design and originally became a fashion designer. He first entered filmmaking as a production and costume designer before gaining writing credits on Car Wash, Sparkle, and The Wiz. Schumacher received little attention for his first theatrically released films, The Incredible Shrinking Woman and D.C. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joel Schumacher has received more than 4,191,248 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Joel Schumacher is the 140th most popular film director (down from 86th in 2019), the 967th most popular biography from United States (down from 602nd in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Film Director.
Joel Schumacher is most famous for directing the Batman movies, Batman Forever and Batman and Robin.
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Among film directors, Joel Schumacher ranks 140 out of 1,581. Before him are D. W. Griffith, István Szabó, Andrei Konchalovsky, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Kim Ki-duk, and Josef von Sternberg. After him are Lasse Hallström, Blake Edwards, Jacques Demy, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Wong Kar-wai, and Victor Sjöström.
1875 - 1948
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 134
1938 - Present
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 135
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 136
1874 - 1940
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 137
1960 - 2020
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 138
1894 - 1969
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 139
1939 - 2020
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 140
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 141
1922 - 2010
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 142
1931 - 1990
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 143
1909 - 1993
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 144
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 145
1879 - 1960
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 146
Among people born in 1939, Joel Schumacher ranks 51. Before him are Phil Spector, Jean-Marie Lehn, Junko Tabei, Marie Laforêt, Ali MacGraw, and Scott Glenn. After him are Ratko Janev, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Volker Schlöndorff, Harry Kroto, Silvana Armenulić, and Carlo Ginzburg. Among people deceased in 2020, Joel Schumacher ranks 47. Before him are George Steiner, Michael Lonsdale, Lucia Bosè, Christopher Tolkien, Kim Ki-duk, and Stirling Moss. After him are Kobe Bryant, Mirella Freni, Nexhmije Hoxha, Luis Sepúlveda, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, and Eduard Limonov.
1939 - 2021
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 45
1939 - Present
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 46
1939 - 2016
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 47
1939 - 2019
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 48
1939 - Present
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 49
1939 - Present
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 50
1939 - 2020
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 51
1939 - 2019
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 52
1939 - 2022
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 53
1939 - Present
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 54
1939 - 2016
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 55
1939 - 1976
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 56
1939 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 57
1929 - 2020
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 41
1931 - 2020
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 42
1931 - 2020
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 43
1924 - 2020
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 44
1960 - 2020
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 45
1929 - 2020
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 46
1939 - 2020
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 47
1978 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 48
1935 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 49
1921 - 2020
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 50
1949 - 2020
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 51
1964 - 2020
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 52
1943 - 2020
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 53
Among people born in United States, Joel Schumacher ranks 967 out of 18,182. Before him are Daniel Dennett (1942), Murray Rothbard (1926), Carl Weathers (1948), Mel Ferrer (1917), Mark Wahlberg (1971), and Judith Butler (1956). After him are Jeffrey Dahmer (1960), Richard E. Byrd (1888), Peggy Guggenheim (1898), Susan B. Anthony (1820), Virginia Apgar (1909), and Thomas Pynchon (1937).
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 961
1926 - 1995
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 962
1948 - 2024
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 963
1917 - 2008
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 964
1971 - Present
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 965
1956 - Present
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 966
1939 - 2020
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 967
1960 - 1994
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 968
1888 - 1957
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 969
1898 - 1979
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 970
1820 - 1906
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 971
1909 - 1974
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 972
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 973
Among film directors born in United States, Joel Schumacher ranks 39. Before him are John Carpenter (1948), Peter Bogdanovich (1939), Michael Mann (1943), Michael Cimino (1939), Mel Brooks (1926), and D. W. Griffith (1875). After him are Blake Edwards (1922), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909), Ed Wood (1924), Robert Wise (1914), William Friedkin (1935), and Jonathan Demme (1944).
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 33
1939 - 2022
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 34
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 35
1939 - 2016
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 36
1926 - Present
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 37
1875 - 1948
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 38
1939 - 2020
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 39
1922 - 2010
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 40
1909 - 1993
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 41
1924 - 1978
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 42
1914 - 2005
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 43
1935 - 2023
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 44
1944 - 2017
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 45