FILM DIRECTOR

Joel Schumacher

1939 - 2020

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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 4,378,059 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Joel Schumacher is the 167th most popular film director (down from 140th in 2019), the 1,071st most popular biography from United States (down from 967th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Film Director.

Joel Schumacher is most famous for directing the Batman movies, Batman Forever and Batman and Robin.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Joel Schumacher ranks 167 out of 2,041. Before him are Sergio Corbucci, Andrei Konchalovsky, Josef von Sternberg, Bille August, Jan Švankmajer, and Masaki Kobayashi. After him are Abel Gance, István Szabó, Max Ophüls, Guillermo del Toro, Roy Andersson, and Genndy Tartakovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Joel Schumacher ranks 51. Before him are Kenzō Takada, Junko Tabei, Henry Mintzberg, Phil Spector, Harry Kroto, and Claude François. After him are Pak Pong-ju, Richard Serra, João Bernardo Vieira, Amancio Amaro, Carlo Ginzburg, and Ruud Lubbers. Among people deceased in 2020, Joel Schumacher ranks 53. Before him are Masatoshi Koshiba, Philip Warren Anderson, Kim Ki-duk, Buck Henry, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, and Carlos Ruiz Zafón. After him are Brian Dennehy, George Steiner, Ken Hensley, Mary Higgins Clark, Little Richard, and Mamadou Tandja.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joel Schumacher ranks 1,071 out of 20,380. Before him are L. Frank Baum (1856), Russell Alan Hulse (1950), Philip Zimbardo (1933), Jack Kemp (1935), Virginia Satir (1916), and Minoru Yamasaki (1912). After him are Dred Scott (1795), Hilary Putnam (1926), Michelle Phillips (1944), Steve Carell (1962), Brian Dennehy (1938), and Percival Lowell (1855).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Joel Schumacher ranks 43. Before him are D. W. Griffith (1875), Michael Cimino (1939), Jonathan Demme (1944), Frances Marion (1888), Ed Wood (1924), and Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909). After him are Gordon Parks (1912), Don Siegel (1912), Blake Edwards (1922), Kathryn Bigelow (1951), Henry Hathaway (1898), and Chris Columbus (1958).

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Filmography

Batman Forever
Director
Batman must battle a disfigured district attorney and a disgruntled former employee with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat.
Jun 16o 19955.43 / 10
Batman & Robin
Director
Batman and Robin deal with relationship issues while preventing Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from attacking Gotham City.
Jun 20o 19974.358 / 10
Phone Booth
Director
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
Apr 4o 20036.857 / 10