Joel Schumacher - Director, screenwriter and producer of American cinema

American film Director, producer and screenwriter George. Schumacher was born in new York on 29 August 1939. The father died when the child is under four years old. My mother had one to farm and to earn a living. The family has overcome adversity, Joel grew up and also began to earn. Gradually the family had wealth, and he was able to go to school.

Early career

The Young Schumacher chose school Parsons, where he taught design. Then Joel went to College of fashion and clothing technology. After graduating, he got a job in an advertising Agency and was engaged in registration of facades and interiors of shops of fashionable clothes. However, the young Schumacher constantly dreamed about the film, he was attracted by the romance of shooting, socializing with Hollywood stars, and, of course, a good earnings.

Joel Schumacher retired from the advertising business and moved from new York to Los Angeles. In Hollywood he began to work in their field, the costume designer. Fast enough Schumacher has gone a long way in design projects. Directors appreciated the talented specialist and literally filled up his work.

Soon Joel Schumacher proved himself as a capable screenwriter. On his proposed story was filmed low-budget movie "car Wash", who suddenly had good box office. After this successful debut, Joel wrote a few scripts that were made into films. Schumacher became his own man in Hollywood, wrote a lot, his stories differed by novelty, the story was exciting and meaningful.

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Career Director

In 1981, Joel Schumacher made his first film as a Director. It was a painting in the genre of satirical Comedy called "Incredible shrunken woman." Following the film "St. Elmo's fire" directed by Director Schumacher not only gave good box office, but was the start to a great movie for a group of young, aspiring actors.

The motion picture "the Lost boys", shot by Joel in 1987 in the genre of horror (a horror movie), made a famous actor Sutherland. Later this performer played with Julia Roberts in the film "Flatliners", shot in 1990. Joel Schumacher, whose films have become popular and expected by the audience even before the release, wrote one script after another and then filmed the best of them. His image as a Director continuously grew and strengthened administrative elite of Hollywood could not get enough of the success of new projects.

Best film

In 1993, Joel Schumacher took one of the most notable movies over the entire period of work as Director. It was a psychological Thriller, "enough!" with Michael Douglas in the lead role. The painting was created at the high pitch of nervous tension. It was a masterpiece of cinema.

Then came two more successful film project: the film "the Client", based on the novel by John Grisham, and the film "a Time to kill". In 1995 the leadership of the Studio "Warner brothers" offered Schumacher to make a new version of "Batman" with the expectation of a higher degree of artistry and minimization of bloody scenes. Schumacher has created a full-length feature films "Batman forever" with Val Kilmer in the title role. The film had impressive box office success, although the criticism was restrained.

"Razzie"

However, the Director offered to shoot a sequel called "Batman and Robin", which was done. Against all expectations, the new film failed miserably, and Joel Schumacher was nominated for the award "Golden raspberry". This meant that he jokingly admits the worst Director for the film "Batman and Robin".

Schumacher has not disappointed and soon took two more films: "Without blemish" (starring Robert de Niro) and "8 mm" with Nicolas cage. Much success these movies had not.

In 2000, Joel Schumacher directed this film "tiger Country" on the Vietnamese campaign. Drama gave me the opportunity to prove himself the actor of Irish origin Colin Farrell, for whom the film was the debut Hollywood project. Three years later the Director met again with Colin, in the film "Phone booth".

Film "house of cards"

In 2013, Joel Schumacher wrote the script for the television series entitled "house of cards".

In the center of the plot - the political events unfolding around the US presidential elections and the appointment of the Secretary of state. The film "house of cards" tells the story of the dishonesty of American politicians.

Director and music

In 2004, Schumacher tried his hand at musical film project called "the phantom of the Opera" traces the musical Webber, Andrew Lloyd. The film was nominated for three awards "Oscar" and three "Golden globe", but the real prizes to its creators never presented.

Currently Director Joel Schumacher is working on new projects. In his 77 years, he is full of energy and ready to work.