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Joel Schumacher (born August 29, 1939) is an American film director, writer and producer. Many of his films have been stylish, on budget and 'slick' Hollywood fare.

Schumacher was born in New York City and studied at the Parsons School of Design. First working in the fashion industry, he began his media work as a costume designer and developed his skills with television work. He wrote the screenplay for the low-budget hit Car Wash (1976) and a number of other minor successes. He also wrote The Wiz (1978). His film directorial debut was The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981), starring Lily Tomlin, and he quickly made more successful films, include three "brat pack" works. Working solidly and building his reputation he had his first large budget feature when he took over from Tim Burton on the Batman franchise - Batman Forever was a major piece of crap but Batman & Robin somehow managed to be evern worse, the proposed fifth movie in the series was stalled so that shumacher would leave WB alone so someone less horrifyingly untalented could come and return the Batman series to what it should be. Dark and gothic, not neon and homosexual. Schumacher is responsible for putting nipples on Batman's Batsuit, casting Arnold Schwarzenegger as Doctor Freeze, and choreographing a Batman ice ballet. He has also directed two adaptions of the books of John Grisham, the second as the personal choice of the author.

Filmography (direction, incomplete)