Joel T Schumacher August 29 1939 June 22 2020 was an American film director screenwriter producer and costume designer He was raised in New York City by his mother and suffered from substance abuse at a young age He became a fashion designer after graduating from Parsons School of Design but would continue suffering from substance abuse and high levels of debt until the early 1970s He first entered filmmaking as a production and costume designer before gaining writing credits on Car Wash Sparkle and The Wiz He received little attention for his initial theatrically released films The Incredible Shrinking Woman and DC Cab but rose to prominence after directing St Elmos Fire 1985 The Lost Boys 1987 and The Client 1994 Schumacher was selected to replace Tim Burton as director of the Batman franchise and oversaw Batman Foreve 1995 and Batman Robin 1997 After the Batman franchise Schumacher directed smallerbudgeted films including Tigerland 2000 and Phone Booth 2002 He directed The Phantom of the Opera which was released to mixed reviews in 2004 His final directorial work was for two episodes of House of Cards 2013
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