Jeffrey Schwarz Wiki Biography
Jeffrey Schwarz (born 1969) is a filmmaker and producer based in Los Angeles, California. His latest documentary feature is I Am Divine, about the international drag superstar and John Waters’ leading lady Divine. It had its world premiere at the 2013 South by Southwest Film Festival, and its Baltimore premiere at the Maryland Film Festival.His previous documentary feature is HBO Documentary Films’ Vito, about the life of Vito Russo, gay activist, film scholar, and author of The Celluloid Closet, premiered at the 2011 New York Film Festival and made its television debut on HBO in July 2012. The DVD was released by First Run Features in April, 2013. Vito received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Research at the 2013 News and Documentary Emmy Awards, as well as a GLAAD Media Award nomination for Outstanding Documentary.In 2008, Schwarz premiered the GayVN award winning feature documentary Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon, a portrait of 1970s adult film star Jack Wrangler. It premiered at 2008’s Newfest and is distributed by TLA Releasing. It frequently airs on Logo.Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story, about the legendary Hollywood showman, premiered at the 2007 American Film Institute’s AFIFest and was awarded the Audience Award for Best Documentary among many other festival honors. It was released as part of the William Castle box set in 2009 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and in 2011 was released as a stand-alone special edition DVD. It has aired on The Documentary Channel and TCM.As president and CEO of Automat Pictures, Schwarz specializes in the production of studio EPKs (electronic press kits), Blu-ray and DVD content, and original television programming. Since the company’s founding in 2000, he has produced content for major studio releases for directors such as Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Jonathan Demme, Ron Howard, Sam Mendes, Wes Craven, Rob Reiner, Joe Dante, Barry Sonnenfeld, Adam Shankman, Paul Verhoeven, John Carpenter, Chris Columbus (filmmaker), the Coen Brothers, Sidney Lumet, and many more. Schwarz’s documentary People Like Us: Making Philadelphia premiered at the 2003 San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Schwarz also executive produced Whether You Like It Or Not: The Story of Hedwig, which enjoyed a run at film festivals around the world. No Day But Today: The Story of Rent was featured on the DVD release of that musical’s feature film adaptation.Television productions include Starz (TV channel)’s Sex and the Cinema, a look at sexuality on film; In the Gutter, a history of the gross-out movie; Hitchcocked!, a tribute to the artistry of Alfred Hitchcock; and Shooting the Police: Cops on Film. For the Independent Film Channel he produced Reservoir Dogs Revisited, a celebration of Quentin Tarantino’s classic, and Still Swingin’, a tribute to the indie classic Swingers; he also produced several episodes of HBO First Look.In 2010, Automat Pictures provided exclusive backstage content for the 82nd Academy Awards p
| Net Worth | $1.5 Million |
| Date Of Birth | September 15, 1969 |
| Place Of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Profession | Producer, Director, Editor |
| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1201560 |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ | 2003 | Video documentary producer | |
| Road to ‘The Sure Thing’ | 2003 | Video documentary short field producer | |
| Minnesota Nice | 2003 | Video short documentary producer | |
| Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig | 2003 | Video documentary executive producer: Automat Pictures | |
| DVD Discoveries | 2003 | Video documentary executive producer – Automat featurette | |
| Dream Duds | 2003 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Full Throttle Jukebox | 2003 | Video documentary short producer | |
| About Face | 2002 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Afghanistan: Land in Crisis | 2002 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| A Shot at the Top: The Making of ‘The King of Comedy’ | 2002 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Barry Sonnenfeld’s Intergalactic Guide to Comedy | 2002 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Battle-Axe: The Making of ‘Strait-Jacket’ | 2002 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Behind the Scenes of ‘John Q’ | 2002 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| By Any Means Necessary: The Making of ‘Jason X’ | 2002 | Video short documentary executive producer | |
| Cosmic Symphonies: Elfman in Space | 2002 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Creature Featurettes | 2002 | Video documentary producer | |
| Death from Above: The Making of ‘Starship Troopers’ | 2002 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Design in Motion: The Look of ‘Men in Black II’ | 2002 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Diggin’ Up ‘Bones’ | 2002 | Video short executive producer: Automat Pictures | |
| Fighting for Care | 2002 | Video short executive producer | |
| Guts and Glory | 2002 | Video short executive producer | |
| Know Your Foe | 2002 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Mackin’ Ain’t Easy | 2002 | Video short executive producer | |
| Mark Borchardt Was in ‘The One’ with Jet Li | 2002 | Video short executive producer | |
| Men in Black Training Video: Australia | 2002 | Video short producer | |
| Men in Black Training Video: Germany | 2002 | Video short producer | |
| Men in Black Training Video: Japan | 2002 | Video short producer | |
| Men in Black Training Video: UK | 2002 | Video short producer | |
| MIB ADR | 2002 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Multiverses Create ‘The One’ | 2002 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Playing Dead: ‘Resident Evil’ from Game to Screen | 2002 | Video short producer | |
| Psychette: William Castle and ‘Homicidal’ | 2002 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Rambonomics | 2002 | Video short executive producer | |
| Revisiting ‘The Last Waltz’ | 2002 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Rick Baker: Alien Maker | 2002 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Scene Stealers | 2002 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Selling a Hero | 2002 | Video short executive producer | |
| Spider-Man: The Mythology of the 21st Century | 2002 | Video documentary short field producer | |
| Squish, Splat, Sploosh: The Stellar Sounds of ‘Men in Black II’ | 2002 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Suiting Up: Rambo’s Survival Hardware | 2002 | Video short executive producer | |
| Taking the Punishment Poll | 2002 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Tales from the Mist: Inside ‘The Fog’ | 2002 | Video documentary short producer | |
| The Forging of Heroes: America’s Green Berets | 2002 | Video short executive producer | |
| The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees | 2002 | Video short documentary producer | |
| The Real Nam: Voices from Within | 2002 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| The Starships of Starship Troopers | 2002 | Video short documentary producer | |
| This Is Automat | 2002 | Video short executive producer | |
| Urban Gothic | 2002 | Video documentary short executive producer: Automat Pictures | |
| Scoring Resident Evil | 2002 | Video short producer | |
| Jet Li Is ‘The One’ | 2002 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Mysteries of Love | 2002 | Video documentary producer | |
| Drawing First Blood | 2002 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| We Get to Win This Time | 2002 | Video short documentary executive producer: Automat Pictures | |
| 13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O | 2001 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Adam Sandler Goes to Hell | 2001 | Video documentary short producer | |
| A Feast for the Eyes: Ang Lee in Taipei | 2001 | Video short executive producer | |
| As You Wish: The Story of ‘The Princess Bride’ | 2001 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Blonde Poison: The Making of ‘Basic Instinct’ | 2001 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Character Building: Inside ‘Life as a House’ | 2001 | Video short documentary executive producer | |
| Chow Yun-Fat Goes Hollywood | 2001 | Video documentary short producer | |
| The Fabulous Allan Carr | 2017 | Documentary producer post-production | |
| Flesh + Steel: The Making of ‘RoboCop’ | 2001 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story | 2015 | Documentary executive producer | |
| From the Ground Up | 2001 | Video short executive producer | |
| She’s The Best Thing In It | 2015 | Documentary producer | |
| If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of ‘Predator’ | 2001 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Tab Hunter Confidential | 2015 | Documentary producer | |
| Imagining ‘Total Recall’ | 2001 | Video documentary short producer | |
| That Guy Dick Miller | 2014 | Documentary executive producer | |
| Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ | 2001 | Video documentary producer | |
| And the Oscar Goes To… | 2014 | TV Movie documentary co-producer | |
| Let the Games Begin | 2001 | Video short producer | |
| I Am Divine | 2013 | Documentary producer | |
| One on One with Vito Russo | 2001 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Back from the Afterlife: Making ‘Resident Evil: Retribution’ | 2012 | Video documentary producer | |
| Red Desert Nights: Making ‘Ghosts of Mars’ | 2001 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Dancing with the ‘Footloose’ Stars | 2012 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Satan’s Top Forty | 2001 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Everybody Cut: The Stars of ‘Footloose’ | 2012 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Scoring Ghosts of Mars | 2001 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Jump Back: Re-Imagining ‘Footloose’ | 2012 | Video documentary short producer | |
| The Making of ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ | 2001 | Video documentary producer | |
| Vito | 2011 | Documentary producer | |
| Visions of Mars | 2001 | Video documentary short producer | |
| ‘The Roommate’: Dressing Dangerously | 2011 | Video documentary short producer | |
| From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking | 2001 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| ‘The Roommate’: The Next Generation of Stars | 2011 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Rescued from the Closet | 2001 | Video documentary producer | |
| Executing the Heist: The Making of ‘Takers’ | 2011 | Video documentary short producer | |
| How Harry Met Sally… | 2001 | Video short documentary producer | |
| Final Destination 5: Circle of Death | 2011 | Video documentary short producer | |
| ‘Ghosts of Mars’: Special Effects Deconstruction | 2001 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interview with Sarah Jessica Parker | 2011 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Predator: Camouflage | 2001 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Larger Than Life: The Making of ‘Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story’ | 2011 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Predator: Character Design | 2001 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on ‘Footloose’ | 2011 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Predator: Classified Action | 2001 | Video short executive producer | |
| Marty & Bobby | 2011 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Predator: Old Painless | 2001 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Marty on Film | 2011 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Predator: The Life Inside | 2001 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Obsession: The Making of ‘The Roommate’ | 2011 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Predator: The Unseen Arnold | 2001 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Raging Bull: Reflections on a Classic | 2011 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Predator: Welcome to the Jungle | 2001 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Remembering Jake | 2011 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Angels Forever | 2000 | Video short producer | |
| Remembering Willard | 2011 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Blood and Donuts | 2000 | Short producer | |
| Takers: Take Action! | 2011 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Catching Up with Marty DiBergi | 2000 | Video short producer | |
| Undead Evolution: Making ‘Resident Evil: Afterlife’ | 2011 | Video documentary producer | |
| Fleshing Out the ‘Hollow Man’ | 2000 | Video documentary producer | |
| HBO First Look | TV Series documentary executive producer – 4 episodes, 2005 – 2007 producer – 1 episode, 2010 | ||
| Heavy Metal 2000: Voice Talent Featurette | 2000 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Body Count: The Deaths of ‘The Final Destination’ | 2010 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Julie Strain: Supergoddess | 2000 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Going the Distance: A Guide to Long Distance Dating | 2010 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Keeping It Real: James Toback in Black and White | 2000 | Video documentary producer | |
| Going the Distance: How to Have a Perfect Date | 2010 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Krull: Marvel Comics Video Adaptation | 2000 | Video producer | |
| LeToya Luckett: A Rising Star | 2010 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Return to the Arena: The Making of ‘Rollerball’ | 2000 | Video short documentary producer | |
| Program Alice: Activated | 2010 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Revisiting ‘Fail-Safe’ | 2000 | Video documentary short producer | |
| The Cast of Going the Distance: Off the Cuff | 2010 | Video documentary short producer | |
| The Perfect Souffle: Testing ‘Final Destination’ | 2000 | Video documentary short producer | |
| The Music of ‘The Preacher’s Kid’ | 2010 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy | 2000 | Video documentary short producer – uncredited | |
| The Preacher’s Kid in Atlanta | 2010 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Angelic Effects | 2000 | Video documentary short producer – uncredited | |
| The Prodigal Experience: Reflections on a Story | 2010 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Getting G’d Up | 2000 | Video documentary short producer: supplemental material, Automat Pictures | |
| ‘Friday’ Straight Up | 2009 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Premonitions | 2000 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Creek Daze: A Conversation with Kevin Williamson | 2009 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Spotlight on Location: The Skulls | 2000 | Video documentary short field producer | |
| Zac Goes Back | 2009 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| The Master and the Angels | 2000 | Video documentary short producer – uncredited | |
| Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema | 2009 | TV Movie documentary producer | |
| Welcome to Angel World | 2000 | Video documentary short producer – uncredited | |
| On These Shoulders We Stand | 2009 | Documentary consulting producer | |
| ‘Bats’ Abound | 1999 | Video documentary short producer | |
| For Life: The Journey of Dr. Dennis Slamon | 2009 | Video documentary short producer | |
| ‘Psycho’ Path | 1999 | Video short documentary associate producer | |
| Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace II Society’ | 2009 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Bringing Down the House | 1999 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Going Back to 17 | 2009 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Imagining ‘Heavy Metal’ | 1999 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Hope and Miracles: The Making of ‘Living Proof’ | 2009 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Lions and Monkeys and Pods… Oh My!: The Special Effects of ‘Jumanji’ | 1999 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Setting It Straight: Making ‘Set It Off’ | 2009 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and ‘The Tingler’ | 1999 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Spider-Man: Re-Animated | 2009 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| The Dead Walk: Remaking a Classic | 1999 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Stylizing Spidey | 2009 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Virus: Ghost in the Machine | 1999 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Welcome to Lakeview Terrace: Behind the Scenes | 2009 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Al Lewis in the Flesh | 1993 | Documentary short producer | |
| Zac’s Dance Flashback | 2009 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Starz Inside: In the Gutter | 2008 | TV Movie documentary producer | |
| Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon | 2008 | Documentary producer | |
| Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City | 2008 | TV Movie documentary executive producer | |
| House of Harrington | 2008 | Documentary short producer | |
| Dreaming Slipstream Dream | 2008 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Band of the Sand: Actors Unite | 2008 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Beyond Raccoon City: Unearthing ‘Resident Evil: Extinction’ | 2008 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Dreams Worth While: The Journey of ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ | 2008 | Video short producer | |
| Fellow Travelers | 2008 | Documentary short producer | |
| Phys Ed Trauma Tales | 2008 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Pick Up the Pace: Making ‘Mr. Woodcock’ | 2008 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Resident Road Map: Reflections on the Future of the Series | 2008 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack Nicholson | 2008 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan Freeman | 2008 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Sex and the City: A Conversation with Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael Patrick King | 2008 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Sex and the City: Fergie in the Studio | 2008 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was | 2008 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Sex and the City: The Wedding Dress Photo Shoot | 2008 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Taking 5: On Set with Devon and Lincoln | 2008 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Taking the Band: Making Taking 5 | 2008 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| The Fabulous Fashion of ‘Sex and the City’ | 2008 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| The Making of ‘Say’ | 2008 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| The Making of ‘Sex and the City’ | 2008 | TV Movie documentary executive producer | |
| The Players: The Cast of ‘Extinction’ | 2008 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Writing a Bucket List | 2008 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth | 2007 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of ‘Hairspray’ | 2007 | Video documentary producer | |
| Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story | 2007 | Documentary producer | |
| Rise Up and Shout | 2007 | Documentary consulting producer | |
| Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel | 2007 | Video documentary producer | |
| ‘Hairspray’ Extentions | 2007 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Exhuming ‘The Messengers’ | 2007 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Gays on Strike: The Truth Behind Wedding Wars | 2007 | Video documentary short producer | |
| It’s ‘Hairspray’! | 2007 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Playing Tracy | 2007 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Resident Evil: Apocalypse – Stuntman Set Tour | 2007 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse | 2007 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Rules of Engagement: From Table Read to Taping | 2007 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Serving Seconds: The Making of ‘Eating Out 2’ | 2007 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Step by Step: The Dances of ‘Hairspray’ | 2007 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| The Evolution of ‘Resident Evil’: Bridge to Extinction | 2007 | Video short executive producer | |
| The Roots of ‘Hairspray’ | 2007 | Video documentary short producer | |
| The Search for Tracy Turnblad | 2007 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Transforming Travolta to Turnblad | 2007 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Undead Boot Camp | 2007 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy | 2006 | Video documentary short producer | |
| JoJo: The Pop Princess | 2006 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Robin Williams: A Family Affair | 2006 | Video documentary short producer | |
| The Scoop on Poop | 2006 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Meet the Reptiles | 2006 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Pure Venom: The Making of ‘Snakes on a Plane’ | 2006 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Snakes on a Blog | 2006 | Video documentary short executive producer – uncredited | |
| Snakes on a Video: Cobra Starship | 2006 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ | 2006 | Video documentary producer | |
| Night Terrors | 2006 | Video documentary short producer | |
| The House That Freddy Built | 2006 | Video documentary short producer | |
| RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors | 2006 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Hitchcocked! | 2006 | TV Movie documentary producer | |
| Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds | 2006 | producer | |
| Shooting the Police: Cops on Film | 2006 | TV Movie documentary producer | |
| Death’s Design: Making ‘Final Destination 3’ | 2006 | TV Short documentary executive producer | |
| A Backstage Look at ‘The Wedding Singer’ on Broadway | 2006 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Animatronic Snakes: A Visit to the Creature Shop | 2006 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Background | 2006 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Jarhead Diaries | 2006 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Kong: Creating a Monster | 2006 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| No Day But Today: The Story of ‘Rent’ | 2006 | Video documentary producer | |
| Path of Darkness: Making ‘Silent Hill’ | 2006 | Video documentary producer | |
| Semper Fi | 2006 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Snakebite Survival | 2006 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes | 2006 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| The Snake Pit: On the Set of ‘Snakes on a Plane’ | 2006 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Chow Bella: Hollywood’s Pampered Pooches | 2005 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| King Arthur: A Roundtable Discussion | 2005 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Cartoon Logic | 2005 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Introducing Cameron Diaz | 2005 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Return to Edge City | 2005 | Video documentary short producer | |
| What Makes Fido Run? | 2005 | Video documentary short producer | |
| ‘Reservoir Dogs’ Revisited | 2005 | TV Special documentary producer | |
| Creating ‘Son of the Mask’: Digital Diapers and Dog Bytes | 2005 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Still Swingin’ | 2005 | TV Short documentary producer | |
| Bewitched: Star Shots | 2005 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Casting a Spell: Making ‘Bewitched’ | 2005 | Video documentary short producer | |
| De Niro vs. La Motta: Shot for Shot | 2005 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Paw Prints and Baby Steps: On the Set of ‘Son of the Mask’ | 2005 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Why I Love ‘Bewitched’ | 2005 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Corporate Malfeasance | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Dialing Up ‘Cellular’ | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Filming for Your Life: Making ‘After Hours’ | 2004 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Game Babes | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| How They Made the North Pole | 2004 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Keepin’ It Real: Punisher Stunts | 2004 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Lights, Camera, Puffin! | 2004 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Meet Bob Shaye | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Symphony of Evil | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Tag Along with Will Ferrell | 2004 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| War Journal: On the Set of ‘The Punisher’ | 2004 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Blood on the Land: The Making of a King | 2004 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Getting Made: The Making of ‘GoodFellas’ | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Made Men: The ‘GoodFellas’ Legacy | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Paper Is Cheaper Than Film | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| The Workaday Gangster | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| A Tale of Two Titans | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of ‘Universal Soldier’ | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Journey to Safety: Making ‘Tears of the Sun’ | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Voices of Africa | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Eating Out | 2004/I | associate producer | |
| ‘Elf’ Jukebox | 2004 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Army of One: Punisher Origins | 2004 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| A Stuntman for All Seasons: A Tribute to Bennie Dobbins | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Celling Out | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre | 2004 | Video documentary producer | |
| Christmas in Tinseltown | 2004 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Clive Barker: Raising Hell | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Code of Silence: Inside the Rampart Scandal | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Deck the Halls | 2004 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Drawing Blood Bradstreet Style | 2004 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| East Meets West: ‘Red Heat’ and the Kings of Carolco | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Film School for Kids | 2004 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| From the Classroom to the Streets: The Making of ‘Who’s That Knocking at My Door’ | 2004 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Game Over: ‘Resident Evil’ Reanimated | 2004 | Video documentary producer | |
| I’m Not Russian, But I Play One on TV | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Kids on Christmas | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Obey the Lost Skeleton! | 2004 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Pas de Deux: Making ‘White Nights’ | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Q&A at the DGA: Rob Epstein and Tom Ammiano | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Santa Mania | 2004 | Video short executive producer | |
| Second Chances: The Making of ‘Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore’ | 2004 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Severed Parts | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Sweets to the Sweet: The Candyman Mythos | 2004 | Video documentary short producer | |
| That’s a Wrap | 2004 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Cheating Death: Beyond and Back | 2003 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Dick Miller: Thespian | 2003 | Video short producer | |
| Eliza Dushku: Babe in the Woods | 2003 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Fresh Meat: The Wounds of ‘Wrong Turn’ | 2003 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Game Theory | 2003 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| Lockdown on Main Street | 2003 | Video documentary short executive producer | |
| People Like Us: Making ‘Philadelphia’ | 2003 | Video documentary producer | |
| Stan Winston: Monster Mogul | 2003 | Video documentary short producer | |
| The Saw Is Family: Making ‘Leatherface’ | 2003 | Video documentary short producer | |
| We Knows What to Do with Them Parts… | 2003 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life | 2003 | Video documentary short producer | |
| The Terror Gauge! | 2003 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Return to Crystal Lake: Making ‘Friday the 13th’ | 2003 | Video documentary short producer |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fabulous Allan Carr | 2017 | Documentary post-production | |
| Tab Hunter Confidential | 2015 | Documentary | |
| I Am Divine | 2013 | Documentary | |
| Dancing with the ‘Footloose’ Stars | 2012 | Video documentary short | |
| Everybody Cut: The Stars of ‘Footloose’ | 2012 | Video documentary short | |
| Jump Back: Re-Imagining ‘Footloose’ | 2012 | Video documentary short | |
| Vito | 2011 | Documentary | |
| From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interview with Sarah Jessica Parker | 2011 | Video documentary short | |
| Larger Than Life: The Making of ‘Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story’ | 2011 | Video documentary short | |
| Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on ‘Footloose’ | 2011 | Video documentary short | |
| Marty & Bobby | 2011 | Video documentary short | |
| Marty on Film | 2011 | Video documentary short | |
| Raging Bull: Reflections on a Classic | 2011 | Video documentary short | |
| Remembering Jake | 2011 | Video documentary short | |
| Remembering Willard | 2011 | Video documentary short | |
| HBO First Look | 2010 | TV Series documentary 1 episode | |
| ‘Friday’ Straight Up | 2009 | Video documentary short | |
| Creek Daze: A Conversation with Kevin Williamson | 2009 | Video documentary short | |
| Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace II Society’ | 2009 | Video documentary short | |
| Setting It Straight: Making ‘Set It Off’ | 2009 | Video documentary short | |
| Starz Inside: In the Gutter | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon | 2008 | Documentary | |
| House of Harrington | 2008 | Documentary short | |
| Dreams Worth While: The Journey of ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ | 2008 | Video short | |
| Fellow Travelers | 2008 | Documentary short | |
| You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of ‘Hairspray’ | 2007 | Video documentary | |
| Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story | 2007 | Documentary | |
| Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel | 2007 | Video documentary | |
| The Roots of ‘Hairspray’ | 2007 | Video documentary short | |
| Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ | 2006 | Video documentary | |
| The House That Freddy Built | 2006 | Video documentary short | |
| Hitchcocked! | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Shooting the Police: Cops on Film | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | |
| No Day But Today: The Story of ‘Rent’ | 2006 | Video documentary | |
| Cartoon Logic | 2005 | Video documentary short | |
| Introducing Cameron Diaz | 2005 | Video documentary short | |
| Return to Edge City | 2005 | Video documentary short | |
| ‘Reservoir Dogs’ Revisited | 2005 | TV Special documentary | |
| Still Swingin’ | 2005 | TV Short documentary | |
| Bewitched: Star Shots | 2005 | Video documentary short | |
| Casting a Spell: Making ‘Bewitched’ | 2005 | Video documentary short | |
| Why I Love ‘Bewitched’ | 2005 | Video documentary short | |
| Corporate Malfeasance | 2004 | Video documentary short | |
| Dialing Up ‘Cellular’ | 2004 | Video documentary short | |
| Game Babes | 2004 | Video documentary short | |
| Meet Bob Shaye | 2004 | Video documentary short | |
| Symphony of Evil | 2004 | Video documentary short | |
| Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of ‘Universal Soldier’ | 2004 | Video documentary short | |
| Journey to Safety: Making ‘Tears of the Sun’ | 2004 | Video documentary short | |
| Voices of Africa | 2004 | Video documentary short | |
| Celling Out | 2004 | Video documentary short | |
| Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre | 2004 | Video documentary | |
| Clive Barker: Raising Hell | 2004 | Video documentary short | |
| East Meets West: ‘Red Heat’ and the Kings of Carolco | 2004 | Video documentary short | |
| Game Over: ‘Resident Evil’ Reanimated | 2004 | Video documentary | |
| I’m Not Russian, But I Play One on TV | 2004 | Video documentary short | |
| Pas de Deux: Making ‘White Nights’ | 2004 | Video documentary short | |
| Q&A at the DGA: Rob Epstein and Tom Ammiano | 2004 | Video documentary short | |
| Severed Parts | 2004 | Video documentary short | |
| Sweets to the Sweet: The Candyman Mythos | 2004 | Video documentary short | |
| Dick Miller: Thespian | 2003 | Video short | |
| Eliza Dushku: Babe in the Woods | 2003 | Video documentary short | |
| Fresh Meat: The Wounds of ‘Wrong Turn’ | 2003 | Video documentary short | |
| People Like Us: Making ‘Philadelphia’ | 2003 | Video documentary | |
| Stan Winston: Monster Mogul | 2003 | Video documentary short | |
| The Saw Is Family: Making ‘Leatherface’ | 2003 | Video documentary short | |
| We Knows What to Do with Them Parts… | 2003 | Video documentary short | |
| Return to Crystal Lake: Making ‘Friday the 13th’ | 2003 | Video documentary short | |
| Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ | 2003 | Video documentary | |
| Minnesota Nice | 2003 | Video short documentary | |
| Dream Duds | 2003 | Video documentary short | |
| Battle-Axe: The Making of ‘Strait-Jacket’ | 2002 | Video documentary short | |
| Death from Above: The Making of ‘Starship Troopers’ | 2002 | Video documentary short | |
| Know Your Foe | 2002 | Video documentary short | |
| Playing Dead: ‘Resident Evil’ from Game to Screen | 2002 | Video short | |
| Psychette: William Castle and ‘Homicidal’ | 2002 | Video documentary short | |
| Taking the Punishment Poll | 2002 | Video documentary short | |
| Tales from the Mist: Inside ‘The Fog’ | 2002 | Video documentary short | |
| The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees | 2002 | Video short documentary | |
| The Starships of Starship Troopers | 2002 | Video short documentary | |
| Scoring Resident Evil | 2002 | Video short | |
| Mysteries of Love | 2002 | Video documentary | |
| 13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O | 2001 | Video documentary short | |
| Adam Sandler Goes to Hell | 2001 | Video documentary short | |
| As You Wish: The Story of ‘The Princess Bride’ | 2001 | Video documentary short | |
| Blonde Poison: The Making of ‘Basic Instinct’ | 2001 | Video documentary short | |
| Chow Yun-Fat Goes Hollywood | 2001 | Video documentary short | |
| Flesh + Steel: The Making of ‘RoboCop’ | 2001 | Video documentary short | |
| Imagining ‘Total Recall’ | 2001 | Video documentary short | |
| Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ | 2001 | Video documentary | |
| Let the Games Begin | 2001 | Video short | |
| Satan’s Top Forty | 2001 | Video documentary short | |
| The Making of ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ | 2001 | Video documentary | |
| Visions of Mars | 2001 | Video documentary short | |
| How Harry Met Sally… | 2001 | Video short documentary | |
| Angels Forever | 2000 | Video short | |
| Blood and Donuts | 2000 | Short | |
| Catching Up with Marty DiBergi | 2000 | Video short | |
| Fleshing Out the ‘Hollow Man’ | 2000 | Video documentary | |
| Heavy Metal 2000: Voice Talent Featurette | 2000 | Video documentary short | |
| Julie Strain: Supergoddess | 2000 | Video documentary short | |
| Krull: Marvel Comics Video Adaptation | 2000 | Video | |
| Return to the Arena: The Making of ‘Rollerball’ | 2000 | Video short documentary | |
| Revisiting ‘Fail-Safe’ | 2000 | Video documentary short | |
| The Perfect Souffle: Testing ‘Final Destination’ | 2000 | Video documentary short | |
| Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy | 2000 | Video documentary short | |
| Angelic Effects | 2000 | Video documentary short | |
| Getting G’d Up | 2000 | Video documentary short supplemental material: Automat Pictures | |
| Premonitions | 2000 | Video documentary short | |
| The Master and the Angels | 2000 | Video documentary short uncredited | |
| Welcome to Angel World | 2000 | Video documentary short uncredited | |
| ‘Bats’ Abound | 1999 | Video documentary short | |
| Bringing Down the House | 1999 | Video documentary short | |
| Imagining ‘Heavy Metal’ | 1999 | Video documentary short | |
| Lions and Monkeys and Pods… Oh My!: The Special Effects of ‘Jumanji’ | 1999 | Video documentary short | |
| Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and ‘The Tingler’ | 1999 | Video documentary short | |
| The Dead Walk: Remaking a Classic | 1999 | Video documentary short | |
| Virus: Ghost in the Machine | 1999 | Video documentary short | |
| Al Lewis in the Flesh | 1993 | Documentary short |
Editor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bikini Traffic School | 1998 | Video | |
| Maximum Revenge | 1997 | ||
| Rapid Assault | 1997 | Video uncredited | |
| The Escort | 1997 | Video | |
| Leather Jacket Love Story | 1997 | ||
| Phantom Pain | 1996 | ||
| Beverly Hills Bordello | 1996 | TV Series 12 episodes | |
| Hot Line | 1996 | TV Series 6 episodes | |
| Al Lewis in the Flesh | 1993 | Documentary short | |
| She’s The Best Thing In It | 2015 | Documentary | |
| Tab Hunter Confidential | 2015 | Documentary | |
| Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story | 2007 | Documentary | |
| Still Swingin’ | 2005 | TV Short documentary | |
| The Politics of Fur | 2002 | ||
| Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ | 2001 | Video documentary | |
| One on One with Vito Russo | 2001 | Video documentary short | |
| The Confidence Man | 2001 | ||
| Rescued from the Closet | 2001 | Video documentary | |
| How Harry Met Sally… | 2001 | Video short documentary | |
| Blood and Donuts | 2000 | Short | |
| Return to the Arena: The Making of ‘Rollerball’ | 2000 | Video short documentary | |
| The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich | 2000 | Video documentary | |
| The 70s: The Decade That Changed Television | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Usher | 2000 | Short | |
| ‘Psycho’ Path | 1999 | Video short documentary | |
| Imagining ‘Heavy Metal’ | 1999 | Video documentary short | |
| Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and ‘The Tingler’ | 1999 | Video documentary short | |
| Virus: Ghost in the Machine | 1999 | Video documentary short | |
| Invisible Mom II | 1999 | Video | |
| The Kid with X-ray Eyes | 1999 | Video | |
| Dear Santa | 1998 | ||
| If I Die Before I Wake | 1998 | ||
| Famous Families | 1998 | TV Series documentary | |
| Scorpio One | 1998 | ||
| Interlocked: Thrilled to Death | 1998 |
Editorial Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precious Find | 1996 | assistant editor | |
| Positive: Life with HIV | 1995 | assistant editor | |
| The Celluloid Closet | 1995 | Documentary apprentice editor | |
| Frisk | 1995 | assistant editor |
Sound Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timeless | 1996 | boom operator | |
| Al Lewis in the Flesh | 1993 | Documentary short sound recordist | |
| In Person | 1993 | Documentary short sound recordist | |
| The Actress | 1993 | sound recordist |
Cinematographer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| ‘Psycho’ Path | 1999 | Video short documentary uncredited | |
| Al Lewis in the Flesh | 1993 | Documentary short | |
| In Person | 1993 | Documentary short |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome to Werewolfland | 2004 | Video documentary producer: interviews | |
| Out There | 1993 | TV Special production assistant | |
| Poison | 1991 | production assistant |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Actress | 1993 | In the Supermarket |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood and Donuts | 2000 | Short |
Camera Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| KPFA on the Air | 2000 | Video documentary additional photographer |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield 66/67 | 2017 | Documentary thanks | |
| Reel in the Closet | 2015 | Documentary special thanks | |
| Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story | 2015 | Documentary special thanks | |
| The Royal Road | 2015 | Documentary thanks | |
| Chastity Bites | 2013 | thanks | |
| The Trouble with Barry | 2013 | special thanks | |
| Showgirls 2: Penny’s from Heaven | 2011 | special thanks | |
| Dirty Girl | 2010 | special thanks | |
| Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | 2010 | Video documentary special thanks: Automat Pictures | |
| Shadow.net | 2009 | Short special thanks | |
| Contracorriente | 2009 | thanks | |
| Eating Out: All You Can Eat | 2009 | special thanks | |
| Pornography: A Thriller | 2009 | special thanks | |
| Weak Species | 2009 | Short special thanks | |
| The Conquest of the Silken Beaver | 2009 | thanks | |
| Return to ‘Escape from New York’ | 2003 | Video documentary short special thanks | |
| The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster | 2002 | Video documentary special thanks | |
| L.T.R. | 2002 | Short special thanks | |
| Inside: ‘Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb’ | 2000 | Video documentary special thanks – as Jeffery Schwarz | |
| Crush | 2000 | Short special thanks | |
| Crime + Punishment in Suburbia | 2000 | special thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| CTV National News | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| DP/30: Conversations About Movies | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Larger Than Life: The Making of ‘Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story’ | 2011 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Doc Talk | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| It Came from Kuchar | 2009 | Documentary | Himself |
| Attack of the Show! | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cinemaville | 2007 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| DVD Discoveries | 2003 | Video documentary | Himself (Automat featurette) |
| This Is Automat | 2002 | Video short | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Slate Award | California Independent Film Festival | Best Documentary | Tab Hunter Confidential (2015) |
| 2015 | Golden Slate Award | California Independent Film Festival | Best Documentary | Tab Hunter Confidential (2015) |
| 2015 | FilmOut Festival Award | FilmOut San Diego, US | Best Documentary | Tab Hunter Confidential (2015) |
| 2015 | FilmOut Audience Awards | FilmOut San Diego, US | Best Documentary | Tab Hunter Confidential (2015) |
| 2015 | FilmOut Audience Awards | FilmOut San Diego, US | Best Documentary | Tab Hunter Confidential (2015) |
| 2015 | Jury Prize | Key West Film Festival | Best LGBT Film | Tab Hunter Confidential (2015) |
| 2015 | Audience Award | Louisville LGBT Film Festival | Best Feature | Tab Hunter Confidential (2015) |
| 2015 | Audience Award | Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival | Favorite Documentary | Tab Hunter Confidential (2015) |
| 2013 | Grand Prize Chéries-Chéris | Chéries-Chéris | Documentary | Vito (2011) |
| 2013 | FilmOut Audience Awards | FilmOut San Diego, US | Best Documentary | I Am Divine (2013) |
| 2013 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Achievement in a Craft in News and Documentary Programming – Researchers | Vito (2011) |
| 2012 | Q Award | Fort Worth Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival | Best Documentary | Vito (2011) |
| 2012 | Special Jury Award | Toronto Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival | Vito (2011) | |
| 2011 | Audience Award | Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival | Favorite Documentary | Vito (2011) |
| 2009 | GayVN Award | GayVN Awards | Best Alternative Release | Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon (2008) |
| 2008 | Jury Award | Magnolia Independent Film Festival | Best Feature Documentary | Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) |
| 2008 | Rondo Statuette | Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | Best Independent Production | Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) |
| 2008 | Honorable Mention | Washington DC Independent Film Festival | Best in Horror | Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) |
| 2007 | Audience Award | AFI Fest | Best Documentary | Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | GLAAD Media Award | GLAAD Media Awards | Outstanding Documentary | Tab Hunter Confidential (2015) |
| 2015 | Nesnady and Schwartz Documentary Competition | Cleveland International Film Festival | Best Documentary | Tab Hunter Confidential (2015) |
| 2013 | Grand Prize Chéries-Chéris | Chéries-Chéris | Documentary | I Am Divine (2013) |
| 2013 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Historical Programming – Long Form | Vito (2011) |
| 2013 | Audience Award | SXSW Film Festival | Documentary Spotlight | I Am Divine (2013) |
| 2012 | Audience Award | Palm Springs International Film Festival | Best Documentary Feature | Vito (2011) |
| 2003 | DVD Premiere Award | DVD Exclusive Awards | Best Overall New Extra Features, Library Release | First Blood (1982) |
| 2001 | Video Premiere Award | DVD Exclusive Awards | Best Overall New Extra Features, Library Title | Total Recall (1990) |
| 2001 | Video Premiere Award | DVD Exclusive Awards | Best Original Retrospective Documentary | Basic Instinct (1992) |
2nd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Jury Award | Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival | Best Documentary | Tab Hunter Confidential (2015) |