Jeffrey Schwarz

Born: 1969-09-15, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Jeffrey Schwarz is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker based in Los Angeles. His latest documentary is "Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders," which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2026. Other films include "Commitment to Life," "Boulevard! A Hollywood Story," "The Fabulous Allan Carr," "Tab Hunter Confidential," "I Am Divine," "Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon," "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story," and HBO Documentary Films’ "Vito." He is executive producer of "Hollywood Black" (2024), the Emmy-nominated MGM+ series directed by Justin Simien, which won the 2025 Independent Spirit Award for Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series. Schwarz is also the recipient of the 2015 Frameline Award for outstanding contribution to LGBTQ representation in film, television, and the media arts.

Filmography

• Milk (2008)
• Cartoon Logic (2005)
• I Am Divine (2014)
• Angels Forever (2000)
• Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2001)
• Vito (2011)
• Commitment to Life (2023)
• Celling Out (2004)
• The House That Freddy Built (2006)
• Minnesota Nice (2003)
• "Bats" Abound (1999)
• Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' (2002)
• Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders (2026)
• Reservoir Dogs Revisited (2005)
• Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema (2009)
• Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe (2002)
• Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct' (2001)
• Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
• Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon (2008)
• The Starships of “Starship Troopers” (2002)
• Jump Back: Re-Imagining “Footloose”
• Why I Love 'Bewitched' (2005)
• The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
• Raging Bull: Marty & Bobby (2011)
• Boulevard! A Hollywood Story (2021)
• Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ (2006)
• Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution' (2012)
• Rescued from the Closet (2001)
• Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre (2004)
• Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated (2004)