---
name: "Harold Schneider"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harold-schneider"
fi1m_id: "harold-schneider"
imdb_id: "nm0773837"
tmdb_id: 12844
wikidata_id: "Q25712250"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "18 January 1939"
died: "4 February 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T18:33:34.494300+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Harold Schneider

## Identity

Harold Schneider

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harold-schneider
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harold-schneider
- **IMDb ID:** nm0773837
- **TMDB ID:** 12844
- **Wikidata ID:** Q25712250
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25712250, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0773837/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12844

Producer. Born 18 January 1939 in New Rochelle. Died 4 February 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 18 January 1939, New Rochelle
- **Died:** 4 February 1994
- **Active:** 1970–1983
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 87 (3), 1980s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 86 to 80 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 2, Science Fiction 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $176m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25712250, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0773837/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12844

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*WarGames*](https://film.one/film/wargames.md) (82)

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## Biography

Harold Schneider was an American film producer and assistant director. He began his career in television and moved into feature films as an associate producer on *Five Easy Pieces* (1970) and *The Last Picture Show* (1971), working alongside his brother Bert Schneider.

He produced *Days of Heaven* (1978), *WarGames* (1983), *Black Widow* (1987) and *Someone to Watch Over Me* (1987). Schneider also served as co-producer on *Hoffa* (1992) and produced Jack Nicholson’s directorial efforts *Goin’ South* (1978) and *The Two Jakes* (1990). He died on 4 February 1994 in Ojai, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *WarGames* (1983), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/wargames.md)
- *Days of Heaven* (1978), Fi1m 85, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/days-of-heaven.md)
- *The Last Picture Show* (1971), Fi1m 89, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-picture-show.md)
- *Five Easy Pieces* (1970), Fi1m 88, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/five-easy-pieces.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hoffa* (1992), Co-Producer
- *The Two Jakes* (1990), Producer
- *Someone to Watch Over Me* (1987), Producer
- *Black Widow* (1987), Producer
- *The House of God* (1984), Producer
- *WarGames* (1983), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/wargames.md)
- *The Entity* (1982), Producer
- *Goin' South* (1978), Producer
- *Days of Heaven* (1978), Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/days-of-heaven.md)
- *Stay Hungry* (1976), Producer
- *Steelyard Blues* (1973), Associate Producer
- *The King of Marvin Gardens* (1972), Producer
- *The Last Picture Show* (1971), Associate Producer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-picture-show.md)
- *Punishment Park* (1971), as Defendant in the Desert (Pacifist)
- *A Safe Place* (1971), Production Design
- *Drive, He Said* (1971), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Five Easy Pieces* (1970), Associate Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/five-easy-pieces.md)
- *Head* (1968), Unit Production Manager

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