Joel Schumacher

Director. Born 29 August 1939 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 22 June 2020.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 7 titles

Born

29 August 1939, New York City, New York, USA

Died

22 June 2020

Active

1973–2004

Frequently works with

Akiva Goldsman, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Macgregor-Scott, Tommy Lee Jones

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

54Fi1m

51Critics

We rate Joel’s work 3 points above the press, across 7 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above0

60 to 792

Under 605

Of 7 reviewed titles as director.

In numbers

Reviewed: 7 films
Screen time: 15 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $1.1bn across 7 films with figures
Active: 1973–2004

Genres

Drama5
Crime4
Thriller4
Action2
Romance2
Adventure1

Best and worst on Fi1m

72BestThe Client1994

35WorstBatman & Robin1997

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

121970s

71980s

111990s

102000s

52010s

12020s

Co-stars most worked with

Chris O'Donnell2 titles

Tommy Lee Jones2 titles

Producers most worked with

Peter Macgregor-Scott2 titles

Awards

Other awards1 won

Won2004Time Machine Award: Time Machine Award

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.