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Michael A. Schultz
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Schultz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Katherine Frances (née Leslie), a factory worker, and German American Leo Schultz, an insurance salesman. After his undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Marquette University, he attended Princeton University, where in 1966 he directed his first play, a production of Waiting for Godot. He joined the Negro Ensemble Company in 1968, which brought him to Broadway in 1969. His breakthrough was directing Lorraine Hansberry's To Be Young, Gifted and Black, which he restaged for television in 1972. Schultz' earliest film projects combined low comedy with profound social comment (Honeybaby, Honeybaby and Cooley High), reaching a peak with the ensemble comedy Car Wash (1976) and Which Way Is Up? (1977), starring Richard Pryor. In 1978, Schultz took the reins of the musical Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band with the largest budget ever entrusted to an African-American film director to that date. However, upon its release, the project was a commercial and critical failure. Schultz would go on to make prominent films such as Scavenger Hunt (1979), Carbon Copy (1981), and Disorderlies (1987). More recently, Schultz has worked in television, piloting episodes of such style-conscious series as The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and Picket Fences, as well as an abundance of made-for-TV movies. In 1991, Schultz was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1938-11-10
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 8.1
- info Birth Place Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Directors on Directing
2009-09-24
7.1
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013-04-23
6.8
I Am Richard Pryor
2019-03-12
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Segal
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Midi Première
1975-01-06
movie_edit Directing
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Scavenger Hunt
1979-12-21
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Which Way Is Up?
1977-11-04
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Disorderlies
1987-08-14
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Cooley High
1975-06-25
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The Last Dragon
1985-03-22
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Krush Groove
1985-10-25
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Greased Lightning
1977-07-01
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978-07-24
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Woman Thou Art Loosed
2004-09-30
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Livin' Large!
1991-09-20
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Car Wash
1976-10-22
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Krush Groove
1985-10-25
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Timestalkers
1987-03-10
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Carbon Copy
1981-08-06
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Earth, Wind & Fire in Concert
1982-08-22
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Tarzan in Manhattan
1989-04-15
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Honeybaby, Honeybaby
1974-10-01
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
2000-07-10
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
1999-10-04
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
1999-07-14
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies
1999-10-26
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Killers in the House
1998-11-11
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Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
1975-01-06
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The Spirit
1987-07-31
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Together for Days
1972-11-30
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For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983-03-22
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Jury Duty: The Comedy
1990-01-14
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L.A. Law: The Movie
2002-05-12
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Day-O
1992-05-03
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Bustin' Loose
1981-05-22
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My Last Love
1999-01-25
10
Rock 'N Roll Mum
1988-02-07
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Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
1990-12-15
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
2000-09-20
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Phat Beach
1996-08-02
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The Jerk, Too
1984-01-06
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To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972-01-20
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Benny's Place
1982-05-31
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Boston Public
2000-10-23
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Movin' On
1974-05-08
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Brothers and Sisters
2006-09-24
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The Practice
1997-03-04
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Baretta
1975-01-17
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Sisters
1991-05-11
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Women's Murder Club
2007-10-12
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Privileged
2008-09-09
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Jack & Bobby
2004-09-12
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Chicago Hope
1994-09-18
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In Plain Sight
2008-06-01
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Pepper Dennis
2006-04-04
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L.A. Law
1986-09-15
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The Education of Max Bickford
2001-09-23
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Family Law
1999-09-20
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Everwood
2002-09-16
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Lincoln Heights
2007-01-08
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Promised Land
1996-09-17
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Charmed
1998-10-07
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Dirty Sexy Money
2007-09-26
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October Road
2007-03-15
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Eli Stone
2008-01-31
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Cold Case
2003-09-28
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Chuck
2007-09-24
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City of Angels
2000-01-16
10
JAG
1995-09-23
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Touched by an Angel
1994-09-21
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Arrow
2012-10-10
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Philly
2001-09-25
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The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993-08-27
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Ally McBeal
1997-09-08
10
Starsky & Hutch
1975-09-10
10
Gilmore Girls
2000-10-05
10
The O.C.
2003-08-05
10
Diagnosis: Murder
1993-10-29
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Felicity
1998-09-29
10
Wasteland
1999-10-07
10
Drop Dead Diva
2009-07-12
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black-ish
2014-09-24
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Hart of Dixie
2011-09-26
10
Dead of Summer
2016-06-28
10
The Tomorrow People
2013-10-09
10
Switched at Birth
2011-06-06
10
Recovery Road
2016-01-25
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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2015-10-12
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No Tomorrow
2016-10-04
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No Tomorrow
2016-10-04
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Black Lightning
2018-01-16
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All American
2018-10-10
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The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992-03-04
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The Rockford Files
1974-09-13
10
New Girl
2011-09-20
10
All American: Homecoming
2022-02-21
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Found
2023-10-03
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The Wonder Years
2021-09-22
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
2002-01-13