Michael Schultz

Michael Schultz

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1938-11-10 (85 years old)

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Biography

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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Filmography

all 98

Director 91

TV Shows 56

Movies 42

self 6

Producer 1

Director
Found

Found (2023)

TV
Director
All American: Homecoming

All American: Homecoming (2022)

TV
Director
The Wonder Years

The Wonder Years (2021)

TV
6
Self - Filmmaker
I Am Richard Pryor

I Am Richard Pryor (2019)

Movie
Director
All American

All American (2018)

TV
7.29
Director
Black Lightning

Black Lightning (2018)

TV
7.06
Director / Writer
No Tomorrow

No Tomorrow (2016)

TV
6
Director
Dead of Summer

Dead of Summer (2016)

TV
6
Director
Recovery Road

Recovery Road (2016)

TV
1
Director
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)

TV
5.47
Director
black-ish

black-ish (2014)

TV
6.5
Director
The Tomorrow People

The Tomorrow People (2013)

TV
5.84
Self
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013)

Movie
Director
Arrow

Arrow (2012)

TV
6.46
Director
Hart of Dixie

Hart of Dixie (2011)

TV
6.06
Director
New Girl

New Girl (2011)

TV
6.07
Director
Switched at Birth

Switched at Birth (2011)

TV
6.88
Self
Directors on Directing

Directors on Directing (2009)

Movie
Director
Drop Dead Diva

Drop Dead Diva (2009)

TV
6.3
Director
Privileged

Privileged (2008)

TV
Director
In Plain Sight

In Plain Sight (2008)

TV
5.27
Director
Eli Stone

Eli Stone (2008)

TV
5.29
Director
Women's Murder Club

Women's Murder Club (2007)

TV
5.39
Director
Dirty Sexy Money

Dirty Sexy Money (2007)

TV
6
Director
Chuck

Chuck (2007)

TV
6.24
Director
October Road

October Road (2007)

TV
Director
Lincoln Heights

Lincoln Heights (2007)

TV
5.82
Director
Brothers and Sisters

Brothers and Sisters (2006)

TV
Director
Pepper Dennis

Pepper Dennis (2006)

TV
Director
Woman Thou Art Loosed

Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)

Movie
Director
Jack & Bobby

Jack & Bobby (2004)

TV
Director
Cold Case

Cold Case (2003)

TV
6.2
Director
The O.C.

The O.C. (2003)

TV
7.2
Director
Everwood

Everwood (2002)

TV
7
Director
L.A. Law: The Movie

L.A. Law: The Movie (2002)

Movie
Director
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (2002)

TV
Director
Philly

Philly (2001)

TV
Director
The Education of Max Bickford

The Education of Max Bickford (2001)

TV
Director
Boston Public

Boston Public (2000)

TV
3.5
Director
Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls (2000)

TV
6.71
Director
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure (2000)

Movie
7
Director
City of Angels

City of Angels (2000)

TV
Director
Wasteland

Wasteland (1999)

TV
Director
Family Law

Family Law (1999)

TV
Director
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence (1999)

Movie
6
Director
My Last Love

My Last Love (1999)

Movie
Director
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change (1999)

Movie
Director
Killers in the House

Killers in the House (1998)

Movie
Director
Charmed

Charmed (1998)

TV
6.9
Director
Felicity

Felicity (1998)

TV
6.14
Director
Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal (1997)

TV
6
Director
The Practice

The Practice (1997)

TV
Director
Promised Land

Promised Land (1996)

TV
Executive Producer
Phat Beach

Phat Beach (1996)

Movie
Director
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father (1996)

Movie
6
Director
JAG

JAG (1995)

TV
4.4
Director
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies (1994)

Movie
4
Director
Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel (1994)

TV
8
Director
Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope (1994)

TV
6
Director
Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder (1993)

TV
6.46
Director
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993)

TV
6
Director
Day-O

Day-O (1992)

Movie
Director
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)

TV
5.44
Director
Livin' Large!

Livin' Large! (1991)

Movie
Director
Sisters

Sisters (1991)

TV
6
Director
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade

Hammer, Slammer, & Slade (1990)

Movie
Director
Jury Duty; The Comedy

Jury Duty; The Comedy (1990)

Movie
Director
Tarzan in Manhattan

Tarzan in Manhattan (1989)

Movie
Director
Rock 'N Roll Mum

Rock 'N Roll Mum (1988)

Movie
Director
Disorderlies

Disorderlies (1987)

Movie
Director
The Spirit

The Spirit (1987)

Movie
Director
Timestalkers

Timestalkers (1987)

Movie
Director
L.A. Law

L.A. Law (1986)

TV
6
Director
Krush Groove

Krush Groove (1985)

Movie
Director
The Last Dragon

The Last Dragon (1985)

Movie
Director
The Jerk, Too

The Jerk, Too (1984)

Movie
Director
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)

Movie
Director
Earth, Wind & Fire in Concert

Earth, Wind & Fire in Concert (1982)

Movie
Director
Benny's Place

Benny's Place (1982)

Movie
Director
Carbon Copy

Carbon Copy (1981)

Movie
4
Director
Bustin' Loose

Bustin' Loose (1981)

Movie
Director
Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger Hunt (1979)

Movie
Self
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement (1978)

Movie
Director
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)

Movie
1
Director
Which Way Is Up?

Which Way Is Up? (1977)

Movie
Director
Greased Lightning

Greased Lightning (1977)

Movie
Director
Car Wash

Car Wash (1976)

Movie
10
Director
Starsky & Hutch

Starsky & Hutch (1975)

TV
10
Director
Cooley High

Cooley High (1975)

Movie
Director
Baretta

Baretta (1975)

TV
6
Director
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men

Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (1975)

Movie
Self
Midi Première

Midi Première (1975)

TV
Director
Honeybaby, Honeybaby

Honeybaby, Honeybaby (1974)

Movie
Director
The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files (1974)

TV
7
Director
Movin' On

Movin' On (1974)

TV
Director
Together for Days

Together for Days (1972)

Movie
Director
To Be Young, Gifted and Black

To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1972)

Movie
Self
Segal

Segal

Movie

Ratings

Average 6.4
Based on 1.8 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1972
1987
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Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1938-11-10 (85 years old)

Birth Place
Milwaukee, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Michael A. Schultz

Awards
Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame


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