Joel Schumacher
- Born: 29 Aug, 1939
Previous work experience as a window display artist and fashion designer provided an appropriate foundation for the films of Joel Schumacher. Amiably shallow, slickly produced and filled to overflowing with glossy images and beautiful people, these films are a triumph of fashion over substance. At their best, they are tasty Hollywood confections. At their worst, they're just movie junk food. But they usually go down easy.
FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- father Frank Schumacher: a Baptist from Knoxville, Tennessee; died when Schumacher was four years old
- mother Marian Schumacher: a Jew from Sweden; died suddenly in 1965 from diabetes complications
- godson Lucas Berman: son of Bruce Berman, president of Worldwide Production at Warner Bros. Pictures, and his wife Nancy
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