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'''Michael Schultz''' (born [[November 10]] [[1938]] in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]) is an [[African American]] director and film producer.
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| occupation = film director, theater director, film producer
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'''Michael Schultz''' (born November 10, 1938) is an American director and producer of theater, film and television.


==Life and career==
After undergraduate work at the [[University of Wisconsin]] and [[Marquette University]], Michael Schultz 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 theatre|Broadway]] in [[1969]]. His breakthrough was directing [[Lorraine Hansberry|Lorraine Hansberry's]] ''To Be Young, Gifted and Black'', which he restaged for television in 1972.
Schultz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of an African-American mother Katherine Frances Leslie (1917–1995), {{Failed verification|date=January 2020}} and Leo Albert Schultz (1913–2001), an insurance salesman of German descent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/48/Michael-A-Schultz.html |title=Michael A. Schultz Biography (1938–) |publisher=Film Reference |date=November 10, 1938 |access-date=August 20, 2012}}</ref><ref name='SSAACI-Katherine-Frances-Leslie'>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ancestry.com
|title= U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Katherine Frances Leslie)
|publisher= The Generations Network
|location= United States
|date=2015
|access-date=2020-01-07
}}
</ref><ref name='SSAACI-Leo-Albert-Schultz'>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ancestry.com
|title= U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Leo Albert Schultz)
|publisher= The Generations Network
|location= United States
|date=2015
|access-date=2020-01-07
}}
</ref> Shortly before his birth his parents married in Iowa, where both were listed as black on their marriage license. Mr. Schultz's occupation was listed as "Musician" at the time of his marriage.<ref name='Schultz-Leslie-Marriage-License'>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ancestry.com
|title= Iowa Marriage Records, 1880-1940, marriage of Leo Schultz and Katherine Leslie
|publisher= The Generations Network
|location= United States
|date=1938-10-18
|access-date=2020-01-07
}}
</ref>


Michael Schultz, who was known as "Mike" growing up, attended [[Riverside University High School|Riverside High School]] in Milwaukee, where he was a very active student. He played baseball, football and participated in student theater productions.<ref name='Riverside_High-School-Yearbook'>
Schultz' earliest film projects combined low comedy with profound social comment (''Honeybaby, Honeybaby'' and ''[[Cooley High]]''). Eventually, he concentrated on pure-entertainment projects like ''[[Car Wash]]'' ([[1976]]) and ''Which Way is Up?'' ([[1977]]). He managed to survive the potential career-killer ''[[Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' ([[1978]]), continuing to churn out profitable efforts like [[Scavenger Hunt]] ([[1979]]) and ''Disorderlies'' ([[1987]]).
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ancestry.com
|title= U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999 (Riverside High School)
|publisher= The Generations Network
|location= Milwaukee, Wisconsin
|date=1957
|access-date=2020-01-08
}}
</ref>


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 (play)|To Be Young, Gifted and Black]]'', which he restaged for television in 1972.
As of late, Michael 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.


Schultz' earlier film projects combined [[low comedy]] with profound social comment (''[[Honeybaby, Honeybaby]]'' and ''[[Cooley High]]''), reaching a peak with the ensemble comedy ''[[Car Wash (film)|Car Wash]]'' (1976) and ''[[Which Way Is Up?]]'' (1977), starring [[Richard Pryor]].
==Directorial credits==

===Films===
In 1978, Schultz took the reins of the musical ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)|Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' with the largest budget entrusted to an African-American film director to that date. However, upon its release, the project was a commercial and critical failure. Schultz made the ensemble comedy ''[[Scavenger Hunt]]'' (1979), [[Denzel Washington]]'s film debut ''[[Carbon Copy (film)|Carbon Copy]]'' (1981), and the screwball comedy ''[[Disorderlies]]'' (1987). On July 23, 1986, Michael Schultz formed his own production company Crystalite Productions, with his wife Gloria Schultz, and wanted to start producing three features in development.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Saxon Silverman|first=Marie|date=1986-07-23|title=Schultz Forms Own Prod. Co.; Three Features In Development|page=9|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
*''[[Micheal Schultz ]]'' ([[2004]])

*''Micheal Schultz '' ([[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 TV movies.
*''[[Micheal Schultz ]]'' ([[1985]])

*''[[Micheal Schultz ]]'' ([[1985]])
In 1991, Schultz was inducted into the [[Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9LoDAAAAMBAJ&q=Black+Filmmakers+Fame+Schultz&pg=PA62|title= ''Jet''|date= March 25, 1991|publisher= Johnson Publishing Company|access-date=August 20, 2012}}</ref>
*''[[Micheal Schultz (film)|Carbon Copy]]'' ([[1981]])

*''[[Bustin' Loose]]'' ([[1981]])
==Personal life==
*''[[Micheal Schultz ]]'' ([[1979]])

*''[[Micheal Schultz Band]]'' ([[1978]])
Schultz married Gloria Jones in Brooklyn, New York in 1965.<ref name='Schultz-Jones-Marriage-License'>
*''[[Greased Micheal Schultz ]]'' ([[1977]])
{{cite web
*''Which Way Is Micheal Schultz ?'' ([[1977]])
|url=http://www.ancestry.com
*''[[Micheal Schultz Wash]]'' ([[1976]])
|title= New York, New York Marriage License Index, 1907-2018, marriage of Michael Schultz and Gloria Jones
*''[[Micheal Schultz High]]'' ([[1975]])
|publisher= The Generations Network
*''Honeybaby, Micheal Schultz Honeybaby'' ([[1974]])
|location= United States
|date=1965
|access-date=2020-01-08
}}
</ref> As an actress, his wife is known professionally as Lauren Jones; in non-acting capacities, she is known as Gloria Schultz. The couple has two children.

==Filmography==
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===Television===
===Television===
'''TV movies'''
*''nMicheal Schultz '' ([[2006]]) (pre-production)
*''[[L.A. Law: Micheal Schultz ]]'' ([[2002]])
*''To Be Young, Gifted, and Black'' (1972)
*''Benny's Place'' (1982)
*''[[Philly (TV series)|Philly]]'' ([[2001]]) TV Series
*''[[For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story]]'' (1983)
*''Micheal Schultz '' ([[1999]]) TV Series
*''[[The Jerk, Too]]'' (1984)
*''The Adventures of Young Micheal Schultz : Tales of Micheal Schultz '' ([[1999]])
*''[[The Spirit (1987 film)|The Spirit]]'' (1987)
*''Killers in the Micheal Schultz '' ([[1998]])
*''[[Ally McMicheal Schultz ]]'' ([[1997]]) TV Series
*''[[Timestalkers]]'' (1987)
*''[[The Micheal Schultz ]]'' ([[1997]]) TV Series
*''Rock 'n' Roll Mom'' (1988)
*''[[Tarzan in Manhattan]]'' (1989)
*''Young Micheal Schultz : Travels with Father'' ([[1996]])
*''Hammer, Slammer, & Slade'' (1990)
*''[[Shock Treatment (TV)|Shock Treatment]]'' ([[1995]])
*''Jury Duty: The Comedy'' (1990)
*''Young Indiana nigger and the Hollywood Follies'' ([[1994]])
*''[[Chicago Hope]]'' ([[1994]]) TV Series
*''[[Day-O (film)|Day-O]]'' (1992)
*''Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies'' (1994)
*''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]'' ([[1993]]) TV Series
*''[[Shock Treatment (1995 film)|Shock Treatment]]'' (1995)
*''Day-O'' ([[1992]])
*''Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father'' (1996)
*''Livin' Large!'' ([[1991]])
*''Hammer, Slammer, & Slade'' ([[1990]])
*''[[Killers in the House]]'' (1998)
*''Jury Duty: The Comedy'' ([[1990]])
*''[[My Last Love]]'' (1999)
*''The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence'' (1999)
*''Tarzan in Manhattan'' ([[1989]])
*''Rock 'n' Roll Mom'' ([[1988]])
*''[[L.A. Law: The Movie]]'' (2002)

*''The Spirit'' ([[1987]])
'''TV series'''
*''Timestalkers'' ([[1987]])
*''The Jerk, Too'' ([[1984]])
*''[[The Rockford Files]]'' (1974)
*''[[Starsky and Hutch]]'' (1975)
*''For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story'' ([[1983]])
*''Benny's Place'' ([[1982]])
*''[[Baretta]]'' (1975)
*''[[Starsky and Hutch]]'' ([[1975]]) TV Series
*''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]'' (1993)
*''[[Baretta]]'' ([[1975]]) TV Series
*''[[Chicago Hope]]'' (1994)
*''[[The Rockford Files]]'' ([[1974]]) TV Series
*''[[Ally McBeal]]'' (1997)
*''[[The Practice]]'' (1997)
*''To Be Young, Gifted, and Black'' ([[1972]])
*''Ally'' (1999)
*''[[Philly (TV series)|Philly]]'' (2001)
*''[[Everwood]]''
*''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers and sisters]]''
*''[[Cold Case]]'' (2006)
*''[[Eli Stone]]'' (2007)
*''[[Dirty Sexy Money]]'' (2007)
*''[[Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]]'' (2010)
*''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]'' (2012–2017)
*''[[The Mysteries of Laura]]'' (2014)
*''[[Black-ish]]'' (2015–2017)
*''[[Crazy Ex-Girlfriend]]'' (2016)
*''[[New Girl (TV Series)|New Girl]]'' (2016–2018)
*''[[Star (TV series)|Star]]'' (2017)
*''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'' (2017)
*''[[Step Up: High Water]]'' (2018)
*''[[Black Lightning (TV series)|Black Lightning]]'' (2018–2020)
*''[[Code Black (TV series)|Code Black]]'' (2018)
*''[[Manifest (TV series)|Manifest]]'' (2018)
*''[[All American (TV series)|All American]]'' (2019–2024)
*''[[All American: Homecoming]]'' (2022–2024)
*''[[The Wonder Years (2021 TV series)|The Wonder Years]]'' (2023)

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===Film===
*''[[Together for Days]]'' (1972)
*''[[Honeybaby, Honeybaby]]'' (1974)
*''[[Cooley High]]'' (1975)
*''[[Car Wash (film)|Car Wash]]'' (1976)
*''[[Greased Lightning (1977 film)|Greased Lightning]]'' (1977)
*''[[Which Way Is Up?]]'' (1977)
*''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)|Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' (1978)
*''[[Scavenger Hunt]]'' (1979)
*''[[Bustin' Loose (film)|Bustin' Loose]]'' (1981)
*''[[Carbon Copy (film)|Carbon Copy]]'' (1981)
*''[[Krush Groove]]'' (1985)
*''[[The Last Dragon]]'' (1985)
*''[[Disorderlies]]'' (1987)
*''[[The White Girl (1990 film)|White Girl]]'' (1990)
*''[[Livin' Large!]]'' (1991)
*''Nikita's Blues'' (1999)
*''Dreamers'' (2000)
*''[[Woman Thou Art Loosed]]'' (2004)

===Theatre===
*''God Is a (Guess What?)'' (1968)
*''[[Kongi's Harvest]]'' (1968)
*''Song of the Lusitanian Bogey'' (1968) [[Obie Award]], Best Director
*''The Reckoning'' (1969)
*''Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?'' (1969)
*''[[Operation Sidewinder (play)|Operation Sidewinder]]'' (1970)
*''The Dream on Monkey Mountain'' (1971)
*''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' (1972)
*''Thoughts'' (1973)
*''What the Wine-Sellers Buy'' (1974)
*''Mule Bone'' (1991)
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==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{imdb name|id=0776317|name=Michael Schultz}}
* {{IBDB name}}
* {{IMDb name|776317}}

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Latest revision as of 19:18, 26 December 2024

For the German gallerist, see Michael Schultz (gallerist). For the German footballer, see Michael Schultz (footballer).

Michael Schultz
Schultz in 1957
Born (1938-11-10) November 10, 1938 (age 86)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)film director, theater director, film producer
Years active1968–present
Spouse
Lauren Jones
​
(m. 1965)​
(two children)

Michael Schultz (born November 10, 1938) is an American director and producer of theater, film and television.

Life and career

[edit]

Schultz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of an African-American mother Katherine Frances Leslie (1917–1995), [failed verification] and Leo Albert Schultz (1913–2001), an insurance salesman of German descent.[1][2][3] Shortly before his birth his parents married in Iowa, where both were listed as black on their marriage license. Mr. Schultz's occupation was listed as "Musician" at the time of his marriage.[4]

Michael Schultz, who was known as "Mike" growing up, attended Riverside High School in Milwaukee, where he was a very active student. He played baseball, football and participated in student theater productions.[5]

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' earlier 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 entrusted to an African-American film director to that date. However, upon its release, the project was a commercial and critical failure. Schultz made the ensemble comedy Scavenger Hunt (1979), Denzel Washington's film debut Carbon Copy (1981), and the screwball comedy Disorderlies (1987). On July 23, 1986, Michael Schultz formed his own production company Crystalite Productions, with his wife Gloria Schultz, and wanted to start producing three features in development.[6]

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 TV movies.

In 1991, Schultz was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.[7]

Personal life

[edit]

Schultz married Gloria Jones in Brooklyn, New York in 1965.[8] As an actress, his wife is known professionally as Lauren Jones; in non-acting capacities, she is known as Gloria Schultz. The couple has two children.

Filmography

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Michael A. Schultz Biography (1938–)". Film Reference. November 10, 1938. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  2. ^ "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Katherine Frances Leslie)". United States: The Generations Network. 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Leo Albert Schultz)". United States: The Generations Network. 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "Iowa Marriage Records, 1880-1940, marriage of Leo Schultz and Katherine Leslie". United States: The Generations Network. October 18, 1938. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  5. ^ "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999 (Riverside High School)". Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Generations Network. 1957. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  6. ^ Saxon Silverman, Marie (July 23, 1986). "Schultz Forms Own Prod. Co.; Three Features In Development". Variety. p. 9.
  7. ^ "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company. March 25, 1991. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  8. ^ "New York, New York Marriage License Index, 1907-2018, marriage of Michael Schultz and Gloria Jones". United States: The Generations Network. 1965. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
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