Joel Schumacher, the writer-director who came from a world of window dressing and costume design to bring a singular style to films including St. Elmo's Fire, Flatliners and a pair of Batman movies, died Monday. He was 80.
Schumacher died in New York City after a yearlong battle with cancer, a representative announced.
Schumacher's directorial body of work also included the horror comedy The Lost Boys (1987), which he was handed after Richard Donner passed on it to helm Lethal Weapon; the John Grisham thrillers The Client (1994) and A Time to Kill (1996); and 8Mm (1999), the noirish ...
Schumacher died in New York City after a yearlong battle with cancer, a representative announced.
Schumacher's directorial body of work also included the horror comedy The Lost Boys (1987), which he was handed after Richard Donner passed on it to helm Lethal Weapon; the John Grisham thrillers The Client (1994) and A Time to Kill (1996); and 8Mm (1999), the noirish ...
- 6/22/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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