Jeffrey Schwarz is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker based in Los Angeles. His latest documentary is "Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders," which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2026. Other films include "Commitment to Life," "Boulevard! A Hollywood Story," "The Fabulous Allan Carr," "Tab Hunter Confidential," "I Am Divine," "Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon," "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story," and HBO Documentary Films’ "Vito." He is executive producer of "Hollywood Black" (2024), the Emmy-nominated MGM+ series directed by Justin Simien, which won the 2025 Independent Spirit Award for Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series. Schwarz is also the recipient of the 2015 Frameline Award for outstanding contribution to LGBTQ representation in film, television, and the media arts.
KNOWN FOR
Hollywood Black
2024
Milk
2008
"Jarhead" Diaries
2006
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
2015
Poison
1991
Precious Find
1996
DP/30: Conversations About Movies
2013
How Harry Met Sally…
2001
Fellow Travelers
2008
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
2004
FILMOGRAPHY
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Movies
TV
Acting
8
Directing
130
Writing
1
Producing
300
Camera
1
Editing
40