The man behind the flamboyant reinvention of Hollywood's Batman franchise, Joel Schumacher, has died aged 80.
Key points:
- Joel Schumacher launched the careers of Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez and Ally Sheedy
- He also directed The Lost Boys, Flatliners, John Grisham adaptations The Client and A Time to Kill and the critically acclaimed Falling Down
- Schumacher died on June 22 in New York after a year-long battle with cancer
From a job dressing department store windows to costume design for Woody Allen's 1970s movies Interiors and Sleeper, the New Yorker made his mark on the big screen in 1985 with the coming of age movie St Elmo's Fire.
That project launched the careers of the Brat Pack — Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez and Ally Sheedy — and had the movie industry clamouring for more of Schumacher's brilliance.
The Lost Boys, Flatliners, John Grisham adaptations The Client and A Time to Kill and the critically acclaimed Falling Down followed.
Openly gay and honest about his rough upbringing and early introduction to drugs, alcohol and sex, audiences loved Schumacher's overly dramatic and exuberant Batman Forever in 1995, but panned its follow-up, Batman & Robin in 1997.
Colin Farrell was given his first lead role by Schumacher in 2000's Tigerland and in 2004, the filmmaker recreated Andrew Lloyd Weber's Phantom of the Opera for the screen.
Most recently, he directed two episodes of Netflix's House of Cards in 2013.
A representative for Schumacher said he died on June 22 in New York after being diagnosed with cancer a year ago.
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2020-06-22 23:44:30Z
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