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Sep 1, 2022 · Michael Schultz Broke the Mold for Black Directors. He’s Not Done Yet. At 83, the filmmaker behind “Cooley High” and “Car Wash” may be the longest-working Black director in history. His...
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Apr 13, 2020 · It opened the doors for subsequent waves of black directors to break into Hollywood — including Reginald Hudlin, Robert Townsend, Charles Burnett, Ernest Dickerson and Michael Schultz,...
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Sep 30, 2021 · To minimize the career of Michael Schultz is much more than an oversight. It is an erasure of a remarkably accomplished director whose impact can be seen throughout the past half century. Among other contributions, Schultz laid the foundation for the Black director boom of the late 1980s and 1990s.
Before Spike Lee made his mark, Michael Schultz was the most prolific African American filmmaker since Oscar Micheaux, directing around 12 feature films between 1970 and 1990 (and much more if I...
At 83, the filmmaker behind “Cooley High” and “Car Wash” may be the longest-working Black director in history. His own story is a Hollywood epic. Among other...
Sep 2, 2022 · Schultz was 32 at the time and a rising star of the New York theater scene. He had been tapped to direct a public television documentary, “To Be Young, Gifted and Black.” Though he didn’t know it, Schultz had already begun an improbable course that would take him to the heart of the mainstream film and television industry, where he has ...
Jun 7, 2022 · The Milwaukee native was one of the first and most successful directors in Hollywood to bring the lives of Black Americans to the forefront of his films. Andy Turner recently talked to Schultz, now 83, about his Milwaukee roots and long career, which continues today.
