Jerry SchatzbergFilmography

Born:: June 26, 1927 in New York City, NY
Occupation:: Director
Biography:: Manhattan-born director Jerry Schatzberg left TV commercials and fashion photography for feature films at precisely the right time: after the freak success of 1969's Easy Rider, the studios were scrambling for "personal statement" directors who could relate to the younger, hipper filmgoers....Read More

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A Decade Under the Influence

Actors: Steven Soderbergh, Paul Thomas Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich, Ellen Burstyn

Synopsis: In the late '60s, American culture experienced a period of change as the youth movement challenged conventional attitudes about politics, sex, drugs, and gender issues, while the advancement of the Vietnam War found many citizens questioning the actions and wisdom of their government for the first Read More

4/25/03
The Day The Ponies Come Back

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Guillaume Canet, Burt Young, Monica Trombetta, Nick Sandow

Synopsis: A young Frenchman's search for his American father provides the thematic center of this drama by septuagenarian director Jerry Schatzberg. Daniel (Guillaume Canet) repairs brass instruments for a living, and when he journeys to New York to work on some French horns for Paul (Tony Lo Bianco), a Read More

2000
Reunion

Crew: Director

Actors: Jason Robards, Jr., Christien Anholt, Samuel West, Françoise Fabian, Maureen Kerwin

Synopsis: Jason Robards plays an older Jewish man who returns to Stuttgart, Germany which he left in 1933 during the onslaught of the Third Reich. He reunites with a German man who, as a boy, was his childhood friend. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

3/15/91
Clinton and Nadine

Crew: Director

Actors: Anthony Correa, Andy Garcia, Ellen Barkin, Morgan Freeman, Michael Lombard, John C. McGinley

Synopsis: This made-for-TV film was originally titled simply Clinton & Nadine when it made its debut on May 28, 1988. Andy Garcia plays Clinton, who is eager to find his brother's murderer. To do so, he enlists the aid of Nadine (Ellen Barkin), a high-priced call girl. Clinton and Nadine get sucked into a Read More

1988
Street Smart

Crew: Director

Actors: Christopher Reeve, Morgan Freeman, Kathy Baker, Mimi Rogers, Jay Patterson

Synopsis: Jonathan Fisher (Christopher Reeve) is a newspaper reporter who becomes a celebrity when he writes a fictitious exposé on prostitution. The story of the high-living pimp is too close a resemblance to real-life flesh pedlar Fast Black (Morgan Freeman), and Jonathan is jailed when he refuses to turn Read More

3/20/87
No Small Affair

Crew: Director

Actors: Tim Robbins, Jon Cryer, Demi Moore, George Wendt, Peter Frechette, Elizabeth Daily, Jeffrey Tambor, Jennifer Tilly

Synopsis: This run-of-the-mill teen romantic comedy's main attraction is 22-year-old Demi Moore as Laura Victor, an aspiring rock singer. The slightly younger Jon Cryer is Charles Cummings, a dedicated photographer who meets Laura, falls in love, and decides that a dedication to furthering her career might Read More

1984
Misunderstood

Crew: Director

Actors: Gene Hackman, Henry Thomas, Rip Torn, Huckleberry Fox, Maureen Kerwin

Synopsis: In Misunderstood, Henry Thomas ("Elliot" in E.T.) co-stars with Gene Hackman as a son-and-father duo who through no fault of their own fail to communicate their mutual affection. Ned (Hackman) is a shipping magnate living with his family in a villa in Tunisia when he suffers through the death of Read More

1984
Honeysuckle Rose

Crew: Director

Actors: Willie Nelson, Dyan Cannon, Amy Irving, Slim Pickens, Joey Floyd

Synopsis: After displaying his easygoing charm in a number of television appearances and a showy supporting role in The Electric Horseman, Willie Nelson scored his first leading role in this romantic comedy-drama in which he (appropriately enough) plays a musician. Buck Bonham (Nelson) is a country Read More

1980
The Seduction of Joe Tynan

Crew: Director

Actors: Alan Alda, Barbara Harris, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Melvyn Douglas

Synopsis: Alan Alda wrote and starred in this tale about a big-time politician's struggles with his own morality and the corruption he finds surrounding him. He plays a U.S. Senator, Joe Tynan, who falls for a lovely lady attorney and has an affair that jeopardizes his marriage, and possibly, his career. Read More

1979
Dandy, the All American Girl

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Stockard Channing, Sam Waterston, Richard Doughty, Norman Matlock, Franklyn Ajaye

Synopsis: Sweet Revenge was originally shipped out as Dandy, the All-American Girl. The multitalented Stockard Channing plays a car thief with a penchant for elaborate disguises. She hopes to trade in her stolen goods and purchase a snazzy sports model for herself. Sam Waterston costars as a public defender Read More

1976
Scarecrow

Crew: Director

Actors: Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan, Ann Wedgeworth, Richard Lynch

Synopsis: An ex-con learns the value of friendship in Jerry Schatzberg's picaresque road movie. Trying to hitch a ride on a desolate California road, fresh-out-of-prison Max (Gene Hackman) meets ex-sailor Lion (Al Pacino). They are both headed east, as Max dreams of opening a deluxe car wash in Pittsburgh Read More

1973
The Panic in Needle Park

Crew: Director

Actors: Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Richard Bright, Kiel Martin

Synopsis: A couple loves heroin as much as they love each other in Jerry Schatzberg's grim drug drama. After an illegal abortion at the behest of her faithless lover (Raul Julia), lost innocent Helen (Kitty Winn) finds solace with small-time crook Bobby (Al Pacino), a regular in Manhattan's "Needle Park." Read More

1971
Puzzle of a Downfall Child

Crew: Director

Actors: Faye Dunaway, Barry Primus, Viveca Lindfors, Barry Morse, Roy Scheider

Synopsis: The debut of writer and director Jerry Schatzberg, this cinema verite drama won accolades for the Golden Globe-nominated performance of lead actress Faye Dunaway. Dunaway stars as Lou Andreas Sand, a former fashion model who has retreated to her seaside cottage and is being interviewed by Aaron Read More

1970