Sleeper and Neil Simon’s The Prisoner of Second Avenue. The city was his playground, but Schumacher soon decamped for Hollywood, where he’d amass a list of blockbuster credits as screenwriter, producer, and one of the few out gay directors working at the top of the movie business in the ’80s, ’90s, and 2000s.The legendary filmmaker — who succumbed on June 22 to cancer at the age of 80 — leaves a legacy of memorable hits and notorious misses that can be appreciated for more than the visual flair he brought to movies like Flatliners and The Phantom of the Opera.
He also cultivated stories about compassionate underdogs and nonconformists across a variety of genres. He nurtured young talent, taking a chance casting future stars Matthew.
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