Jerry Schatzberg

Directing

Jerry Schatzberg

Born

1927-06-26 (99)

Place of birth

Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

27 titles

Jerry Schatzberg (born June 26, 1927) is an American photographer and film director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Schatzberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 4 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

Scarecrow poster
7.0

Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.

Scarecrow

1973

The Panic in Needle Park poster
6.8

A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves.

The Panic in Needle Park

1971

Street Smart poster
6.0

A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.

Street Smart

1987

Lumière & Company poster
6.4

40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.

Lumière & Company

1995

The Seduction of Joe Tynan poster
5.9

Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. But it could be a big boost to his career, so he takes it on. Helping him prepare the case is pretty southern researcher Karen Traynor, and their developing relationship further complicates and compromises his life.

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

1979

Puzzle of a Downfall Child poster
6.4

Lou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the modeling world of New York, her stressful workdays, her affair with Mark, an advertising executive, her friendship with photographer Aaron, and her downward spiral into ruin.

Puzzle of a Downfall Child

1970

No Small Affair poster
5.5

A 16-year-old aspiring photographer pursues a beautiful "older woman" of 22, a down-on-her-luck rock singer.

No Small Affair

1984

Reunion poster
6.7

Attorney Henry Strauss grew up in Germany, but left the country with his Jewish family during the rise of the Third Reich. Still wondering about what happened to his boyhood friend Konradin Von Lohenburg, Strauss travels back to Germany for the first time since he was a young man, bringing up some painful memories.

Reunion

1989

Honeysuckle Rose poster
5.4

Buck Bonham is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Dyan Cannon and Amy Irving, the daughter of one of his longtime musical sidekick.

Honeysuckle Rose

1980

Clinton and Nadine poster
3.7

Eager to find his brother's murderer, Clinton enlists the aid of Nadine, an expensive call girl. Together they get sucked into a plot to smuggle guns to the Contra forces in Nicaragua.

Clinton and Nadine

1988

The Day the Ponies Come Back poster
6.5

While on a business trip to New York City, Frenchman Daniel Moulin hopes to track down his long-lost father. His initial investigation on the rough Bronx streets leads to little more than being made witness to a shooting and the victim of a mugging. Luckily for Daniel, a street-smart youth named William takes pity on him and introduces him to his wise grandfather, Cecil.

The Day the Ponies Come Back

2001

The Day the Ponies Come Back poster
6.5

While on a business trip to New York City, Frenchman Daniel Moulin hopes to track down his long-lost father. His initial investigation on the rough Bronx streets leads to little more than being made witness to a shooting and the victim of a mugging. Luckily for Daniel, a street-smart youth named William takes pity on him and introduces him to his wise grandfather, Cecil.

The Day the Ponies Come Back

2001

Misunderstood poster
6.5

A workaholic father becomes sole parent to his two young sons, and finds it hard to relate to them, consumed as he is with his own grief.

Misunderstood

1983

Sweet Revenge poster
5.7

A young woman with a long rap sheet who steals cars for a living is befriended by a public defender who tries to steer her straight. But her goal is to steal and subsequently sell enough cars (sometimes the same car more than once) to buy a new Ferrari.

Sweet Revenge

1976