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11 Facts About Michael Schultz

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Michael Schultz was born on November 10,1938 and is an American director and producer of theater, film and television.

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Mr Michael Schultz's occupation was listed as "Musician" at the time of his marriage.

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Michael Schultz, who was known as "Mike" growing up, attended Riverside High School in Milwaukee, where he was a very active student.

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Michael Schultz played baseball, football and participated in student theater productions.

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Michael Schultz joined the Negro Ensemble Company in 1968, which brought him to Broadway in 1969.

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Michael Schultz's breakthrough was directing Lorraine Hansberry's To Be Young, Gifted and Black, which he restaged for television in 1972.

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In 1978, Michael Schultz took the reins of the musical Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band with the largest budget entrusted to an African-American film director to that date.

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Michael Schultz made the ensemble comedy Scavenger Hunt, Denzel Washington's film debut Carbon Copy, and the screwball comedy Disorderlies.

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On July 23,1986, Michael Schultz formed his own production company Crystalite Productions, with his wife Gloria Schultz, and wanted to start producing three features in development.

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In 1991, Michael Schultz was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.

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Michael Schultz married Gloria Jones in Brooklyn, New York in 1965.