About
Schultz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Katherine Frances (née Leslie), a factory worker, and German American Leo Schultz, an insurance salesman. After his undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Marquette University, he attended Princeton University, where in 1966 he directed his first play, a production of Waiting for Godot. He joined the Negro Ensemble Company in 1968, which brought him to Broadway in 1969. His breakthrough was directing Lorraine Hansberry's To Be Young, Gifted and Black, which he restaged for television in 1972. Schultz' earliest film projects combined low comedy with profound social comment (Honeybaby, Honeybaby and Cooley High), reaching a peak with the ensemble comedy Car Wash (1976) and Which Way Is Up? (1977), starring Richard Pryor. In 1978, Schultz took the reins of the musical Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...
Known for
Ally McBealSeries • 1997
JAGSeries • 1995
ArrowSeries • 2012
CharmedSeries • 1998
Gilmore GirlsSeries • 2000
Diagnosis: MurderSeries • 1993
Once Upon a TimeSeries • 2011
All AmericanSeries • 2018
New GirlSeries • 2011
Chicago HopeSeries • 1994
Cold CaseSeries • 2003
The PracticeSeries • 1997
L.A. LawSeries • 1986
American PlayhouseSeries • 1982
ChuckSeries • 2007
The Rockford FilesSeries • 1974
black-ishSeries • 2014
Brothers and SistersSeries • 2006
The O.C.Series • 2003
EverwoodSeries • 2002
Touched by an AngelSeries • 1994
Starsky & HutchSeries • 1975
FelicitySeries • 1998
Boston PublicSeries • 2000