Jerry Schatzberg (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Jerry Schatzberg

Looking for reviews of films directed by Jerry Schatzberg? Cinafilm has a total of 304 reviews across 8 movies directed by Jerry Schatzberg.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 62%.

The Panic in Needle Park is Jerry Schatzberg's highest rated movie, with a score of 73% based on 165 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Jerry Schatzberg is No Small Affair, with a score of 48% based on 45 reviews.

Director Biography

Jerry Schatzberg (born June 26, 1927 in Bronx, New York) is a photographer and film director.

Schatzberg was born to a Jewish family of furriers and grew up in the Bronx. He photographed for magazines such as Vogue, Esquire and McCalls. He made his debut as a feature film director with 1970's Puzzle of a Downfall Child starring Faye Dunaway. He went on to direct films such as The Panic in Needle Park, which starred Al Pacino in 1971, Scarecrow, which shared the grand prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, The Seduction of Joe Tynan, Honeysuckle Rose with Willie Nelson, Misunderstood (based on a novel by Florence Montgomery) and Street Smart in 1987 which earned Morgan Freeman his first Oscar Nomination.

He was a member of the jury at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

As a still photographer, one of Schatzberg's most famous images was the cover photo of the Bob Dylan album Blonde on Blonde, released in 1966. A collection of Schatzberg's images of Dylan was published by Genesis Publications in 2006, titled Thin Wild Mercury. Schatzberg still resides in New York City, where he is working on several film projects.

Jerry Schatzberg has directed films starring Al Pacino, Rutanya Alda, Ann Wedgeworth and Charles Levin.

Jerry Schatzberg has collaborated with these film directors: Abbas Kiarostami, Spike Lee, David Lynch and Cédric Klapisch.