Joel Schumacher, best known for directing two camp classic 'Batman' movies in the 1990s, has died. He was 80.
The filmmaker died peacefully following a year-long battle with cancer, The Associated Press has confirmed.
Following his successful forays into horror with 1987's"The Lost Boys" and 1990's"Flatliners," Schumacher took on his most expensive projects yet with a pair of"Batman" franchise movies: 1995's"Batman Forever," starring Val Kilmer in the title role, and 1997's"Batman & Robin," featuring George Clooney as the Caped Crusader.
"I got the sense that there was absolutely no desire to allow me to do anything darker than what I did, but you can’t please every fan," Schumacher Born and raised in New York, Schumacher attended the Parsons School for Design and Fashion Institute of Technology, working as a fashion designer and helping manage a hip boutique named Paraphernalia .
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