Joel Schumacher was, among many things, a versatile director. The man has made a war film, a vampire classic, romantic comedies, teen dramas, courtroom movies, a musical, a biography, an action film, and so on. He was a journeyman director who always explored different genres and didn't mind tackling almost controversial, unusual themes for Hollywood studio movies. His movies even competed in Cannes and Berlin; some of them were nominated for Oscars in different categories; many were box office successes; some had a cult following
