Biographie
In March, 1984, Toronto Life magazine honored 150 people it considered to be the most influential, powerful, glamorous, opinionated, innovative, useful and creative people in the city. The list, in celebration of the city's 150th birthday, included television commercials director who, in his own sphere of activity, could qualify for any of those adjectives: Bob Schulz.
The glamor and achievement of Bob Schulz's long and successful career as a director of feature films, television dramas, TV commercials, music videos, public service films and videos is a matter of public record. From Hungarian refugee to film editor, director, producer, employer of scores of film industry people, international film producer culminating in Royal Gala Performance in 1993, Bob's story is well known in the industry. What is not widely known, but remembered by many with gratitude, are Bob's unselfish acts in times of need, his generosity when the community and individuals call on him for help, his open door and open heart to young and old, to talented and simply needy people.
Bob Schulz has directed and produced in over 30 countries, for over 40 years, and has won countless international awards. He has been the president of one of Canada's largest production companies, Schulz Productions Ltd., helped hundreds of filmmakers, who are now the leaders of the industry.
The man without a face
The project started fifteen years ago as the brainchild of Bob Schulz, when he read the book "The Man Without A Face" by Isabelle Holland. In 1990, Bob acquired the motion picture rights and hired a Toronto writer to develop the screenplay. His dream was to have Mel Gibson star in the film, little imagining that Gibson was also interested in directing the project. The picture was produced on $12,000,000. Distributed by Warner Brothers, in U. S. theaters alone the film has grossed over $25,000,000 to date. With foreign sales, cable and video sales are expected to exceed $125,000,000.
Falcon's Gold
Falcon's Gold was the first "made for Pay T.V." motion picture in the world. It was shot in Mexico, produced for Showtime L.A. and has been sold to C.B.S., C.T.V. and other American and Canadian Pay T.V. and free T.V. syndications. It was among the first 5 bestselling motion pictures when it was offered, in the same year at Cannes. For a low budget film ($1.5 million), this picture surpassed their wildest imaginations.
