Douglas Schwartz (Writing)
Little is known about Douglas Schwartz, a figure with a modest footprint in Writing. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.
Works
Pamela, A Love Story
In her own words, through personal video and diaries, Pamela Anderson shares the story of her rise to fame, rocky romances and infamous sex tape scandal.
Release Date: 2023-01-30
Character: Self (archive footage)
Vote Count: 219
Baywatch
Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit. Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the Bay.
Release Date: 2017-05-25
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 8166
The Hunt for the I-5 Killer
“Hunt for the I-5 Killer” is a dramatization based on the haunting true story of the yearlong manhunt for a killer suspected of murdering 14 victims and committing numerous sexual assaults up and down the I-5 highway corridor through California, Washington and Oregon. As Detective Dave Kominek (John Corbett) starts to discover similarities in the cases, he becomes determined to prove the seemingly unrelated killings are the work of one man. As the case unfolds and more victims come to light, a shocking twist comes into play – could the sadistic mass murderer possibly be a handsome, all-American athlete? The movie is from Ann Rule’s book, and also stars Sara Canning.
Release Date: 2011-10-02
Department: Camera
Job: Camera Operator
Vote Count: 23
Soul Surfer
The true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith.
Release Date: 2011-04-08
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 1186
Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding
Mitch Buchannon (David Hasselhoff) was believed to have died in a boating accident at the end of the 10th season of Baywatch. However, it turns out he only had amnesia and has been recovering in a Los Angeles hospital. His new fiancée, Allison Ford (Alexandra Paul), resembles his old lover, Lt. Stephanie Holden (also played by Alexandra Paul), who died during the seventh season of Baywatch. However, she is cooperating with an old nemesis of Mitch's, the still undead Mason Sato (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) from the second season, to get revenge on Mitch.
Release Date: 2003-02-28
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 75
Cabin Pressure
A fully automated commercial jetliner is prepared to make its maiden voyage. Without an on-flight pilot, the craft relies on satellite linking for its course. But when the plane suddenly deviates from its determined route and establishes a circular pattern over Seattle, it becomes evident that the craft has been hijacked by a disgruntled former airline employee who has hacked into the flight's computer system from his apartment, somewhere in the United States. Now, a former discredited Navy pilot and an oddball technician must race against the clock to find where the angry employee is, and regain control of the plane before it crashes into the city.
Release Date: 2001-08-08
Department: Writing
Job: Story
Vote Count: 12
Sheena
Sheena's parents were archaeologists who died in the jungle when she was about six years old, leaving their daughter Shirley Hamilton. She was taken in by Kali, a local Shamaness of a tribe who brought her up, and five years ago she was taught how to morph into animals and birds, acquiring their abilities, even flight. Further, she became a mythical creature called "The Darachna" who relies on people' fear of the unknown. For this she covers herself in a dark liquid mud which allows her to be largely unseen in the low light of the jungle, and with more than normal strength, agility and speed, and armed with a pair of gloves with bone claws, she is a formidable one woman fighting force. She does kill sometimes.
Release Date: 2000-10-07
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 26
Assault on Death Mountain
The Shadow Warriors hire on to reclaim the daughter of a woman whose ex-husband kidnapped the child after a custody battle. At the same time, they uncover a terrorist plot to attack Seattle.
Release Date: 1999-04-04
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 15
Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay
Baywatch in Alaska! The crew becomes entangled with a jewel thief (she's beautiful of course) who is being stalked by a hitman.
Release Date: 1998-02-24
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 2
Assault on Devil's Island
When one of Mike McBride's men goes rogue and takes a group of gymnasts hostage to Devil's Island in exchange for the return of drug lord Carlos Gallindo, the SEALS face their most perilous assignment yet.
Release Date: 1997-10-28
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 23
Steel Chariots
Set in the world of NASCAR racing, a family racing team is in danger of being ripped apart by the rivalry between two brothers tempted by fame, money, and beautiful women.
Release Date: 1997-09-23
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Baywatch Nights
Baywatch Nights is an American police and science fiction drama series that aired in syndication from 1995 to 1997. Created by Douglas Schwartz, David Hasselhoff, and Gregory J. Bonann, the series is a spin-off from the popular television series, Baywatch.
Release Date: 1995-09-30
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Vote Count: 33
Thunder in Paradise 3
Spencer and Bru break into his HQ and capture notorious drug lord Manuel Santiago of a DEA Agent. Santiago's angered assistant, Mason Lee, takes the school hostage where Kelly is teaching and Jessica is one of the students in attendance in retaliation to Santiago's capture. Alison, knowing a way in, joins Spencer and Bru in the rescue.
Release Date: 1995-07-11
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 15
Baywatch: Forbidden Paradise
The world's most popular television series moves to Hawaii for a tropical adventure. The fun and romance is threatened when Matt is stung by a fish and captured by Hawaiian villagers.
Release Date: 1995-06-27
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 12
Thunder in Paradise 2
Kelly is whisked off into Prince Aramour's harem and given to his enemy as tribute in this romantic tale of capture and rescue.
Release Date: 1994-04-27
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 14
Thunder in Paradise
Thunder in Paradise was a one-hour action-adventure TV series from the creators of Baywatch, which starred Hulk Hogan, Chris Lemmon, and Carol Alt. This first-run syndicated TV series originally premiered as a straight-to-video feature film in September 1993, then ran for one season in 1994, before being cancelled. The series was later rebroadcast on the TNT cable network.
Release Date: 1994-03-25
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Vote Count: 38
Thunder in Paradise
Terry "Hulk" Hogan stars as R. J. "Hurricane" Spencer who is an ex-Navy S. E. A. L. and confirmed bachelor struggling to make ends meet. In order to save his superboat THUNDER (and ultimately, his business) Spencer is forced into a marriage of convenience with the snobby Megan Whitaker. When Megan gets kidnapped it's up to Spencer and his partner Bru to save the day or risk losing everything.
Release Date: 1993-09-22
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 27
Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier
Welcome to the bay... Mitch and his friends enter the sink or swim world that is BAYWATCH.
Release Date: 1989-04-29
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 13
Baywatch
Join the Baywatch lifeguards on their thrilling adventures filled with beautiful beaches and those iconic red swimsuits.
Release Date: 1989-04-23
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 12
Vote Count: 491
The Wizard
The Wizard is a live-action, family friendly, action/adventure series created by Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, and Paul B. Radin. The series included lessons in diversity, friendship, imagination, respect, and never giving up.
Release Date: 1986-09-09
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 7
Vote Count: 8
Crime of Innocence
Two teenage girls are locked up for a minor offence by a harsh judge who thinks a night in jail will do them good. It's a traumatizing experience that includes an assault. Afterwards, one of the girls and her family seek justice against an unfair legal system.
Release Date: 1985-10-27
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 4
The Haunting Passion
Dan and Julie Evans are looking for a fresh start after Dan is cut from his pro football team due to age. They move into a palatial, coastal house and Dan starts a new career as a sportscaster, but the loss of his career has stirred up a deep vulnerability and it has spilled over into his sex life with his wife. With no outlet for her desires, Julie begins to fantasize, but it seems alarmingly real. Soon, the fantasy man is haunting her every waking moment and coming between her and Dan, and Julie comes to fear that their home may be haunted.
Release Date: 1983-10-24
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 4
Manimal
Jonathan Chase was a British college professor at New York University who had the unusual ability to transform into any kind of animal. He used his powers to battle crime alongside pretty policewoman Brooke and Vietnam-war pal Ty.
Release Date: 1983-09-30
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 3
Vote Count: 128
The Wild and the Free
Two scientists involved in chimpanzee research -- one maintaining that the animals should be kept in their native habitat in Africa without human interference, the other trying to train them in sign language in a domesticated atmosphere -- join forces when they learn that the government plans to cut off the language grant and use the chimps for radiation research.
Release Date: 1980-11-26
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 1
The Last Song
An aspiring singer unwittingly comes into possession of several tapes for which her engineer husband and his partner, in their electronic eavesdropping business, were murdered, and discovers that she and her daughter are now being stalked by the killers.
Release Date: 1980-10-23
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 1
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
The story of the doctor who faced charges of conspiracy after he assisted John Wilkes Booth by setting his broken leg after he had assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
Release Date: 1980-03-25
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 1
Goldie and the Boxer
Lighthearted tale of a 10-year-old girl who, when her boxer father dies, strikes up a relationship with a struggling fighter who was his sparring partner and takes on the job of managing him from obscurity to the championship.
Release Date: 1979-12-30
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 4
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
A big-city female doctor returns to her roots in the backwoods of the Blue Ridge Mountains to bring modern medicine to the local folks in the Appalachia of the 1930s and finds herself at odds with the homespun ways of the resident medicine woman.
Release Date: 1979-01-02
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 3
Your Three Minutes Are Up
Charlie is a sad sack of a man, working at a depressingly dull office job and stuck in a passionless engagement to a neurotic woman. One of the few bright spots in his life is his friend Mike, who seems to be living a life of carefree bohemianism.
Release Date: 1973-08-01
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 2
The Peace Killers
Siblings Kristy and Jeffrey are buying supplies at a remote desert gas station when some members of a biker gang come cruising in. The bikers recognize Kristy, who used to be the main squeeze of the gang's leader before she ran away. The pair get away, but the bikers find out that they're living in a nearby commune, and start making their battle plans to bring Kristy back.
Release Date: 1971-09-29
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 12
Baywatch
Daring ocean rescues, pristine beaches, and iconic red bathing suits are back, along with a whole new generation of Baywatch lifeguards, who navigate complicated, messy personal lives in this action-packed reboot that demonstrates there’s the family you’re born into and the family you find.
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 1