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David Schmoeller

David Schmoeller
Born	(1947-12-08) December 8, 1947 Louisville, Kentucky
Occupation	Director
Years active	1976–2010

David Schmoeller (born December 8, 1947 in Toronto, Ontario) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is perhaps best known for directing several horror movies including Tourist Trap (1979), The Seduction (1982), Puppet Master (1989), Catacombs (1988), and Crawlspace (1986) starring Klaus Kinski.

Schmoeller's most recent film, a video short titled The Rules of House-Sitting was completed in 2010.

He is currently employed as a film professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Biography

Schmoeller was born in Kentucky but raised and educated in Texas. He completed a Masters program in Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin. Fluent in Spanish, he was briefly an interpreter for ABC Sports during the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.

He spent six months as an intern with writer-director Peter Hyams on the film Capricorn One., before writing and directing his first theatrical feature Tourist Trap (1979).

Filmography (as director)

Movies

• The Spider Will Kill You (1976)
• Tourist Trap (1979)
• The Seduction (1982)
• Crawlspace (1986)
• Catacombs (1988)
• Puppet Master (1989)
• The Arrival (1991)
• Netherworld (1992)
• The Secret Kingdom (1998)
• Please Kill Mr. Kinski (1999)
• Wedding Day (2008)

Television series (as director)

• Silk Stalkings (TV series) (1992-1993)
• Renegade (TV series (TV series) (1992)

External Links

• David Schmoeller at IMDb
• Official Website
• The Man Behind...Tourist Trap!: An Interview with David Schmoeller - June 1999
• David Schmoeller Interview: Dr. Gore's Funhouse - September 2009