Michael Schultz (born November 10, 1938) is an American director and producer of theater, film and television.

[1][2][3] Shortly before his birth his parents married in Iowa, where both were listed as black on their marriage license.

[4] Michael Schultz, who was known as "Mike" growing up, attended Riverside High School in Milwaukee, where he was a very active student.

In 1978, Schultz took the reins of the musical Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band with the largest budget entrusted to an African-American film director to that date.

[6] More recently, Schultz has worked in television, piloting episodes of such style-conscious series as The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and Picket Fences as well as an abundance of TV movies.