Costume designer-turned director Joel Schumacher, known for helming films including "St Elmo''s Fire", "Falling Down" as well as two "Batman" movies, has died after a year-long battle with cancer, his publicists said.
The native New Yorker passed away on Monday morning. He was 80, reported Deadline.

Schumacher started off as a costume designer for 1970s films such as Woody Allen directorials "Sleeper" and "Interiors", along with "Blume in Love", "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" and "The Last of Sheila". He also was a production designer on the 1974 telefilm "Killer Bees".