Donald Rodney Schain (February 26, 1941 – December 26, 2015) was an American director, writer, and producer of many films and TV movies, most notably for the

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. Schain joined the movie industry in the early 1970s, directing his then-wife,

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, in a number of low-budget exploitation films, including the ''Ginger'' trilogy. In the 1990s, he moved to Utah and went on to produce movies of a more family-oriented nature for the

, including ''

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'', '' Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior'' and ''

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''. He was the first president of the Motion Picture Association of Utah.

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* American film directors American film producers American male screenwriters 1941 births 2015 deaths {{US-film-director-1940s-stub