Joel Schumacher, the famed director of the Batman movie franchise and ‘Lost boys’ has died aged 80 after a long battle with cancer. Schumacher died on Monday in New York the same city he was born and bred. Schumacher started out in Hollywood as a costume designer, earning credits on 1972’s “Play It as It Lays,” Herbert Ross’ “The Last of Sheila” (1973), Paul Mazursky’s “Blume in Love (1973), Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” (1973) and “Interiors” (1978) and 1975 Neil Simon …