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Jim Sharman

Jim Sharman

Director·b. 1945·Sydney, Australia

5 horror credits

James "Jim" Sharman (born March 12, 1945) is an Australian director and writer for film and stage with over 70 productions to his credit. He is renowned in Australia for his work as a theatre director since the 1960s, but is probably best known internationally as the director of the 1973 theatrical hit The Rocky Horror Show, its film adaptation The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and the film's follow-up Shock Treatment (1981).

Director3 films

Shock Treatment

Shock Treatment

Director

1981
Summer of Secrets

Summer of Secrets

Director

1976
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Director

1975 4.0

Writer3 films

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again

Original Film Writer

2016 2.0
Shock Treatment

Shock Treatment

Screenplay

1981
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Screenplay

1975 4.0

Actor1 film

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

Self

2006