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Gary Sherman

Gary Sherman

Director·b. 1945·Chicago, Illinois, USA

12 horror credits

Gary Sherman (born August 28, 1945) is an American film director, producer, and writer from Chicago, Illinois. He began his career directing short films, commercials, industrials, and documentaries while still an undergraduate at IIT's Institute of Design. After graduating, Gary moved to London, England, where he continued directing commercials and also co-wrote and directed his first feature film, Death Line starring Donald Pleasence. The British Film Institute called this debut "The Most Significant Directorial Debut of the Year".

Upon relocating to Los Angeles, California, he continued writing and collaborating on many feature scripts. He also wrote and directed several television pilots. Avco-Embassy producer Ronald Shusett asked Sherman to direct the 1981 horror film Dead & Buried, and Sherman followed that film with the action-thriller Vice Squad shot by Stanley Kubrick's DP John Alcott. Like Death Line, these films often polarized critics and audiences and have since gone on to become genre classics.

Next he co-wrote and directed the thriller Wanted: Dead or Alive starring Rutger Hauer and Gene Simmons. Teamed with Gene, the award-winning Rock Against Drugs public service campaign for MTV came about as well as the pilot for the ABC series Sable.

Director8 films

39: A Film by Carroll McKane

39: A Film by Carroll McKane

Director

2006
Murderous Vision

Murderous Vision

Director

1991
Lisa

Lisa

Director

1990
Poltergeist III

Poltergeist III

Director

1988 3.0
Mysterious Two

Mysterious Two

Director

1982
Vice Squad

Vice Squad

Director

1982
Dead & Buried

Dead & Buried

Director

1981 3.8
Death Line

Death Line

Director

1972 3.0

Writer6 films

The Glow

The Glow

Teleplay

2002
Lisa

Lisa

Writer

1990
Poltergeist III

Poltergeist III

Screenplay

1988 3.0
Mysterious Two

Mysterious Two

Writer

1982
Phobia

Phobia

Story

1980
Death Line

Death Line

Original Story

1972 3.0

Producer3 films

Murderous Vision

Murderous Vision

Producer

1991
Lisa

Lisa

Producer

1990
Poltergeist III

Poltergeist III

Executive Producer

1988 3.0

Actor2 films

Tales of the Uncanny

Tales of the Uncanny

Self

2020
Memory: The Origins of Alien

Memory: The Origins of Alien

Self

2019