James “Jim” Sharman is a 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 from the 1960s to the present, 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 and the film’s follow-up Shock Treatment.
Jim Sharman Biography / Wiki
Name
Jim Sharman
Also Know
Gender
Male
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Sydney, Australia
Date of Birth
1945-03-12
Age(as in 2022)
77
Deathday
Jim Sharman Acting Movies
Movie Name
Character
Release Date
Overview
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Himself
2006-06-20
From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films….
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
Himself
1995-08-14
This short documentary, produced in celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, features interviews (most previously availab…
Jim Sharman Directing Movies
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Shock Treatment
Director
1981-10-30
Janet and Brad Majors, unhappily married, are separated after appearing on a game show. Janet becomes a superstar while Brad is thrown into a mental h…
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Director
1975-08-14
This low-budget freak show/cult-classic/cultural institution concerns the misadventures of Brad Majors and Janet Weiss inside a strange mansion that t…
The Night, the Prowler
Director
1978-06-15
Felicity Bannister is a young woman living in the shadow of her overpowering mother. Her oppression is her worst enemy until the day she is attacked b…
Shirley Thompson Versus the Aliens
Director
1972-01-02
A group of aliens plans to invade Australia as a means of taking over the Earth. In order to communicate with the people of Earth, they bring a statue…
Summer of Secrets
Director
1976-12-24
A scientist on a secluded island uses revolutionary brain surgery to revive his dead wife….
Andy X
Director
2012-02-22
In February 1987, American artist Andy Warhol checked himself anonymously into New York Hospital for a routine gall bladder operation. As he lay recov…
Writing
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Screenplay
1975-08-14
This low-budget freak show/cult-classic/cultural institution concerns the misadventures of Brad Majors and Janet Weiss inside a strange mansion that t…
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again
Screenplay
2016-10-20
A straitlaced, square couple, seeking shelter from a storm, find themselves in the castle of a transsexual alien mad scientist intent on creating a bu…
Andy X
Writer
2012-02-22
In February 1987, American artist Andy Warhol checked himself anonymously into New York Hospital for a routine gall bladder operation. As he lay recov…
Shock Treatment
Screenplay
1981-10-30
Janet and Brad Majors, unhappily married, are separated after appearing on a game show. Janet becomes a superstar while Brad is thrown into a mental h…
