Jim Sharman
Directing1945 (81)Sydney, Australia
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).
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2025Sane Inside InsanityMovieas Self – Director
2025Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky HorrorMovieas Self- 2016The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp AgainMovieOriginal Film Writer
2014The Last ImpresarioMovieas Self- 2012Andy XMovieDirector · Writer
2006Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the MainstreamMovieas Self
1995The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video ShowMovieas Self- 1981Shock TreatmentMovieDirector · Screenplay
- 1978The Night, the ProwlerMovieDirector
- 1976Summer of SecretsMovieDirector
- 1975The Rocky Horror Picture ShowMovieDirector · Screenplay
- 1972Shirley Thompson Versus the AliensMovieDirector