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Jim Sharman

Jim Sharman

Directing Born Mar 12, 1945 · 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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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
7.4
movie
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Director
1975
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
5.1
movie
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
Original Film Writer
2016
Shock Treatment
5.8
movie
Shock Treatment
Director
1981
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
6.3
movie
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
as Self
2006
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
8.3
movie
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
as Self
2025
Shirley Thompson Versus the Aliens
5.8
movie
Shirley Thompson Versus the Aliens
Director
1972
The Night, the Prowler
4.6
movie
The Night, the Prowler
Director
1978
The Last Impresario
5.5
movie
The Last Impresario
as Self
2014
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
10.0
movie
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
as Self
1995
Summer of Secrets
5.0
movie
Summer of Secrets
Director
1976
Sane Inside Insanity
movie
Sane Inside Insanity
as Self – Director
2025
Andy X
movie
Andy X
Director
2012