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Jim Sharman

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Jim Sharman

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

Mar 12, 1945 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Sydney, Australia

Biography

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).

Known For

Acting
2025Sane Inside InsanitySelf – Director
2025Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky HorrorSelf
2014The Last ImpresarioSelf
2006Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the MainstreamSelf
1995The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video ShowSelf
Directing
2012Andy XDirector
1981Shock TreatmentDirector
1978The Night, the ProwlerDirector
1976Summer of SecretsDirector
1975The Rocky Horror Picture ShowDirector
1972Shirley Thompson Versus the AliensDirector
Writing
2016The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp AgainOriginal Film Writer
2012Andy XWriter
1981Shock TreatmentScreenplay
1975The Rocky Horror Picture ShowScreenplay