- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- March 12, 1945
- Place of Birth
- Sydney, Australia
Jim Sharman
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).
Filmography
movieSane Inside Insanity
2025 · Self – Director
movieStrange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025 · Self
movieThe Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
2016 · Original Film Writer
movieThe Last Impresario
2014 · Self
movieAndy X
2012 · Director, Writer
movieMidnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006 · Self
movieThe Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
1995 · Self
movieShock Treatment
1981 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Night, the Prowler
1978 · Director
movieSummer of Secrets
1976 · Director
movieThe Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975 · Director, Screenplay
movieShirley Thompson Versus the Aliens
1972 · Director