Jim Sharman
Known for
Directing
Born
March 12, 1945 (age 81)
Birthplace
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).
Best known work
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
2016
Shock Treatment
1981
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025
Shirley Thompson Versus the Aliens
1972
The Night, the Prowler
1978
The Last Impresario
2014
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
1995
Summer of Secrets
1976Filmography
2025
Sane Inside Insanityas Self – Director
2025
2016
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp AgainOriginal Film Writer
2014
The Last Impresarioas Self
2012
Andy XDirector, Writer
2006
1995
1981
Shock TreatmentDirector, Screenplay
1978
The Night, the ProwlerDirector
1976
Summer of SecretsDirector
1975
The Rocky Horror Picture ShowScreenplay, Director
1972