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Jim Sharman

Jim Sharman

Born: 1945-03-12 • 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).

Filmography
Sane Inside Insanity poster
Sane Inside Insanity
2025 • Self – Director
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror poster
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025 • Self
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream poster
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006 • Self
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show poster
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
1995 • Self