Jim Sharman
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 12, 1945, Sydney, Australia
- Movies
- 11
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 Movies
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975
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
1976
Sane Inside Insanity
2025
Filmography
| 2025 | Sane Inside Insanity | Self – Director |
| 2025 | Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror | Self |
| 2014 | The Last Impresario | Self |
| 2006 | Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream | Self |
| 1995 | The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2012 | Andy X | Director, Writer |
| 1981 | Shock Treatment | Director, Screenplay |
| 1978 | The Night, the Prowler | Director |
| 1976 | Summer of Secrets | Director |
| 1975 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Screenplay, Director |
| 1972 | Shirley Thompson Versus the Aliens | Director |
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