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Jim Sharman

Australian theatre director · Australia · On the map · Directors · Born 1945 · age 81

James David Sharman is an Australian director and writer for film and stage with more than 70 productions to his credit.

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A life in dates

2025Officer of the Order of AustraliaAwardSane Inside InsanityFilm, 2025Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky HorrorFilm, 20252014The Last ImpresarioFilm2012Andy XFilm, Director, Writer2006Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the MainstreamFilm1995The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video ShowFilm1981Shock TreatmentFilm, Director, Writer1978The Night, the ProwlerFilm, Director1976Summer of SecretsFilm, Director1975The Rocky Horror Picture ShowFilm, Director, Writer1972Shirley Thompson Versus the AliensFilm, Director1945Born12 March 1945

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  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975
  • Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream 2006
  • Shock Treatment 1981

Filmography 11

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Awards

Officer of the Order of Australia2025

About this person

He is renowned in Australia for his work as a theatre director since the 1960s, and is 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).

Country
Australia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1945 · age 81

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Patrick WhiteAlso in The Night, the Prowler (1978)