Jim Sharman

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).

Known For

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

The Last Impresario

Sane Inside Insanity

The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show

All Movies (5)

• Sane Inside Insanity2025 · as Self – Director
• Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror2025 · as Self
• The Last Impresario2014 · as Self
• Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream2006 · as Self
• The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show1995 · as Self