Jim Sharman
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 12 March 1945 · 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).
Known for
Acting 5
- 2025Sane Inside Insanity as Self – Director
- 2025Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror as Self
- 2014The Last Impresario as Self
- 2006Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream as Self
- 1995The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show as Self
Writing 4
- 2016The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again · original film writer
- 2012Andy X · writer
- 1981Shock Treatment · screenplay
- 1975The Rocky Horror Picture Show · screenplay
Directing 6
- 2012Andy X · director
- 1981Shock Treatment · director
- 1978The Night, the Prowler · director
- 1976Summer of Secrets · director
- 1975The Rocky Horror Picture Show · director
- 1972Shirley Thompson Versus the Aliens · director