Jim Sharman

Jim Sharman
Born
James David Sharman

(1945-03-12) 12 March 1945 (age 79)
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • film/stage director
  • producer
  • playwright

James David Sharman (born 12 March 1945) is an Australian director and writer for film and stage with more than 70 productions to his credit.[1] 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).[2]

  1. ^ Moyle, John (2 August 2008). "Sharman relives his musical journey". ninemsn. Archived from the original on 9 July 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
  2. ^ Robyn Anderson & Sue Adler, "Jim Sharman", Cinema Papers, March–April 1979, pp. 269-271

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