Jim Sharman
Director · b. 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).
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Movie8.2DocumentaryA wild journey into the origins of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the biggest cult film of all time, its impact on popular culture and socio-political resonance to this day.
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025 · 11 votes
Movie6.3DocumentaryHorrorFrom 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006 · 90 votes
Movie9.7DocumentaryThis short documentary, produced in celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, features interviews (most previously available elsewhere) with all the usual suspects involved in the making of the cult film.
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
1995 · 3 votes
MovieDocumentaryWhat is the secret behind the success of "Rocky Horror"? Is it the music? The actors? The comedy? It's certainly not the Special Effects. "Rocky Horror" has been around for more than 40 years, and still continues to be successful in the movie theaters as well as on stage. This documentary is highlighting the history of "Rocky Horror", which started off as a two-page script written in crayons, and ended up with two movies, tons of merchandise, millions of fans and world touring shows, grossing more than $500 million in revenue.
Movie5.5DocumentaryMichael White might just be the most famous person you’ve never heard of. A notorious London theatre and film impresario, he produced over 300 shows and movies over the last 50 years. Bringing to the stage the risqué productions of Oh! Calcutta!, The Rocky Horror Show and to the screen Monty Python and the Holy Grail, as well as introducing Merce Cunningham, Pina Bausch and Yoko Ono to London audiences, he irrevocably shaped the cultural scene of the 1970s London.
The Last Impresario
2014 · 4 votes