Jim Sharman
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
- Directing
- Born
- 1945-03-12 · Sydney, Australia
Known for
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) — Director
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (2016) — Original Film Writer
- Shock Treatment (1981) — Director
- Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2006) — Self
- Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror (2025) — Self
- Shirley Thompson Versus the Aliens (1972) — Director
- The Night, the Prowler (1978) — Director
- The Last Impresario (2014) — Self
- The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show (1995) — Self
- Summer of Secrets (1976) — Director
- Sane Inside Insanity (2025) — Self – Director
- Andy X (2012) — Director