---
name: "Gary Sherman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gary-sherman"
fi1m_id: "gary-sherman"
imdb_id: "nm0792446"
tmdb_id: 33094
wikidata_id: "Q5525929"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "28 August 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:04:33.570192+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gary Sherman

## Identity

Gary Sherman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gary-sherman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gary-sherman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0792446
- **TMDB ID:** 33094
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5525929
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Sherman_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5525929, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792446/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33094

Director. Born 28 August 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 28 August 1945, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Sherman_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5525929, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792446/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33094

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Vice Squad*](https://film.one/film/vice-squad.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Gary Sherman is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on 28 August 1945, he studied at the Illinois Institute of Technology's Institute of Design, where he began directing short films, commercials and documentaries.

After graduation he moved to London and directed commercials before making his feature debut with *Death Line* (1972). He later relocated to Los Angeles, where he wrote scripts and television pilots. His subsequent films include the horror movie *Dead & Buried* (1981) and the crime thriller *Vice Squad* (1982).

Sherman also directed *Wanted: Dead or Alive* (1986), *Poltergeist III* (1988) and *Lisa* (1990), as well as episodes of television series such as *Sable* and *Poltergeist: The Legacy*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Vice Squad* (1982), Fi1m 64, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/vice-squad.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *39: A Film by Carroll McKane* (2006), Director
- *The Glow* (2002), Teleplay
- *First Wave* (1998), series, Writer
- *Missing Persons* (1993), series, Creator
- *Murderous Vision* (1991), Director, Producer
- *Fire and Rain* (1990), Writer
- *After the Shock* (1990), Director, Writer
- *Lisa* (1990), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Poltergeist III* (1988), Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *Sable* (1987), series, Writer
- *Wanted: Dead or Alive* (1987), Director, Writer
- *The Streets* (1984), Director, Writer
- *Mysterious Two* (1982), Director, Writer
- *Vice Squad* (1982), Director — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/vice-squad.md)
- *Dead & Buried* (1981), Director
- *Phobia* (1980), Story
- *Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women* (1979), Screenplay
- *Death Line* (1972), Director, Original Story

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