---
name: "Jim Sharman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-sharman"
fi1m_id: "jim-sharman"
imdb_id: "nm0788940"
tmdb_id: 13484
wikidata_id: "Q1689216"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "12 March 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T14:27:20.353853+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."
---

# Jim Sharman

## Identity

Jim Sharman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-sharman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-sharman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0788940
- **TMDB ID:** 13484
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1689216
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Sharman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1689216, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788940/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13484

Director. Born 12 March 1945 in Sydney, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 12 March 1945, Sydney, Australia
- **Also known as:** James Sharman
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Sharman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1689216, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788940/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13484

## Biography

James Sharman (born 12 March 1945) is an Australian director and writer for film and stage. He trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, graduating in 1966, and has directed more than 70 productions.

He created the original stage production of *The Rocky Horror Show* in London in 1973 and directed and co-wrote the screenplay for its film adaptation, *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* (1975). He also directed the 1981 sequel *Shock Treatment*. In Australia, his theatre work since the 1960s includes productions of *Hair* and *Jesus Christ Superstar*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* (1975), Fi1m 72, Director, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rocky-horror-picture-show.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again* (2016), Original Film Writer
- *Andy X* (2012), Director, Writer
- *Shock Treatment* (1981), Director, Screenplay
- *The Night, the Prowler* (1978), Director
- *Summer of Secrets* (1976), Director
- *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* (1975), Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rocky-horror-picture-show.md)
- *Shirley Thompson Versus the Aliens* (1972), Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Officer of the Order of Australia 2025: Officer of the Order of Australia (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jim-sharman