1975Nominee
Best Director
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Jim Sharman
Actor · Director · Writer
Sydney, Australia
March 12, 1945
Biography
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2016Nominee
Best Writing
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
2025Winner
Best Performance
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Career Highlights
1981Highlight
Best Director
Shock Treatment
2014Highlight
Best Performance
The Last Impresario
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror