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Gary Sherman

Gary Sherman

Known For Directing
Birthday Jan 01, 1945 (80)
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Gary Sherman, (born 1945), is an American film director, producer, and writer from Chicago, Illinois. He began his career directing short films, commercials, industrials, and documentaries while still an undergraduate at IIT's Institute of Design. After graduating, Gary moved to London, England, whe ... re he continued directing commercials and also co-wrote and directed his first feature film, Death Line starring Donald Pleasence. The British Film Institute called this debut "The Most Significant Directorial Debut of the Year". Upon relocating to Los Angeles, California, he continued writing and collaborating on many feature scripts. He also wrote and directed several television pilots. Avco-Embassy producer Ronald Shusett asked Sherman to direct the 1981 horror film Dead & Buried, and Sherman followed that film with the action-thriller Vice Squad shot by Stanley Kubrick's DP John Alcott. Like Death Line, these films often polarized critics and audiences and have since gone on to become genre classics. Next he co-wrote and directed the thriller Wanted: Dead or Alive starring Rutger Hauer and Gene Simmons. Teamed with Gene, the award-winning Rock Against Drugs public service campaign for MTV came about as well as the pilot for the ABC series Sable.

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The Glow

The Glow

2002

Teleplay

Lisa

Lisa

1990

Writer

Fire and Rain

Fire and Rain

1990

Writer

After the Shock

After the Shock

1990

Writer

Poltergeist III

Poltergeist III

1988

Screenplay

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1987

Writer

Mysterious Two

Mysterious Two

1982

Writer

Phobia

Phobia

1980

Story

Death Line

Death Line

1972

Original Story

Murderous Vision

Murderous Vision

1991

Director

Lisa

Lisa

1990

Director

After the Shock

After the Shock

1990

Director

Poltergeist III

Poltergeist III

1988

Director

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1987

Director

Vice Squad

Vice Squad

1982

Director

Mysterious Two

Mysterious Two

1982

Director

Dead & Buried

Dead & Buried

1981

Director

Death Line

Death Line

1972

Director

Murderous Vision

Murderous Vision

1991

Producer

Lisa

Lisa

1990

Producer

Poltergeist III

Poltergeist III

1988

Executive Producer

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