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Gary Sherman

Gary Sherman

Actor, Producer, Writer

Born August 28, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Gary Sherman (born August 28, 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, where 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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Actor

10

Type

Year

Heather O'Rourke: She Was Here Poster

Heather O'Rourke: She Was Here Documentary2026Self

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story Poster

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story Documentary2022Self

Cursed Films Poster

Cursed Films TV Series2020Self - Director, Poltergeist III

Tales of the Uncanny Poster

Tales of the Uncanny Documentary2020Self

Gary Sherman - Of Poltergeists and Neon Lights Poster

Gary Sherman - Of Poltergeists and Neon Lights Documentary2019Self

Memory: The Origins of Alien Poster

Memory: The Origins of Alien Documentary2019Self - Director, Death Line & Dead & Buried

Nuclear Winter with Gary Sherman Video2019

Vice Squad Commentary Poster

Vice Squad Commentary Documentary2019Self

B-Documentary Part Two Poster

B-Documentary Part Two Documentary2018Self

Morbido TV Entrevistas TV Series2016Self

Producer

13

Type

Year

Disappeared: The Bradley Sisters Poster

Disappeared: The Bradley Sisters TV Special2023

Amy's Book Hunt with Amy Brent Poster

Amy's Book Hunt with Amy Brent TV Special2018

The First 48: Missing Persons Poster

The First 48: Missing Persons TV Series2011

39: A Film by Carroll McKane Poster

39: A Film by Carroll McKane Feature Film2006

The Glow Poster

The Glow TV Movie2002

Barefoot in Paradise TV Series1996

Poltergeist: The Legacy Poster

Poltergeist: The Legacy TV Series1996

Missing Persons Poster

Missing Persons TV Series1993

Murderous Vision Poster

Murderous Vision TV Movie1991

After the Shock Poster

After the Shock TV Movie1990

Lisa Feature Film1989

Poltergeist III Poster

Poltergeist III Feature Film1988

Sable TV Series1987

Writer

17

Type

Year

The Glow Poster

The Glow TV Movie2002

First Wave Poster

First Wave TV Series1998

Barefoot in Paradise TV Series1996

Poltergeist: The Legacy Poster

Poltergeist: The Legacy TV Series1996

Missing Persons Poster

Missing Persons TV Series1993

After the Shock Poster

After the Shock TV Movie1990

Fire and Rain Poster

Fire and Rain TV Movie1989

Lisa Feature Film1989

Poltergeist III Poster

Poltergeist III Feature Film1988

Sable TV Series1987

Wanted: Dead or Alive Poster

Wanted: Dead or Alive Feature Film1986

The Streets Poster

The Streets TV Movie1984

Mysterious Two Poster

Mysterious Two TV Movie1982

Vice Squad Poster

Vice Squad Feature Film1982

Phobia Feature Film1980

Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women Poster

Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women TV Movie1979

Death Line Poster

Death Line Feature Film1972

Director

19

Type

Year

Amy's Book Hunt with Amy Brent Poster

Amy's Book Hunt with Amy Brent TV Special2018

Serving Time Documentary2015

The First 48: Missing Persons Poster

The First 48: Missing Persons TV Series2011

39: A Film by Carroll McKane Poster

39: A Film by Carroll McKane Feature Film2006

Wind on Water Poster

Wind on Water TV Series1998

Poltergeist: The Legacy Poster

Poltergeist: The Legacy TV Series1996

Missing Persons Poster

Missing Persons TV Series1993

Murderous Vision Poster

Murderous Vision TV Movie1991

After the Shock Poster

After the Shock TV Movie1990

Lisa Feature Film1989

Poltergeist III Poster

Poltergeist III Feature Film1988

Sable TV Series1987

Wanted: Dead or Alive Poster

Wanted: Dead or Alive Feature Film1986

The Streets Poster

The Streets TV Movie1984

Mysterious Two Poster

Mysterious Two TV Movie1982

Vice Squad Poster

Vice Squad Feature Film1982

Dead & Buried Poster

Dead & Buried Feature Film1981

Death Line Poster

Death Line Feature Film1972

The Legend of Bo Diddley Short Film1966

Thanks

7

Type

Year

House of Ashes Poster

House of Ashes Feature Film2024

The Favor Poster

The Favor Short Film2023

Meat Friend Poster

Meat Friend Short Film2022

Last Night in Soho Poster

Last Night in Soho Feature Film2021

Gary Sherman - Of Poltergeists and Neon Lights Poster

Gary Sherman - Of Poltergeists and Neon Lights Documentary2019

Munger Road Poster

Munger Road Feature Film2011

The Wicked Hollows Poster

The Wicked Hollows Feature Film

Visual Effects

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Poltergeist III Poster

Poltergeist III Feature Film1988

Other Crew

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Sudden Terror Poster

Sudden Terror Feature Film1970

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