Gary Sherman

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Gary A. Sherman (born August 28, 1945 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American director , screenwriter and film producer . He gained notoriety through horror films such as Tunnel of Living Corpses , Dead & Buried and Poltergeist III - The Dark Side of Evil .

Life

Gary Sherman began his career in 1966 producing short films, commercials, and documentaries while still a student at the Illinois Institute of Technology . After graduating there, Sherman moved to London .

The director gained fame in 1972 with his first feature film Tunnel of the Living Corpses , which won a Saturn Award for best horror film and was named best directorial debut of the year by the British Film Institute . Another film of the horror genre followed in 1981 with Tot & Buried . In 1986 Sherman was the director and screenwriter of the action film Wanted - Dead or Alive with Rutger Hauer in the lead role. Another horror film followed in 1988 with Poltergeist III - The Dark Side of Evil and the third part of Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist , published in 1982 , which, however, had numerous production problems (including special effects and, above all, the death of the lead actress Heather O'Rourke ) and failed critics. In 1989 Sherman's thriller Voice of Death was released , but it did not get good reviews either.

After 1990 Gary Sherman worked mainly for television productions. In 1997 he worked for 20 episodes of the television series Poltergeist - Die eheimliche Macht and in 2002 as a screenwriter and producer of the television thriller The Glow - Appearances are deceiving .

Since 2007 Sherman Klassen has been teaching budding directors and screenwriters at the private Columbia College Chicago, and he continues to appear sporadically as a director, screenwriter and producer.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1966: The Legend of Bo Diddley (documentary)
  • 1972: Tunnel of the Living Corpses (Death Line)
  • 1980: Phobia (only as co-author)
  • 1981: Dead & buried (Dead & Buried)
  • 1982: Nachtratten ( Vice Squad ; also as a screenwriter)
  • 1986: Gesucht - Dead or Alive ( Wanted: Dead or Alive ; also as a screenwriter)
  • 1988: Poltergeist III - The Dark Side of Evil ( Poltergeist III ; also as screenwriter and producer)
  • 1989: Voice of Death ( Lisa ; also as a screenwriter and producer)
  • 1989: Fire and Rain (TV movie)
  • 1990: Stadt in Panik ( After the Shock ; TV movie)
  • 1997: Poltergeist - Die eheimliche Macht ( Poltergeist: The Legacy ; TV series, 20 episodes; also as a screenwriter and producer)
  • 2000: First Wave - Die Prophezeiung ( First Wave ; TV series, 6 episodes; only as a screenwriter)
  • 2002: The Glow ( The Glow ; TV film; as a screenwriter and producer)
  • 2015: Serving Time (documentary)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Meagan Navarro: The Mummification of Kane and the Curses of 'Poltergeist III' (It Came From the '80s). In: bloody-disgusting.com. January 9, 2020, accessed on January 15, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Sherman, Gary
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sherman, Gary A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American director, film producer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois