Mick Garris

Mick Garris during the WGA writers' strike , 2007

Mick Garris (born December 4, 1951 in Santa Monica , California ) is an American screenwriter, film producer and film director.

Live and act

Mick Garris is best known for producing and directing films based on the literary models of Stephen King . The collaboration began in 1992 with the film adaptation of Stephen King's Sleepwalker .

He made a name for himself as a director at the beginning of his career by directing making-ofs for films like Das Tier . He wrote some screenplays for the television series Amazing Stories , which was produced by Steven Spielberg .

In 2005 he created the television series Masters of Horror as a producer , in which individual episodes are staged by well-known horror film directors such as John Carpenter . For these he also wrote some scripts.

He has been married to actress Cynthia Garris since 1982. His father-in-law was the Olympic athlete and prisoner of war Louis Zamperini .

Awards (selection)

In 1986 he won an award at the Edgar Allan Poe Awards for directing an episode of the television series Amazing Stories .

Filmography (selection)

As a director

• 1988: Critters 2 - return ( Critters 2: The Main Course )
• 1990: Psycho IV - The Beginning
• 1992: Stephen King's Sleepwalkers ( Sleepwalkers )
• 1994: Stephen King's The Stand ( The Stand )
• 1997: The Shining (TV miniseries)
• 1997: Quicksilver Highway ( Stephen King's Quicksilver Highway )
• 2004: Riding the Bullet ( Riding the Bullet - The dead travel fast )
• 2006: Desperation ( Stephen King's Desperation )
• 2011: Bag of Bones

As a screenwriter

• 1987: The Miracle on 8th Street ( * batteries not included )
• 1989: Die Fliege 2 ( The Fly II )
• 1993: Hocus Pocus
• 1994: Perfect Love Affair

As a performer

• 2009: Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

Web links

• Mick Garris in the Internet Movie Database (English)