Gary Sherman

Gary Sherman

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.

  • Title: Gary Sherman
  • Popularity: 0.5423
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1945-08-28
  • Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Gary Sherman Movies

  • 2019
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    Memory: The Origins of Alien

    Memory: The Origins of Alien

    6.346 2019 HD

    The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott's Alien - rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, underground comics, the art of Francis Bacon, and the dark visions of Dan O'Bannon and H.R. Giger. A contemplation on the symbiotic collaborative process of movie-making, the power of myth, and our collective unconscious.

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  • 2020
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    Tales of the Uncanny

    Tales of the Uncanny

    7 2020 HD

    A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films.

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  • 2022
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    Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

    Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

    6.4 2022 HD

    Robert Englund has become one of the most revolutionary horror icons of our generation. This intimate portrait captures the man behind the Nightmare On Elm Street franchise and features interviews with Englund, Lin Shaye, Eli Roth, Tony Todd and more.

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  • 2026
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    She Was Here

    She Was Here

    1 2026 HD

    Heather O’Rourke captured hearts as Carol-Anne in the Poltergeist films, a bright light destined for greatness. Her sudden passing at just 12 years old left the world stunned and searching for answers. She Was Here looks beyond the headlines and rumors to honor the girl behind the role: her life, her spirit, and the legacy she left behind.

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  • 1988
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    Poltergeist III

    Poltergeist III

    5.252 1988 HD

    Carol Anne has been sent to live with her Aunt and Uncle in an effort to hide her from the clutches of the ghostly Reverend Kane, but he tracks her down and terrorises her in her relatives' appartment in a tall glass building. Will he finally achieve his target and capture Carol Anne again, or will Tangina be able, yet again, to thwart him?

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  • 1988
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    Poltergeist III

    Poltergeist III

    5.252 1988 HD

    Carol Anne has been sent to live with her Aunt and Uncle in an effort to hide her from the clutches of the ghostly Reverend Kane, but he tracks her down and terrorises her in her relatives' appartment in a tall glass building. Will he finally achieve his target and capture Carol Anne again, or will Tangina be able, yet again, to thwart him?

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  • 1988
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    Poltergeist III

    Poltergeist III

    5.252 1988 HD

    Carol Anne has been sent to live with her Aunt and Uncle in an effort to hide her from the clutches of the ghostly Reverend Kane, but he tracks her down and terrorises her in her relatives' appartment in a tall glass building. Will he finally achieve his target and capture Carol Anne again, or will Tangina be able, yet again, to thwart him?

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  • 1972
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    Death Line

    Death Line

    5.798 1972 HD

    When a government official disappears in the London tunnels, after several reports of missing people in the same location, Scotland Yard start to take the matter seriously, along with a couple who stumble into a victim by accident.

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  • 1979
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    Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women

    Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women

    3.1 1979 HD

    The all-male crew of an oil company makes an emergency landing on an island and finds itself at the mercy of a tribe of hostile women programmed to kill all men.

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  • 1981
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    Dead & Buried

    Dead & Buried

    6.4 1981 HD

    After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small town.

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  • 1987
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    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    5.891 1987 HD

    Nick Randall is a Los Angeles-based bounty hunter and an ex-CIA operative who is asked by a former co-worker to help track down terrorist Malak Al Rahim. However, Malak Al Rahim is also looking for Randall, forcing a showdown on the waterfront.

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  • 1987
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    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    5.891 1987 HD

    Nick Randall is a Los Angeles-based bounty hunter and an ex-CIA operative who is asked by a former co-worker to help track down terrorist Malak Al Rahim. However, Malak Al Rahim is also looking for Randall, forcing a showdown on the waterfront.

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  • 1982
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    Vice Squad

    Vice Squad

    6.207 1982 HD

    An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.

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  • 1990
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    Lisa

    Lisa

    5.5 1990 HD

    A teenage girl becomes infatuated with a stranger who is, unbeknownst to her, a serial killer.

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  • 1990
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    Lisa

    Lisa

    5.5 1990 HD

    A teenage girl becomes infatuated with a stranger who is, unbeknownst to her, a serial killer.

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  • 1990
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    Fire and Rain

    Fire and Rain

    5.8 1990 HD

    This movie is based on the actual events on the tragic day of August 2nd, 1985. Delta Airlines flight 191 en route to Los Angeles Via Dallas Ft Worth took off from Ft Lauderdale, Fl. When the plane was landing in Ft Worth wind-shear from a strong thunderstorm caused the plane to crash.

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  • 1991
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    Murderous Vision

    Murderous Vision

    1 1991 HD

    Detective Kyle Robeshaw is a headstrong detective who finds himself stuck in a dead end job in missing person's as a result. One of his cases leads him into the investigation of a serial killer who killed his policewoman girlfriend. Along the way he employs a psychic to help him find the missing person and the killer who kidnapped her

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  • 2002
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    The Glow

    The Glow

    5.2 2002 HD

    A newly-wed NYC couple move into a low-rent luxury apartment only to be harassed by cryptic elderly neighbors.

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  • 1991
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    Murderous Vision

    Murderous Vision

    1 1991 HD

    Detective Kyle Robeshaw is a headstrong detective who finds himself stuck in a dead end job in missing person's as a result. One of his cases leads him into the investigation of a serial killer who killed his policewoman girlfriend. Along the way he employs a psychic to help him find the missing person and the killer who kidnapped her

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  • 1982
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    Mysterious Two

    Mysterious Two

    5.8 1982 HD

    Two Aliens visit the Earth in an effort to enlist converts to travel the universe with them.

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  • 1980
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    Phobia

    Phobia

    4.318 1980 HD

    A psychiatrist involved in a radical new therapy comes under suspicion when his patients are murdered, each according to their individual phobias.

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  • 1990
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    After the Shock

    After the Shock

    5.8 1990 HD

    On October 17 1989, an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale rocked San Francisco. Presented here are some of the stories of the brave members of the public and emergency services who rescued people who were trapped in the rubble in houses or on the freeway.

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  • 1990
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    After the Shock

    After the Shock

    5.8 1990 HD

    On October 17 1989, an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale rocked San Francisco. Presented here are some of the stories of the brave members of the public and emergency services who rescued people who were trapped in the rubble in houses or on the freeway.

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  • 1972
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    Death Line

    Death Line

    5.798 1972 HD

    When a government official disappears in the London tunnels, after several reports of missing people in the same location, Scotland Yard start to take the matter seriously, along with a couple who stumble into a victim by accident.

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  • 1984
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    The Streets

    The Streets

    1 1984 HD

    Undercover cops Wreade & Grozzo (Beck & Orbach) are searching for the identity of a gang leader who is selling handguns to people for their self protection. Unfortunately the guns are lethal to those who use them

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  • 1984
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    The Streets

    The Streets

    1 1984 HD

    Undercover cops Wreade & Grozzo (Beck & Orbach) are searching for the identity of a gang leader who is selling handguns to people for their self protection. Unfortunately the guns are lethal to those who use them

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  • 2006
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    39: A Film by Carroll McKane

    39: A Film by Carroll McKane

    1 2006 HD

    Carroll McKane's DVcams have recorded the deaths of his 36 past victims. His killing room, a makeshift studio, is the set for the murders of two more victims and the torture of a forensic psychiatrist, destined to be his biographer and the killer of his final victim... number 39.

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  • 1990
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    Lisa

    Lisa

    5.5 1990 HD

    A teenage girl becomes infatuated with a stranger who is, unbeknownst to her, a serial killer.

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  • 1982
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    Mysterious Two

    Mysterious Two

    5.8 1982 HD

    Two Aliens visit the Earth in an effort to enlist converts to travel the universe with them.

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  • 1970
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    7.2 1970 HD

    Framed for murder and on the run, a former thief struggles to expose the vanguard of an alien invasion with the help of a conspiracy theorist and newly discovered prophecies of Nostradamus.

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  • 1970
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    4.7 1970 HD

    Sable is a short-lived television program that aired on ABC during the 1987-1988 season, and is based on the comic book, Jon Sable: Freelance, by Mike Grell. Only seven episodes ever aired. The show was a one-hour adventure/drama about mercenary and vigilante Jon Sable, who by day was children's book author Nicholas Fleming. The program ran on Saturdays at 8:00, and aired its final episode on January 2, 1988. Rene Russo had her first television role on the series. Lara Flynn Boyle also had one of her first acting roles playing a kidnapped girl in the series pilot.

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  • 1970
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    Missing Persons is a short-lived American crime drama television series, set in Chicago. It followed a fictitious missing persons unit; each episode usually following the investigation into three or more cases. It ran on ABC from August 30, 1993 to February 17, 1994. It was produced by Gary Sherman Productions in association with Stephen J. Cannell Productions, and often used local Chicago-based actors, as well as occasional big-name guest stars such as Nina Foch, Eddie Bracken and Lois Smith. Semi-regulars included Ian Gomez, Irma P. Hall, Laura Cerón and Valerie Harper. Unlike most series from Cannell's company, he did not create or co-create this series.

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