Mick Garris
Mick Garris | |
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.jpg) Mick Garris during the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike | |
| Born | December 4, 1951 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Director, producer, writer |
Mick Garris (born December 4, 1951) is an American filmmaker and screenwriter born in Santa Monica, California.[1]
Life and career
Garris was born in Santa Monica, California. He is known for his adaptations of Stephen King stories, such as directing the horror film Sleepwalkers starring Mädchen Amick[2] and is the creator of the Showtime series Masters of Horror[3] and the NBC series Fear Itself. Garris won a 1986 Edgar Award for an episode he wrote for the Steven Spielberg-produced television series Amazing Stories. Garris directed the FEARnet web series Post Mortem.[4] He hosted the double feature re-release of The People Under the Stairs and The Serpent and The Rainbow on 20 February 2010 in the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica.[5] He contributes to the web series Trailers From Hell. Garris was also the co-screenwriter and executive producer of Hocus Pocus.[6] Garris most recently directed the miniseries adaption of Stephen King's novel Bag of Bones[7] and the documentary film Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney Jr., about the life and work of Legend actor Lon Chaney Jr.,[8] which screened on the Horror-Rama 2015 in October 2015.[9] He has a role, as Himself in the Biography Horror film Digging Up the Marrow, from Indie Director Adam Green.[10]
As of 2015, he is also a member of the board of advisers for the Hollywood Horror Museum.
Awards
- Garris received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2006 New York City Horror Film Festival. He received the award in person after a screening of his Masters of Horror episode "Valerie on the Stairs".
Selected filmography
- Fuzzbucket (1986)
- Critters 2: The Main Course (1988)
- Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)
- Sleepwalkers (1992)
- The Stand (1994)
- The Shining (1997)
- Quicksilver Highway (1997)
- Riding the Bullet (2004)
- Masters of Horror - "Chocolate" (2005)
- Masters of Horror - "Valerie on the Stairs" (2006)
- Desperation (2006)
- Bag of Bones (2011)
As writer
- *batteries not included (1987)
- Critters 2: The Main Course (1988)
- The Fly II (1989)
- Hocus Pocus (1993)
- Riding the Bullet (2004)
- Masters of Horror - "Haeckel's Tale" (2005)
- Masters of Horror - "Chocolate" (2005)
See also
References
- ^ New York Times
- ^ New York Times
- ^ Promo for Mick Garris' Post Mortem
- ^ Mick Garris Talks Post Mortem, Happy Town, and More
- ^ Event Report: Wes Craven Double Feature at The Aero / Talks My Soul to Take and Scream 4
- ^ New York Times
- ^ Exclusive: Mick Garris Talks Adapting Stephen King's Bag of Bones for Television
- ^ Q&A: Horror Maestro Mick Garris Revisits “PSYCHO IV: THE BEGINNING”
- ^ HORROR-RAMA 2015 Welcomes Rochon & The Soska Twins to Toronto!
- ^ Digging Up the Marrow
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