Mick Garris Biography (1951-)

Full name, Michael Alan Garris; born December 4, 1951, in Santa Monica, CA; married Cynthia (an actor and songwriter), c. 1983. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, producer, writer, editor, actor
Birth Details: December 4, 1951; Santa Monica, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Producer, Coming Soon, MCA Home Video, 1982
Director, Critters 2: The Main Course, New Line Cinema, 1988
Director, Sleepwalkers (also known as Sleepstalkers and Stephen King's Sleepwalkers), Columbia, 1992
Co-executive producer, Hocus Pocus, Buena Vista, 1993
Film Appearances
Young Herod's man, The Quick and the Dead, TriStar, 1995
Reporter #2, The Stupids, New Line Cinema, 1996
Television Work
Series
Story editor, Amazing Stories, NBC, 1985-1986
Executive consultant and creator, She-Wolf of London (also known as Love & Curses), syndicated, 1990
Supervising producer, The Others, NBC, 2000
Movies
Director, Psycho IV: The Beginning, NBC, 1990
Producer and director, Quicksilver Highway, Fox, 1997
Producer and director, Host (also known as Virtual Obsession), ABC, 1998
Director, Beauty and Power, 2001
Television Director
Miniseries
The Stand (also known as Stephen King's The Stand), ABC, 1994
The Shining (also known as Stephen King's The Shining), ABC, 1997
The Judge (also known as Steve Martini's The Judge), NBC, 2001
Desperation (also known as Stephen King's Desperation), ABC, 2003
Television Work
Specials
Story consultant, The Making of "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (documentary), 1984
Director and producer, Fuzzbucket, ABC, 1986
Codirector and coproducer, Ghosts (also known as Michael Jackson's Ghosts), 1997
Television Director
Episodic
"Life on Death Row," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1986

"Killer Instinct," Freddy's Nightmares (also known as Freddy'sNightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series), syndicated, 1988
"Whirlpool," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's Tales from the Crypt), HBO and Fox, 1994
"Don't Dream It's Over," The Others, NBC, 2000
"Luciferous," The Others, NBC, 2000
Also directed New York Undercover, Fox.
Pilots
The Others, NBC, 2000
Television Appearances
Miniseries
Henry Dunbarton, The Stand (also known as Stephen King's The Stand), ABC, 1994
A. A. Hartwell (episode 3), The Shining (also known as StephenKing's The Shining), ABC, 1997
Specials
Stephen King: Master of Macbre, The Learning Channel, 1999
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Coming Soon, MCA Home Video, 1982
(With D. T. Twohy) Critters 2: The Main Course, New Line Cinema, 1988
(With Frank Darabont, Jim Wheat, and Ken Wheat) The Fly II, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
(With Neil Cuthbert) Hocus Pocus, Buena Vista, 1993
Film Stories
The Fly II, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
Hocus Pocus, Buena Vista, 1993
Television Movies
Quicksilver Highway, Fox, 1997
Host (also known as Virtual Obsession), ABC, 1998
Television Episodes
(With Brad Bird) "The Main Attraction," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1985
"The Amazing Falsworth," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1985
"The Sitter," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1986
"No Day at the Beach," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1986
"The Greibble," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1986
(Story only) "Life on Death Row," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1986
(With Tom McLoughlin and Bob Gale; and story) "Go to the Head of the Class," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1986
"Without Diana," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1987
(With McLoughlin and Michael McDowell) "Such Interesting Neighbors," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1987
"Don't Dream It's Over," The Others, NBC, 2000
Television Pilots
(With Tom McLoughlin) "She-Wolf of London," She-Wolf of London (also known as Love & Curses), syndicated, 1990
Television Specials
Fuzzbucket, ABC, 1986
(With others) Ghosts (also known as Michael Jackson's Ghosts), 1997
Fiction
Contributor, Silver Scream, Tor/Dark Harvest, 1988
Contributor, Hot Blood, Pocket, 1989
Contributor, Hotter Blood, Pocket, 1991
Contributor, Robert Bloch: Appreciation of the Master, Tor, 1995
Life in the Cinema (short stories and screenplay), Gauntlet, 2000
Also contributed short stories, articles, and essays to Midnight Graffiti, Photon, Famous Monsters of Filmland, Fangoria, Starlog, Cinefantastique, and others.

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

Garris's story "*batteries not included" was adapted for film by MatthewRobbins, Brad Bird, Brent Maddock, and S. S. Wilson and released by Universal, 1987.

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2002

Periodicals

Starlog, April, 1998

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