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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