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Mick Garris

Directing Born Dec 4, 1951 Santa Monica, California, USA 170 credits

Biography

Mick Garris is an American filmmaker and screenwriter who was born in Santa Monica, California, on December 4, 1951. He has been recognized for his contributions as a director, producer, and screenwriter, with a career deeply involved in horror storytelling. Garris is known for his work on various film and television projects, notably including adaptations of novels by Stephen King such as The Stand and The Shining. In addition to his directing and writing work, he has been involved in creating and hosting interviews for the series Post Mortem with Mick Garris, where he engages with prominent figures within the horror and entertainment industry.

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Career

Career overview

Mick Garris is a filmmaker and screenwriter born in Santa Monica, California. He has been recognized for his contributions to the horror genre, primarily through his work as a director, producer, and screenwriter. Garris has been involved in various film and television projects, including adaptations of Stephen King's novels.

One notable project associated with Garris is his work on the series "Post Mortem with Mick Garris," where he engages with prominent figures in the horror and entertainment industry through interviews. This series showcases Garris's passion for horror storytelling and his ability to connect with industry professionals. His involvement in this project highlights his dedication to the genre.

Garris's career reflects a deep involvement in horror storytelling, with a focus on directing and producing projects that cater to fans of the genre. His work on various film and television projects, including adaptations of Stephen King's novels, demonstrates his expertise in crafting compelling stories that resonate with audiences. Through his contributions to the horror genre, Garris has established himself as a respected figure in the industry.

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Known for

Film

Hocus Pocus 2

2022

The Stand

as Boulder Partygoer (uncredited)

Shadowhunters

2016
Film

Bad

1977
Film

Tales of Halloween

as The Phantom
Film

Unbroken

2014

Witches of East End

2013

Once Upon a Time

2011

Pretty Little Liars

2010

MasterChef Greece

as Self

Fear Itself

2008

Fear Itself

2008

Frequent co-stars

Cynthia Garris 2 shared titles
Michael Jackson 1 shared title
Ola Ray 1 shared title
Vincent Price 1 shared title
Hanala Sagal 1 shared title
Forrest J. Ackerman 1 shared title
Reed Armstrong 1 shared title
Rick Baker 1 shared title
Miko C. Brando 1 shared title
James Canino 1 shared title

Career timeline

The Thing Expanded
The Vincent Price Legacy
Horror's GreatestHorror's GreatestIn Search of Darkness: 1990-1994House of AshesThe Last Podcast
King on ScreenA Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special HappenedGreatest Geek Year Ever! 1982Clownado · Thanks
Hocus Pocus 2 · CharactersCharles Band’s Full Moon FreakshowIn Search of Darkness: Part IIIHollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund StoryThe Legacy of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
The StandSky SharksTales of the UncannyIn Search of Darkness: Part II
In Search of DarknessAll Hail the Popcorn King!Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf
Eli Roth's History of HorrorNightmare Cinema · DirectorNightmare Cinema · ScreenplayNightmare Cinema · ProducerGods & Monsters
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer ProductionsCult of Terror
Shadowhunters · DirectorDead of Summer · DirectorThe RiftUnspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy
Tales of HalloweenDigging Up the Marrow
Unbroken · Executive Producer
Witches of East End · DirectorRavenswood · Director
Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever
Once Upon a Time · DirectorOn StoryHalloween WarsBag of Bones · DirectorBag of Bones · Executive Producer
Pretty Little Liars · DirectorHappy Town · DirectorNever Sleep Again: The Elm Street LegacyThe Psycho LegacyPure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
Tales from the ScriptNightmares in Red, White and Blue
Fear Itself · WriterFear Itself · CreatorThe Sacrifice · WriterEater · WriterBrutal Massacre: A Comedy
We All Scream for Ice Cream · Executive ProducerThe Washingtonians · ProducerDream Cruise · ProducerDream Cruise · CreatorCarícia Fatal
Desperation · DirectorDesperation · Executive ProducerValerie on the Stairs · DirectorValerie on the Stairs · ProducerValerie on the Stairs · Writer
Masters of Horror · ProducerMasters of Horror · DirectorMasters of Horror · WriterMasters of Horror · Executive ProducerMasters of Horror · Creator
Riding the BulletRiding the Bullet · DirectorRiding the Bullet · ProducerRiding the Bullet · Writer
The Judge · Director
The Others · Director
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Virtual Obsession · DirectorVirtual Obsession · WriterVirtual Obsession · Producer
The ShiningThe Shining · DirectorGhosts · ScreenplayGhosts · StoryQuicksilver Highway · Director
The Stupids
The Quick and the DeadAmazing Stories: The Movie IV · Director
New York Undercover · DirectorThe StandThe Stand · Director

Full filmography

  • The Thing Expanded (2026) as Self
  • The Vincent Price Legacy (2025) as Himself
  • Horror's Greatest (2024) as Self - Director, Sleepwalkers
  • Horror's Greatest (2024) as Self - Creator, Nightmare Cinema
  • In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 (2024) as Self
  • House of Ashes (2024) as Television Narrator
  • The Last Podcast (2024) as Stan the Bartender
  • King on Screen (2023) as Self
  • A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened (2023) as Self
  • Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 (2023) as Self
  • Clownado (2023) Thanks
  • Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) Characters
  • Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow (2022)
  • In Search of Darkness: Part III (2022) as Self
  • Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story (2022) as Self
  • The Legacy of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (2022) as Self
  • The Stand (2020) as Boulder Partygoer (uncredited)
  • Sky Sharks (2020) as Dr. Gage Creed
  • Tales of the Uncanny (2020) as Self
  • In Search of Darkness: Part II (2020) as Self
  • In Search of Darkness (2019) as Self
  • All Hail the Popcorn King! (2019) as Self
  • Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf (2019) as Self
  • Eli Roth's History of Horror (2018) as Self
  • Nightmare Cinema (2018) Director
  • Nightmare Cinema (2018) Screenplay
  • Nightmare Cinema (2018) Producer
  • Gods & Monsters (2018)
  • King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (2018) as Self
  • Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash (2018) as Self
  • The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2 (2018) as Self
  • Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions (2017) as Self - Filmmaker
  • Cult of Terror (2017) as Self - Filmmaker
  • Shadowhunters (2016) Director
  • Dead of Summer (2016) Director
  • The Rift (2016) as Martin
  • Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy (2016) as Himself
  • Tales of Halloween (2015) as The Phantom
  • Digging Up the Marrow (2015) as Self
  • Unbroken (2014) Executive Producer
  • Witches of East End (2013) Director
  • Ravenswood (2013) Director
  • Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever (2012) as Self
  • Once Upon a Time (2011) Director
  • On Story (2011) as Self
  • Halloween Wars (2011) as Self - Guest Judge
  • Bag of Bones (2011) Director
  • Bag of Bones (2011) Executive Producer
  • Produce Your Own Damn Movie! (2011) as Self
  • Naschy of the Full Moon (2011) as Self
  • Pretty Little Liars (2010) Director
  • Happy Town (2010) Director
  • Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010) as Self
  • The Psycho Legacy (2010) as Self
  • Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr. (2010) as Self
  • The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth (2010) as Self
  • The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry (2010) as Self - Host
  • Tales from the Script (2009) as Self
  • Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009) as Self
  • Fear Itself (2008) Writer
  • Fear Itself (2008) Creator
  • The Sacrifice (2008) Writer
  • Eater (2008) Writer
  • Brutal Massacre: A Comedy (2008)
  • Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX (2008) as Self
  • We All Scream for Ice Cream (2007) Executive Producer
  • The Washingtonians (2007) Producer
  • Dream Cruise (2007) Producer
  • Dream Cruise (2007) Creator
  • Carícia Fatal (2007)
  • Desperation (2006) Director
  • Desperation (2006) Executive Producer
  • Valerie on the Stairs (2006) Director
  • Valerie on the Stairs (2006) Producer
  • Valerie on the Stairs (2006) Writer
  • Valerie on the Stairs (2006) Executive Producer
  • Pelts (2006) Executive Producer
  • Family (2006) Executive Producer
  • The Fair Haired Child (2006) Executive Producer
  • Pick Me Up (2006) Executive Producer
  • Pick Me Up (2006) Creator
  • The Damned Thing (2006) Creator
  • The Damned Thing (2006) Executive Producer
  • The Screwfly Solution (2006) Producer
  • Haeckel's Tale (2006) Executive Producer
  • Haeckel's Tale (2006) Writer
  • The V Word (2006) Writer
  • The V Word (2006) Executive Producer
  • Chocolate (2006) Short Story
  • Chocolate (2006) Writer
  • Chocolate (2006) Director
  • Masters of Horror (2005) Producer
  • Masters of Horror (2005) Director
  • Masters of Horror (2005) Writer
  • Masters of Horror (2005) Executive Producer
  • Masters of Horror (2005) Creator
  • Cigarette Burns (2005) Creator
  • Cigarette Burns (2005) Executive Producer
  • Dance of the Dead (2005) Executive Producer
  • Dance of the Dead (2005) Creator
  • Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005) as Self
  • Homecoming (2005) Creator
  • Homecoming (2005) Executive Producer
  • Gotham Cafe (2005) as Father Callahan
  • Incident On and Off a Mountain Road (2005) Executive Producer
  • Riding the Bullet (2004) as Dr. Higgins
  • Riding the Bullet (2004) Director
  • Riding the Bullet (2004) Producer
  • Riding the Bullet (2004) Writer
  • The Judge (2001) Director
  • The Others (2000) Director
  • Stephen King: Shining in the Dark (1999) as Self
  • Virtual Obsession (1998) Director
  • Virtual Obsession (1998) Writer
  • Virtual Obsession (1998) Producer
  • The Shining (1997) as AA Hartwell
  • The Shining (1997) Director
  • Ghosts (1997) Screenplay
  • Ghosts (1997) Story
  • Quicksilver Highway (1997) Director
  • Quicksilver Highway (1997) Writer
  • Quicksilver Highway (1997) Producer
  • The Stupids (1996) as Reporter #2
  • The Quick and the Dead (1995) as Young Herod's Man
  • Amazing Stories: The Movie IV (1995) Director
  • New York Undercover (1994) Director
  • The Stand (1994) as Henry Dunbarton
  • The Stand (1994) Director
  • Hocus Pocus (1993) Story
  • Hocus Pocus (1993) Screenplay
  • Hocus Pocus (1993) Co-Executive Producer
  • The Nightmare Begins Again (1993) Director
  • Sleepwalkers (1992) Director
  • Hooray for Horrorwood (1991) as Self
  • She-Wolf of London (1990) Creator
  • Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) Director
  • Tales from the Crypt (1989) Director
  • The Fly II (1989) Screenplay
  • The Fly II (1989) Story
  • Freddy's Nightmares (1988) Director
  • Critters 2 (1988) Writer
  • Critters 2 (1988) Director
  • *batteries not included (1987) Story
  • Fuzzbucket (1986) Producer
  • Fuzzbucket (1986) Director
  • Fuzzbucket (1986) Writer
  • Amazing Stories (1986) Teleplay
  • Amazing Stories (1986) Story
  • Amazing Stories (1985) Writer
  • Amazing Stories (1985) Director
  • The Making Of The Goonies (1985) Director
  • The Making Of The Goonies (1985) Producer
  • The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' (1984) Story Consultant
  • Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983) as Zombie (uncredited)
  • Coming Soon (1982) Producer
  • Coming Soon (1982) Writer
  • The Making of 'The Thing' (1982) Writer
  • The Making of 'The Thing' (1982) Producer
  • The Making of 'The Thing' (1982) Director
  • Take One: Fear on Film (1982) as Self
  • The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome (1982) Writer
  • The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome (1982) Director
  • The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome (1982) Producer
  • The Howling (1981) as Man with TV Guide (uncredited)
  • Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling' (1981) Director
  • Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling' (1981) Producer
  • Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog' (1980) Producer
  • Fantastic Women as Self
  • Hocus Pocus 3 Characters
  • Microwave Massacre 2: Undead Leftovers! as Microwaved Mick