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Mick Garris

Screenwriter / Film Director / Film Producer / Actor | * 12/04/1951 (72) | Santa Monica, California (United States of America (USA))
Mick Garris (born December 4, 1951) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter and novelist born in Santa Monica, California. He is best known for his work in the horror film genre, as well as making Stephen King adaptations. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Horror | Documentaries | TV Movies

Known for these Movies & Shows

A batch of unhatched critter eggs are mistaken for Easter eggs by the country-folk inhabitants of Grover's Bend and, before long, the ferocious furballs are on the rampage again. ...

Critters 2

PG-13

1988 | 3.0/5 | 1h 26min
Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
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Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only by feeding on the life-force of the innocent, but d ...

Sleepwalkers

R

1992 | 3.0/5 | 1h 31min
Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
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A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist ...

Nightmare Cinema

R

2018 | 3.0/5 | 1h 59min
Horror
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A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actres ...

Amazing Stories

TV-PG

1985 | 3.7/5
Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Kids & Family, Mystery, Crime
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Awards & Nominations for Mick Garris

Edgar Awards
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Movies with Mick Garris as Actor(37)

as himself2023 King on Screen
as himself2023 The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
as himself2022 In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022 The Legacy of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
2022 ICON: The Robert Englund Story
as himself2020 Tales of the Uncanny
as Dr. Gage Creed2020 Sky Sharks
as himself2020 In Search of Darkness: Part II
as himself2019 In Search of Darkness
as himself2018 Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
as himself2018 King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
as Self - Filmmaker2017 Cult of Terror
as Self - Filmmaker2017 Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
as Martin2016 The Rift
as himself2016 Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy
as The Phantom2015 Tales of Halloween
as himself2015 Digging Up the Marrow
as himself2012 Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever
as himself2011 Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
as himself2011 Naschy of the Full Moon
as himself2010 Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
as himself2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Himself - Host2010 The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
as himself2010 The Psycho Legacy
as himself2009 Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
as himself2009 Tales from the Script
2008 Brutal Massacre: A Comedy
as himself2008 Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
as himself2005 Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
as Dr. Higgins2004 Riding the Bullet
as himself1999 Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
as Surgeon in Hospital Hallway (uncredited)1997 Quicksilver Highway
as Reporter #21996 The Stupids
as Young Herod's Man1995 The Quick and the Dead
as himself1991 Hooray for Horrorwood
as Zombie (uncredited)1983 Michael Jackson's Thriller
1982 Take One: Fear on Film

TV Shows/Series with Mick Garris as Actor(2)

2018 Eli Roth's History of Horror
as himself2011 On Story

Movies with Mick Garris as Crew(69)

Writing/Characters2022 Hocus Pocus 2
Directing/Director2018 Nightmare Cinema
Production/Producer2018 Nightmare Cinema
Writing/Screenplay2018 Nightmare Cinema
Production/Producer2007 The Washingtonians
Crew/Creator2007 Dream Cruise
Production/Producer2007 Dream Cruise
Production/Producer2007 We All Scream for Ice Cream
Production/Producer2006 The Screwfly Solution
Directing/Director2006 Desperation
Production/Executive Producer2006 Desperation
Writing/Writer2006 The V Word
Production/Executive Producer2006 The Fair Haired Child
Crew/Creator2006 The Damned Thing
Directing/Director2006 Valerie on the Stairs
Production/Producer2006 Valerie on the Stairs
Production/Executive Producer2006 Valerie on the Stairs
Writing/Writer2006 Valerie on the Stairs
Production/Executive Producer2006 Haeckel's Tale
Writing/Writer2006 Haeckel's Tale
Directing/Director2006 Chocolate
Writing/Writer2006 Chocolate
Writing/Short Story2006 Chocolate
Production/Executive Producer2006 Pelts
Production/Executive Producer2005 Incident On and Off a Mountain Road
Crew/Creator2005 Cigarette Burns
Production/Executive Producer2005 Cigarette Burns
Crew/Creator2005 Homecoming
Production/Executive Producer2005 Homecoming
Crew/Creator2005 Dance of the Dead
Production/Executive Producer2005 Dance of the Dead
Directing/Director2004 Riding the Bullet
Production/Producer2004 Riding the Bullet
Writing/Screenplay2004 Riding the Bullet
Directing/Director2001 The Judge
Directing/Director1998 Virtual Obsession
Production/Producer1998 Virtual Obsession
Writing/Writer1998 Virtual Obsession
Writing/Story1997 Ghosts
Writing/Screenplay1997 Ghosts
Directing/Director1997 Quicksilver Highway
Production/Producer1997 Quicksilver Highway
Writing/Teleplay1997 Quicksilver Highway
Production/Co-Executive Producer1993 Hocus Pocus
Writing/Story1993 Hocus Pocus
Writing/Screenplay1993 Hocus Pocus
Directing/Director1993 The Nightmare Begins Again
Directing/Director1992 Sleepwalkers
Directing/Director1990 Psycho IV: The Beginning
Writing/Screenplay1989 The Fly II
Directing/Director1988 Critters 2
Writing/Writer1988 Critters 2
Writing/Story1987 *batteries not included
Writing/Story1986 Amazing Stories
Writing/Teleplay1986 Amazing Stories
Directing/Director1986 Fuzzbucket
Production/Producer1986 Fuzzbucket
Writing/Writer1986 Fuzzbucket
Directing/Director1985 The Making of 'The Goonies'
Production/Producer1985 The Making of 'The Goonies'
Writing/Story Consultant1984 The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
Production/Producer1982 Coming Soon
Writing/Writer1982 Coming Soon
Directing/Director1982 The Making of 'The Thing'
Production/Producer1982 The Making of 'The Thing'
Writing/Writer1982 The Making of 'The Thing'
Directing/Director1981 Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling'
Production/Producer1981 Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling'
Production/Producer1980 Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'

TV Shows/Series with Mick Garris as Crew(18)

Directing/Director2016 Dead of Summer
Directing/Director2016 Shadowhunters
Directing/Director2013 Ravenswood
Directing/Director2010 Happy Town
Writing/Writer2008 Fear Itself
Crew/Creator2008 Fear Itself
Creator/Creator2008 Fear Itself
Writing/Writer2005 Masters of Horror
Directing/Director2005 Masters of Horror
Production/Producer2005 Masters of Horror
Creator/Creator2005 Masters of Horror
Directing/Director2000 The Others
Directing/Director1994 New York Undercover
Creator/Creator1990 She-Wolf of London
Directing/Director1989 Tales from the Crypt
Directing/Director1988 Freddy's Nightmares
Writing/Writer1985 Amazing Stories
Directing/Director1985 Amazing Stories

Full Name: Mick Garris
Born: Tuesday, 12/04 1951 (December) in Santa Monica, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 72 years + 138 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Spouses (current/former): Cynthia Garris
Other names for Mick Garris (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Michael Alan Garris"
Mick Garris frequently works together with these people:
John Landis (23x, Actor)
Joe Dante (19x, Actor)
Tom Holland (16x, Actor)
Stephen R. Brown (15x, Crew)
Nicholas Pike (12x, Crew)
Stephen King (11x, Crew)
John Carpenter (11x, Crew)
Keith Addis (11x, Crew)
Cynthia Garris (8x, Actress)
Rick Baker (8x, Crew)
Tom Rowe (8x, Crew)
Steven Spielberg (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:7448, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024