Gary Sherman

Gary Sherman born 1945 is an American film director producer and writer from Chicago Illinois He began his career directing short films commercials industrials and documentaries while still an undergraduate at IITs Institute of Design After graduating Gary moved to London England where he continued directing commercials and also cowrote and directed his first feature film Death Line starring Donald Pleasence The British Film Institute called this debut The Most Significant Directorial Debut of the Year Upon relocating to Los Angeles California he continued writing and collaborating on many feature scripts He also wrote and directed several television pilots AvcoEmbassy producer Ronald Shusett asked Sherman to direct the 1981 horror film Dead Buried and Sherman followed that film with the actionthriller Vice Squad shot by Stanley Kubricks DP John Alcott Like Death Line these films often polarized critics and audiences and have since gone on to become genre classics Next he cowrote and directed the thriller Wanted Dead or Alive starring Rutger Hauer and Gene Simmons Teamed with Gene the awardwinning Rock Against Drugs public service campaign for MTV came about as well as the pilot for the ABC series Sable