Mick Garris


Mick Garris is an American filmmaker and screenwriter born in Santa Monica, California.

Life and career

Garris was born in Santa Monica, California. He is known for his work in the horror genre. He has worked with Stephen King Several times, such as directing the horror film Sleepwalkers, written by King and starring Mädchen Amick and is the creator of the Showtime series Masters of Horror and the NBC series Fear Itself. Garris won a 1986 Edgar Award for an episode he wrote for the Steven Spielberg-produced television series Amazing Stories. Garris directed the FEARnet web series Post Mortem. He contributes to the web series Trailers From Hell. Garris was also the co-screenwriter and executive producer of Hocus Pocus. Garris most recently directed the miniseries adaption of Stephen King's novel Bag of Bones and the documentary film Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney Jr., about the life and work of Legend actor Lon Chaney Jr., which screened on the Horror-Rama 2015 in October 2015. He has a role, as Himself in the biography horror film Digging Up the Marrow, from indie director Adam Green.
As of 2015, he is also a member of the board of advisers for the Hollywood Horror Museum.
On January 16, 2018 it was announced that Mick Garris’ horror podcast Post Mortem would be joining Blumhouse's podcast network.

Awards

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981The HowlingMan with TV Guide
1983Michael Jackson's ThrillerZombieMusical short
1988Critters
1995The Quick and the DeadYoung Herod's Man
1996The StupidsReporter #2
2004Riding the BulletDr. Higgins
2005Gotham CafeFather CallahanShort
2007Brutal Massacre: A ComedyHimself
2010The Man Who Saw Frankenstein CryHostDocumentary
2014Digging Up the MarrowHimself
2015Tales of HalloweenThe PhantomSegment "Grim Grinning Ghost"
2016The Rift: Dark Side of the MoonMartin

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979-1981Fantasy Film FestivalHostTalk-Show
1982Take One: Fear on FilmHostTV Movie
1994The StandHenry DunbartonEpisode 'The Plague'
1997Quicksilver HighwaySurgeon in Hospital HallwayTV Movie
1997The ShiningAA HartwellEpisode #2
2010-2016Post Mortem with Mick GarrisHost11 episodes