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.[1]

Early life [ edit 🍇 ]

Garris was born in Santa Monica, California and raised in Van Nuys.

Career [ edit ]

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[2] and is the creator of the Showtime series Masters of Horror[3] 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.[4] He contributes to the web series Trailers From Hell. Garris 🍇 was also the co-screenwriter and executive producer of Hocus Pocus.[5] Garris directed the 2011 miniseries adaption of Stephen King's novel 🍇 Bag of Bones[6] 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.,[7] which screened on the Horror-Rama 2024 in October 2024.[8] He has 🍇 a role, as Himself in the biography horror film Digging Up the Marrow, from indie director Adam Green.[9]