Mick Garris (born December 4, 1951) is an American filmmaker and screenwriter born in Santa Monica, California. He has been recognized for his contributions as a director, producer, and screenwriter in the horror genre. He's known for his work on various film and television projects, including adaptations of Stephen King's novels such as "The Stand" and "The Shining." Garris has also been involved in creating and hosting interviews for the series "Post Mortem with Mick Garris," where he engages with prominent figures in the horror and entertainment industry. His career reflects a deep involvement in and passion for the world of horror storytelling.

Filmography

• 2026Robot Dracula — Mick
• 2024Finding Planet Porno: The Wild Journey of American Cinema's First Outlaw
• Horror's Greatest — Self - Director, Sleepwalkers, Self - Creator, Nightmare Cinema
• 2024House of Ashes — Television Narrator
• 2024The Last Podcast — Stan the Bartender
• 2023Clownado — Thanks
• Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
• 2022Hocus Pocus 2 — Characters
• 2020Sky Sharks — Dr. Gage Creed
• The Stand — Boulder Partygoer (uncredited)
• 2018Gods & Monsters
• 2018Nightmare Cinema — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• Dead of Summer — Director
• Shadowhunters — Director
• 2016The Rift — Martin
• 2015Tales of Halloween — The Phantom
• 2014Unbroken — Executive Producer
• Ravenswood — Director
• Witches of East End — Director
• Bag of Bones — Executive Producer, Director
• Once Upon a Time — Director
• Happy Town — Director
• Pretty Little Liars — Director
• 2008Brutal Massacre: A Comedy
• 2008Eater — Writer
• Fear Itself — Writer, Creator
• 2008The Sacrifice — Writer
• 2007Carícia Fatal
• 2007Dream Cruise — Producer, Creator
• 2007The Washingtonians — Producer
• 2007We All Scream for Ice Cream — Executive Producer
• 2006Chocolate — Writer, Short Story, Director
• 2006Deer Woman — Executive Producer
• 2006Desperation — Director, Executive Producer
• 2006Family — Executive Producer
• 2006Haeckel's Tale — Executive Producer, Writer
• 2006Pelts — Executive Producer
• 2006Pick Me Up — Executive Producer, Creator
• 2006The Damned Thing — Creator, Executive Producer
• 2006The Fair Haired Child — Executive Producer
• 2006The Screwfly Solution — Producer
• 2006The V Word — Writer, Executive Producer
• 2006Valerie on the Stairs — Director, Producer, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2005Cigarette Burns — Creator, Executive Producer
• 2005Dance of the Dead — Executive Producer, Creator
• 2005Gotham Cafe — Father Callahan
• 2005Homecoming — Creator, Executive Producer
• 2005Incident On and Off a Mountain Road — Executive Producer
• Masters of Horror — Writer, Director, Producer, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2004Riding the Bullet — Dr. Higgins, Director, Producer, Writer
• 2001The Judge — Director
• The Others — Director
• 1998Virtual Obsession — Director, Writer, Producer
• 1997Ghosts — Story, Screenplay
• 1997Quicksilver Highway — Director, Writer, Producer
• The Shining — AA Hartwell, Director
• 1996The Stupids — Reporter #2
• 1995Amazing Stories: The Movie IV — Director
• 1995The Quick and the Dead — Young Herod's Man
• New York Undercover — Director
• The Stand — Henry Dunbarton, Director
• 1993Hocus Pocus — Story, Screenplay, Co-Executive Producer
• 1993The Nightmare Begins Again — Director
• 1992Sleepwalkers — Director
• 1990Psycho IV: The Beginning — Director
• She-Wolf of London — Creator
• Tales from the Crypt — Director
• 1989The Fly II — Screenplay, Story
• 1988Critters 2 — Writer, Director
• Freddy's Nightmares — Director
• 1987*batteries not included — Story
• 1986Amazing Stories — Teleplay, Story
• 1986Fuzzbucket — Producer, Director, Writer
• Amazing Stories — Director, Writer
• 1985The Making Of The Goonies — Producer, Director
• 1984The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' — Story Consultant
• 1983Michael Jackson's Thriller — Zombie (uncredited)
• 1982Coming Soon — Producer, Writer
• 1982The Making of 'The Thing' — Writer, Director, Producer
• 1982The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome — Producer, Director, Writer
• 1981Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling' — Director, Producer
• 1981The Howling — Man with TV Guide (uncredited)
• 1980Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog' — Producer
• Hocus Pocus 3 — Characters
• Microwave Massacre 2: Undead Leftovers! — Microwaved Mick

Appearances as themselves (41)

• 2026The Thing Expanded — Self
• 2025In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 — Self
• 2025The Vincent Price Legacy — Himself
• 2024In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 — Self
• 2023A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened — Self
• Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 — Self
• 2023King on Screen — Self
• 2022Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story — Self
• 2022In Search of Darkness: Part III — Self
• 2022The Legacy of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre — Self
• 2020In Search of Darkness: Part II — Self
• 2020Tales of the Uncanny — Self
• 2019All Hail the Popcorn King! — Self
• 2019In Search of Darkness — Self
• 2019Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf — Self
• Eli Roth's History of Horror — Self
• 2018Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash — Self
• 2018King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen — Self
• 2018The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2 — Self
• 2017Cult of Terror — Self - Filmmaker
• 2017Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions — Self - Filmmaker
• 2016Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy — Himself
• 2015Digging Up the Marrow — Self
• 2012Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever — Self
• Halloween Wars — Self - Guest Judge
• 2011Naschy of the Full Moon — Self
• On Story — Self
• 2011Produce Your Own Damn Movie! — Self
• 2010Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy — Self
• 2010Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr. — Self
• 2010The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry — Self - Host
• 2010The Psycho Legacy — Self
• 2010The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth — Self
• 2009Nightmares in Red, White and Blue — Self
• 2009Tales from the Script — Self
• 2008Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX — Self
• 2005Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy — Self
• 1999Stephen King: Shining in the Dark — Self
• 1991Hooray for Horrorwood — Self
• 1982Take One: Fear on Film — Self
• Fantastic Women — Self