Mick Garris
Mick Garris
Mick Garrisis an American filmmaker and screenwriter born in Santa Monica, California...
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth4 December 1951
CitySanta Monica, CA
blame book credit
The book isn't set in the Sixties, ... That was something I must take credit or blame for.
became horror intended john leave masters order running stand turned
That was self-deprecating humor, intended ironically, ... and John Landis turned it into a gag. Every so often, he would stand up and announce, 'The Masters of Horror order dessert,' or 'The Masters of Horror leave to go bowling.' It became a running joke.
asked smart
The only thing we asked for was smart and scary.
adult definitely everybody love raise
Not everybody is going to love this show, but it is definitely for an adult audience. We're not here to raise your kids.
knowing long next
It's exciting not knowing what I'm doing next, but it won't be long before I'm going to feel like I needed to be doing something, whatever it is.
important singers band
Having been a singer in a band, back in my youth, music is really important to me.
fighting tree branches
Fighting the wild branches of a haunted tree is not something that every actor is confident enough to attack, literally and figuratively.
wall actors world
The best actors in the world are the actors who don't keep the walls up all the time and allow themselves the potential to be embarrassed.
art jobs writing
For me, it's important that a movie is the congregate of all art forms, from writing to art composition to music to performing. Trying to keep a balance of all those is what I think a director's job is.
teacher jobs writing
My first teacher was Steven Spielberg. I worked on Amazing Stories. That was my first job, as a writer and as a story editor. Watching him and his command of the tools of filmmaking, and his admiration for writing and the story itself, was the greatest lesson I ever had.
kings stories levels
Obviously not a Stephen King level writer, but I'd written short stories and short fiction, from the time I was 12.
people done ends
The only features I've done have been on the lower-budget end, for what they were. It's really all about getting the best people aboard and committing to doing the best work possible and prioritizing where your time is going to be spent.