Adam Friedman

Adam Friedman

Adam began his career directing a documentary entitled Wolves in Winter, which went on to receive two Emmy nominations. Adam's next project, Color Me Blue, about the NYPD and its many heroes, won him his first Emmy. Adam has also directed a wide range of music videos and commercials. His Rolling Stones Emotional Rescue video was part of the Whitney Museum Biennial celebration, and his video for the rap group Whodini, Big Mouth, is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. After directing over 40 music videos for acts as diverse as The Rolling Stones, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Jean-Luc Ponty and The Robert Joffrey Ballet, Adam directed his first feature film, Medium Straight (1988). The film was shown in Critics Week at the Cannes Film Festival, with Variety magazine citing Adam as "a name to watch." Medium Straight also won Best Picture at the Seattle Film Festival, and Adam Best Director at the Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival. Adam formed his first company, Perpetual Motion Films in 1991. From the Air Combat (1993) 1 and 2 series and Masters of War (1994) to the The 10th Annual National CableACE Awards (1989)-winning epic Biography (1987) series... including Biography's George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Atila the Hun and Michelangelo, which is one of the top selling documentaries in the history of Amazon.com. Perpetual Motion became a groundbreaking pioneer in the nascent cable production industry. By 2002, Adam had formed Traveling Light Media. There he produced, directed and wrote programming for A&E, Discovery, The History Channel, HBO Mojo HD, Spike TV and many others. In addition to almost tripling A&E's usual audience, Adam's Biography on John Travolta was nominated for an Emmy for Best Non-Fiction Series and he himself was nominated for Best Director. Adam has received Cine Golden Eagle Awards for his A&E Biographies on Kevin Costner, Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone and LL Cool J as well as a Gold Medal from the New York Festival, as well as Cine and Telly Awards for The Crash of Flight 191 (2004). Additionally, he recently completed his third feature film, And She Was (2002), starring Patrick Warburton and Brad Dourif. He joined Cannery Agency in 2009 as Head of Production and Development and is hard at work on a diverse slate of projects.
Adam G. Simon

Adam G. Simon

Adam G. Simon is a Los Angeles-born screenwriter, producer, and actor for television and film. Adam is known for his work as the writer of Point Blank (2019) an action thriller for Gaumont Films, Warparty, and Netflix, based on Fred Cavaye's French Action Thriller, "A Bout Portant". The film was directed by Joe Lynch and stars Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, Marcia Gay Harden, Teyonah Paris & Boris McGiver. Adam also penned the screenplay for Man Down (2015) a psychological war drama directed by Dito Montiel which stars Shia LaBeouf, Gary Oldman, Jai Courtney, and Kate Mara. In 2021 Adam and Filmmaker Joe Carnahan co-wrote The Brass Catchers, an action thriller that they are producing together. Also in 2021, Adam produced On Our Way (2021) the directorial debut, coming of age film for Sophie Lane Curtis which stars James Badge Dale, Jordana Brewster, Michael Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, and Keith Powers. In 2022 he executive produced The Performance a film by Shira Piven which stars Jeremy Piven, Robert Carlyle, and Maime McCoy based on the Arthur Miller short story of the same name. Adam is developing Hit Kick Punch Kill an action-comedy he wrote and is producing with StoryBoard Media slated for 2023. In 2012 while writing and acting, Adam worked as a Sales Producer for Cameron/Pace Group LLC in Burbank California (founded by director James Cameron and cinematographer Vince Pace). Prior to his current work, Adam started his professional career acting while working as a bodyguard and close protection specialist. Adam is an advocate for the homeless having been homeless himself while writing Man Down and speaks as an advocate for homeless veterans and survivors of abuse.

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