Adam Simon (born February 6, 1962) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. His directing credits include Brain Dead (1990), Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger (1992), and Carnosaur (1993). Simon, along with producer Brannon Braga, co-created the television series Salem. As a screenwriter, Simon is known for Bones (2001), The Haunting in Connecticut (2009), and Books of Blood (2020).
Career Simon played a humorous version of himself, pitching a project and getting barred from the studio lot in the opening scene of Robert Altman's The Player (1992). He previously appeared, thinly veiled, as a fictional character in Christopher Guest's film The Big Picture (1989) and would reappear in Kim Newman's novel Johnny Alucard (2013), where he again pitches a project and becomes the only person in Hollywood standing up to a particularly sinister studio executive.Excerpt from "Johnny Alucard"
Kim Newman has noted that Adam Simon has "become one of the most oft-cited figures in contemporary Hollywood satire, and those in the know have begun to play the game of Simon-spotting. [...] Remarkable look- and act-alikes for Adam Simon have appeared in a couple of sinister Hollywood satires: Adam Rafkin (Jarrad Paul) on the cancelled-too-soon TV series Action, who ruins his emotional and physical health on successive drafts of Beverly Hills Gun Club for sleazy überproducer Peter Dragon (Jay Mohr); and Adam Kesher (Justin Theroux) in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, who finds his entire life - and film project - jeopardised when he considers going against the wishes of backers who represent either organised crime or Hell."
Filmography Film Title Year Credited as NotesDirectorProducerWriterLock Up1989Brain Dead1990Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger1992Carnosaur1993The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera1996Documentary filmThe American Nightmare2000Documentary filmJohn Landis on: An American Werewolf in London2001 FeaturetteBones2001The Spectre of Hope2002Documentary filmThe Haunting in Connecticut2009Captive State2019Books of Blood2020
Television Title Year Credited as NotesCreatorDirectorWriterExecutiveproducerDirectors on Directors1997 (1)Docuseries, Episode "Simon - Corman"BlackBoxTV2012 (1)Anthology seriesSalem2014–17 (21)Next2020 (3)Co-executive producer
Actor Title Year Role NotesThe Unborn1991PriestBob Roberts1992Cutting edge head writerThe Player1992Adam SimonDirectors on Directors1997HimselfDocuseries, Episode "Simon - Corman"Digging Up Bones2002HimselfFeaturette documentaryUrban Gothic: Bones and Its Influences2002HimselfFeaturette documentaryThe Brains Behind the Nightmare2020HimselfFeaturette documentaryTales from the Cranium2020HimselfFeaturette documentary
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