{{short description|American film producer}} {{Infobox person | name = Adam Fields | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people --> | birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | other_names = | occupation = Film, television producer | years_active = 1982–present | known_for = | employer = Adam Fields Productions | notable_works = }} '''Adam Fields''' is an American executive, entrepreneur, and film and television producer. During his career, he has produced movies for Sony Pictures, Miramax, 20th Century Fox, Universal, Warner Bros., Relativity Media, and Broad Green Pictures. He founded his own production company in 1984, producing movies including ''Great Balls of Fire!'', ''Brokedown Palace'', ''Johnny Be Good'', ''Donnie Darko'', ''Vision Quest'', ''Limitless'', ''The Wedding Ringer'', and ''Money Train''. Fields’ most notable contributions as an executive include ''An American Werewolf in London'', ''Sixteen Candles'' and ''The Breakfast Club''. He also produced ''Bad Santa 2'', and ''Sin City: A Dame to Kill For''. Fields also executive produced the multi-platinum soundtracks for ''Flashdance'' and ''Endless Love''. In 1990, Fields founded Preview Tech, a firm that partnered with national consumer electronic stores to air studio and network trailers on their in-store television monitors. Fields sold Preview Tech 18 months later in a multimillion-dollar deal.
==Early life== Fields was born in New York City and attended the University of California, Berkeley,<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0276178/bio|title=Adam Fields Biography|publisher=IMDb}}</ref> where he started his first film company running film festivals in the school auditoriums.
==Career== Fields began his career at Creative Artists Agency as assistant to agent Martin Baum.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/mike-ovitz-ron-meyer-caa-book-powerhouse-winston-churchill-1201801429/|title=Ovitz, Meyer & CAA Treat Themselves To Churchill-Style Selective History Lesson In 'Powerhouse'|last=Cieply|first=Michael|date=August 10, 2016|publisher=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> Later, he left CAA to join PolyGram Pictures and within a year became Executive Vice President of Production, overseeing development and production of their film slate.<ref name=":0" /> He supervised movies for PolyGram including ''An American Werewolf in London'', ''Six Weeks'', ''Missing'', and ''Endless Love''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> Fields executive produced the soundtrack album and single for ''Endless Love''.<ref name=":3" /> He later went on to supervise the multi-platinum soundtrack for the film ''Flashdance'', which contributed to the film's box office success.<ref name=":0" />
===Universal Pictures=== Fields partnered with studio chief Ned Tanen at Universal Pictures to oversee the development and production of John Hughes’ directorial debut, ''Sixteen Candles'' and ''The Breakfast Club''.<ref name=":2" />
===Independent endeavors & entrepreneurship=== In 1984, Fields created Adam Fields Productions and worked with Madonna, Uma Thurman, Dennis Quaid and Winona Ryder to produce films, including ''Vision Quest'', ''Johnny Be Good'', and ''Great Balls of Fire!''<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Palmer|first=Robert|date=June 1989|title=Simmer Down, Son|pages=27–33|magazine=American Film}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.perfect10.com/article/adamfields|date=2001|title=Magnetic Fields|magazine=Perfect 10|pages=89–91|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref>
In 1990, Fields started the film marketing company Preview Tech.<ref name=":1">{{cite magazine|last=Schlax|first=Julie|date=1991|title=Movie marketing match|magazine=Forbes}}</ref> The firm built a network where studio trailers and network previews were simultaneously displayed on all the television monitors in consumer electronic stores across the country.<ref name=":1" /> Fields sold Preview Tech 18 months later, turning a small startup investment into a multimillion-dollar acquisition target by New York investment-banking firm of Veronis, Suhler & Associates.
After Preview Tech, he teamed with Jon Peters to develop ''Rosewood'', ''My Fellow Americans'', ''Ali'' and he executive produced ''Money Train.''<ref name=":3" /> In 1997, Fields re-established his own production company at 20th Century Fox, where he produced ''Ravenous'', starring Guy Pearce and David Arquette.<ref name=":3" /> Fields then produced and co-wrote ''Brokedown Palace'', starring Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, and Bill Pullman.<ref name=":3" /> The film was based upon his own original story.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" />
His next film was the independent cult smash hit film ''Donnie Darko'', starring Drew Barrymore, Jake Gyllenhaal, Noah Wyle, Patrick Swayze, and Katherine Ross.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" /> In 2002, Adam Fields moved his production company to New Line Cinema.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Harris|first1=Cathy Dunkley, Dana|last2=Dunkley|first2=Cathy|last3=Harris|first3=Dana|date=2002-10-11|title=Producer Fields, New Line team|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/markets-festivals/producer-fields-new-line-team-1117874182/|access-date=2021-10-13|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>
He then executive produced ''Limitless'', starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro, ''Safe Haven'' starring Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel, and ''21 & Over'' with Miles Teller.<ref name=":3" /> He also produced ''Drive Angry'' for Summit Entertainment, starring Nicolas Cage and Amber Heard.<ref name=":3" />
===Miramax=== In 2010, Fields joined Miramax<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/megan-ellison-annapurna-pictures-american-hustle-orion-pictures-disruptors-news-1202092534/|title=How Megan Ellison Turned Annapurna Into A Powerful Mini-Major — Deadline Disruptors|last=Busch|first=Anita|date=May 20, 2017|publisher=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> as Head of New Content, and executive produced the 2014 release ''Sin City: A Dame to Kill For''. He also launched Robert Rodriguez's film ''From Dusk Till Dawn'' into a TV series, which premiered in 2014 and has run 3 seasons to date.<ref name=":2" />
===Sony Pictures=== Fields left Miramax in 2014 to join Sony Pictures as a producer and special consultant, where he produced the hit comedy ''The Wedding Ringer'' starring Kevin Hart and Josh Gad.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/28/movies/sonys-the-wedding-ringer-with-kevin-hart-has-a-tortuous-path.html|title=Life and Near Death of a Miramax Script|last=Cieply|first=Michael|date=December 24, 2014|work=The New York Times}}</ref> He was executive producer on ''Bad Santa 2'' for Broad Green Pictures, starring Billy Bob Thornton, released in November 2016.<ref name=":3" />
==Current enterprises== Fields is involved in a number of projects currently in production, such as a film adaptation of Rob Liefeld's comic, ''Shrink'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/shrink-sony-deadpool-creator-rob-liefeld-doug-belgrad-adam-fields-1202550176/|title='Shrink,' Based On 'Deadpool' Creator Rob Liefeld's Comic, Resurrected At Sony For Potential Feature Franchise|last=Busch|first=Anita|date=February 6, 2019|work=Deadline}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/shrink-movie-works-sony-rob-liefeld-1183612|title=Sony Options 'Shrink' From 'Deadpool' Creator Rob Liefeld|last=Couch|first=Aaron|date=February 6, 2019|work=Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://geektyrant.com/news/sony-pictures-moving-forward-rob-liefelds-superhero-psychiatrist-film-shrink|title=Sony Pictures Moving Forward Rob Liefeld's Superhero Psychiatrist Film SHRINK|last=Fisher|first=Jessica|date=February 6, 2019|work=geektyrant}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://cosmicbook.news/sony-rob-liefeld-shrink|title=ROB LIEFELD'S 'SHRINK' PICKED UP BY SONY|last=McGloin|first=Matt|date=February 6, 2019|work=Cosmic Book News}}</ref> a reboot of Look Who's Talking,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/look-whos-talking-reboot-jeremy-garelick-adam-fields-bruce-willis-kirstie-alley-john-travolta-screen-gems-1202643156/|title=Screen Gems Taking Baby Steps On 'Look Who's Talking' Reboot With Jeremy Garelick & Adam Fields|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=July 8, 2019|work=Deadline}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/yanic-truesdale-gilmore-girls-look-whos-talking-1203261801/|title=Film News Roundup: 'Look Who's Talking' Reboot in the Works at Sony|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=July 8, 2019|work=Variety}}</ref> and a remake of Bunny Lake is Missing.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/bunny-lake-is-missing-remake-movie-screen-gems-1202549794/|title=Otto Preminger's Crime Thriller 'Bunny Lake Is Missing' Remake In Works At Screen Gems With Adam Fields |last=N'Duka|first=Amanda|date=February 20, 2019|work=Deadline}}</ref>
==Filmography== ''He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.''
===Film=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Credit<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0276178/|title=Adam Fields|publisher=IMDb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/adam-fields-57313314/|title=Adam Fields|date=8 February 2015 |publisher=Hollywood.com}}</ref> |- | 1985 || ''Vision Quest'' || Executive producer |- | 1986 || ''The Whoopee Boys'' || |- |rowspan=2| 1988 || ''Johnny Be Good'' || |- | ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' || Executive producer |- | 1989 || ''Great Balls of Fire!'' || |- | 1995 || ''Money Train'' || Executive producer |- |rowspan=2| 1999 || ''Ravenous'' || |- | ''Brokedown Palace'' || |- | 2001 || ''Donnie Darko'' || |- | 2009 || ''S. Darko'' || |- | 2011 || ''Drive Angry'' || |- |rowspan=2| 2013 || ''Safe Haven'' || Co-producer |- | ''21 & Over'' || Co-producer |- | 2014 || ''Sin City: A Dame to Kill For'' || Executive producer |- | 2015 || ''The Wedding Ringer'' || |- |rowspan=2| 2016 || ''Bad Santa 2'' || Executive producer |- | ''Masterminds'' || Executive producer |}
;Music department
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role |- | 1981 ||''Endless Love'' ||rowspan=3| Music supervisor |- | 1983 || ''Flashdance'' |- | 1985 || ''Vision Quest'' |}
;Production manager
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- | 1984 ||''Sixteen Candles'' ||rowspan=3| Executive in charge of production || <small>Uncredited</small> |- | 1985 || ''The Breakfast Club'' || |- | 2011 ||''Limitless'' || |}
;As writer
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film |- | 1999 || ''Brokedown Palace'' |}
;As soundtrack executive producer
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film |- | 1981 || ''An American Werewolf in London'' |- |rowspan=2| 1982 ||''Six Weeks'' |- | ''Missing'' |- | 2001 || ''Ali'' |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0276178|Adam Fields}} *[https://adamfieldsproductions.com/ Official Website]
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