{{short description|American film director}} {{other people}} {{Infobox person | name = Adam Simon | image = Adam Simon.jpg | caption = Adam Simon at the 2015 WonderCon promoting ''Salem'' | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|2|6}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | occupation = Director • screenwriter • producer | years_active = 1989–present }}
'''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).<ref>{{cite web|date=December 3, 1993|work=Entertainment Weekly|author=Broad, Doug|url=https://ew.com/article/1993/12/03/carnosaur|archivedate=November 2, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102102749/https://ew.com/article/1993/12/03/carnosaur|title=Carnosaur}}</ref> 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).<ref name=B/> 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.<ref>[http://johnnyalucard.com/fiction/online-fiction/the-player-anno-dracula-1990/ Excerpt from "Johnny Alucard"]</ref>
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."<ref name=B>{{cite web|publisher=BBC|title=Who Let Adam Simon on the Lot?|author=Newman, Kim|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/12/03/kim_newman_22_article.shtml}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Year ! colspan="3" scope="col"| Credited as ! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes |- !Director !Producer !Writer |- !scope=row|''Lock Up'' |1989 |{{no}} |{{yes|Co-}} |{{no}} | |- !scope=row|''Brain Dead'' |1990 |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} | |- !scope=row|''Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger'' |1992 |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} | |- !scope=row|''Carnosaur'' |1993 |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} | |- !scope=row|''The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera'' |1996 |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |Documentary film |- !scope=row|''The American Nightmare'' |2000 |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |Documentary film |- !scope=row|''John Landis on: An American Werewolf in London'' |2001 |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Featurette |- !scope=row|''Bones'' |2001 |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} | |- !scope=row|''The Spectre of Hope'' |2002 |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |Documentary film |- !scope=row|''The Haunting in Connecticut'' |2009 |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} | |- !scope=row|''Captive State'' |2019 |{{no}} |{{yes|Executive}} |{{no}} | |- !scope=row|''Books of Blood'' |2020 |{{no}} |{{yes|Executive}} |{{yes}} | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Year ! colspan="4" scope="col"| Credited as ! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes |- !Creator !Director !Writer !Executive<br>producer |- !scope=row|''Directors on Directors'' |1997 |{{no}} |{{yes}} (1) |{{no}} |{{no}} |Docuseries, Episode "Simon - Corman" |- !scope=row|''BlackBoxTV'' |2012 |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} (1) |{{no}} |Anthology series |- !scope=row|''Salem''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/qa-executive-producer-adam-simon-on-salem-and-a-lovecraftian-second-season/ |title=Q&A: Executive Producer Adam Simon on "SALEM" and a Lovecraftian Second Season |access-date=2015-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402141919/http://www.fangoria.com/new/qa-executive-producer-adam-simon-on-salem-and-a-lovecraftian-second-season/ |archive-date=2015-04-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |2014–17 |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} (21) |{{yes}} | |- !scope=row|''Next'' |2020 |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} (3) |{{yes|Co-executive}} |Co-executive producer {{small|(9 episodes)}} |}
===Actor=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" !scope="col"| Title !scope="col"| Year !scope="col"| Role !scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes |- !scope=row|''The Unborn'' |1991 |Priest | |- !scope=row|''Bob Roberts'' |1992 |Cutting edge head writer | |- !scope=row|''The Player'' |1992 |Adam Simon | |- !scope=row|''Directors on Directors'' |1997 |Himself |Docuseries, Episode "Simon - Corman" |- !scope=row|''Digging Up Bones'' |2002 |Himself |Featurette documentary |- !scope=row|''Urban Gothic: Bones and Its Influences'' |2002 |Himself |Featurette documentary |- !scope=row|''The Brains Behind the Nightmare'' |2020 |Himself |Featurette documentary |- !scope=row|''Tales from the Cranium'' |2020 |Himself |Featurette documentary |}
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