# Adam Simon
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{{short description|American film director}}
{{other people}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Adam Simon
| image = Adam Simon.jpg
| caption = Adam Simon at the 2015 [WonderCon](/source/WonderCon) promoting ''[Salem](/source/Salem_(TV_series))''
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|2|6}}
| birth_place = [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_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](/source/Brain_Dead_(1990_film))'' (1990), ''[Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger](/source/Body_Chemistry_(film_series))'' (1992), and ''[Carnosaur](/source/Carnosaur_(film))'' (1993).[{{cite web|date=December 3, 1993|work=[Entertainment Weekly](/source/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}}] Simon, along with producer [Brannon Braga](/source/Brannon_Braga), co-created the television series ''[Salem](/source/Salem_(TV_series))''. As a screenwriter, Simon is known for ''[Bones](/source/Bones_(2001_film))'' (2001), ''[The Haunting in Connecticut](/source/The_Haunting_in_Connecticut)'' (2009), and ''[Books of Blood](/source/Books_of_Blood_(film))'' (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](/source/Robert_Altman)'s ''[The Player](/source/The_Player_(1992_film))'' (1992).[ He previously appeared, thinly veiled, as a fictional character in [Christopher Guest](/source/Christopher_Guest)'s film ''[The Big Picture](/source/The_Big_Picture_(1989_film))'' (1989) and would reappear in [Kim Newman](/source/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.][[http://johnnyalucard.com/fiction/online-fiction/the-player-anno-dracula-1990/ 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."[{{cite web|publisher=[BBC](/source/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}}]
==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](/source/Lock_Up_(1989_film))''
|1989
|{{no}}
|{{yes|Co-}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
!scope=row|''[Brain Dead](/source/Brain_Dead_(1990_film))''
|1990
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
!scope=row|''Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger''
|1992
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
!scope=row|''[Carnosaur](/source/Carnosaur_(film))''
|1993
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
!scope=row|''The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera''
|1996
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|[Documentary film](/source/Documentary_film)
|-
!scope=row|''[The American Nightmare](/source/The_American_Nightmare_(2000_film))''
|2000
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Documentary film
|-
!scope=row|''John Landis on: An American Werewolf in London''
|2001
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|[Featurette](/source/Featurette)
|-
!scope=row|''[Bones](/source/Bones_(2001_film))''
|2001
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
!scope=row|''The Spectre of Hope''
|2002
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|Documentary film
|-
!scope=row|''[The Haunting in Connecticut](/source/The_Haunting_in_Connecticut)''
|2009
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
!scope=row|''[Captive State](/source/Captive_State)''
|2019
|{{no}}
|{{yes|Executive}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
!scope=row|''[Books of Blood](/source/Books_of_Blood_(film))''
|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
producer
|-
!scope=row|''Directors on Directors''
|1997
|{{no}}
|{{yes}} (1)
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|[Docuseries](/source/Docuseries), Episode "Simon - Corman"
|-
!scope=row|''BlackBoxTV''
|2012
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}} (1)
|{{no}}
|[Anthology series](/source/Anthology_series)
|-
!scope=row|''[Salem](/source/Salem_(TV_series))''[{{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 }}]
|2014–17
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}} (21)
|{{yes}}
|
|-
!scope=row|''[Next](/source/Next_(2020_TV_series))''
|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](/source/The_Unborn_(1991_film))''
|1991
|Priest
|
|-
!scope=row|''[Bob Roberts](/source/Bob_Roberts)''
|1992
|Cutting edge head writer
|
|-
!scope=row|''[The Player](/source/The_Player_(1992_film))''
|1992
|Adam Simon
|
|-
!scope=row|''Directors on Directors''
|1997
|Himself
|[Docuseries](/source/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
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0800048}}
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