Adam Marcus
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Adam Marcus is an American film director, writer and actor.Marcus was born in Westport, Connecticut and attended Staples High
School. He started his career at the age of fifteen, when he co-created
the Westport Theatreworks Theatrical Company where he directed and
produced over fifty shows in seven years. He then attended New York
University where he won the coveted Best Picture Award at the Student
Academy Awards in 1990 for his film, "...so you like this girl". In
1991, Marcus was called out to Los Angeles by filmmaker Sean S.
Cunningham (the director of the original Friday the 13th) to work on
producing and directing features. That same year, he co-produced Johnny
Zombie (retitled My Boyfriend's Back) for Cunningham and Disney
Studios.In 1993, Marcus wrote the story for and directed the ninth film in the
Friday the 13th series, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday for New
Line. He was 23 at the time and the youngest director ever hired by the
studio. The three million dollar feature went on to gross over eighteen
million domestically and became one of New Line Video's largest
releases ever.Marcus and his writing partner Debra Sullivan then turned their
attention to screenwriting for Paramount (the adaptation of James
Patterson's Virgin, later titled Cradle and All) and Fox (the original
Black Autumn). In 1995, Marcus created the theater company Damn Skippy
Theatreworks in L.A. In the Summer and Fall of 1998 Marcus directed the
independently financed feature film comedy, Let It Snow (aka Snow
Days). The picture marked the return of Bernadette Peters in a feature
film after an eight-year absence from film work. The film screened at
the Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM) in New York City where it
was singled out as the most successful film at the market by Variety,
Time Out IndieWire. Let It Snow had its world premiere at the American
Film Institute's Los Angeles International Film Festival (AFI's LAIFF)
in competition in the New Visions Category; the film won awards at the
festival for Best New Writer and Best Editing. The film then went on to
be an official selection of Sundance 2000 in the American Spectrum
section where it was given two extra screenings and sold out all seven
of its showings. Then came the New York/Avignon film festival and the
Deauville festival in France, where the film received critical acclaim.
Let It Snow received positive reviews from Variety, The Hollywood
Reporter, Ain't It Cool News, The New York Times, and The Gore Score as
well as a number of other publications worldwide.Marcus then turned to television, where he sold several series to
Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, Imagine Television, NBC, Fox and The
WB. In 2008, Marcus directed the feature film Conspiracy for Sony
Pictures, which he co-wrote with Debra Sullivan. The film was shot in
Santa Fe, New Mexico with Val Kilmer, Jennifer Esposito and Gary Cole.Marcus completed the pilot presentation Fitz and Slade and is
co-writer, director and serving as executive producer on the web series
Connected.In 2013 Marcus co-wrote the reboot of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
series, Texas Chainsaw 3D with partner Sullivan and Stephen Susco,
which was the first number-one box office film in North America of the
year. He co-wrote with Sullivan the feature film Cabin Fever: Outbreak
and is directing and co-writing The Plantation, an adaptation of Val
Lewton's RKO classic I Walked with a Zombie.Adam's script for Momentum (aka Gravity), co-written by Sullivan, is in
production in South Africa. The film is directed by Stephen S.
Campanelli and stars Olga Kurylenko and James Purefoy.
School. He started his career at the age of fifteen, when he co-created
the Westport Theatreworks Theatrical Company where he directed and
produced over fifty shows in seven years. He then attended New York
University where he won the coveted Best Picture Award at the Student
Academy Awards in 1990 for his film, "...so you like this girl". In
1991, Marcus was called out to Los Angeles by filmmaker Sean S.
Cunningham (the director of the original Friday the 13th) to work on
producing and directing features. That same year, he co-produced Johnny
Zombie (retitled My Boyfriend's Back) for Cunningham and Disney
Studios.In 1993, Marcus wrote the story for and directed the ninth film in the
Friday the 13th series, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday for New
Line. He was 23 at the time and the youngest director ever hired by the
studio. The three million dollar feature went on to gross over eighteen
million domestically and became one of New Line Video's largest
releases ever.Marcus and his writing partner Debra Sullivan then turned their
attention to screenwriting for Paramount (the adaptation of James
Patterson's Virgin, later titled Cradle and All) and Fox (the original
Black Autumn). In 1995, Marcus created the theater company Damn Skippy
Theatreworks in L.A. In the Summer and Fall of 1998 Marcus directed the
independently financed feature film comedy, Let It Snow (aka Snow
Days). The picture marked the return of Bernadette Peters in a feature
film after an eight-year absence from film work. The film screened at
the Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM) in New York City where it
was singled out as the most successful film at the market by Variety,
Time Out IndieWire. Let It Snow had its world premiere at the American
Film Institute's Los Angeles International Film Festival (AFI's LAIFF)
in competition in the New Visions Category; the film won awards at the
festival for Best New Writer and Best Editing. The film then went on to
be an official selection of Sundance 2000 in the American Spectrum
section where it was given two extra screenings and sold out all seven
of its showings. Then came the New York/Avignon film festival and the
Deauville festival in France, where the film received critical acclaim.
Let It Snow received positive reviews from Variety, The Hollywood
Reporter, Ain't It Cool News, The New York Times, and The Gore Score as
well as a number of other publications worldwide.Marcus then turned to television, where he sold several series to
Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, Imagine Television, NBC, Fox and The
WB. In 2008, Marcus directed the feature film Conspiracy for Sony
Pictures, which he co-wrote with Debra Sullivan. The film was shot in
Santa Fe, New Mexico with Val Kilmer, Jennifer Esposito and Gary Cole.Marcus completed the pilot presentation Fitz and Slade and is
co-writer, director and serving as executive producer on the web series
Connected.In 2013 Marcus co-wrote the reboot of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
series, Texas Chainsaw 3D with partner Sullivan and Stephen Susco,
which was the first number-one box office film in North America of the
year. He co-wrote with Sullivan the feature film Cabin Fever: Outbreak
and is directing and co-writing The Plantation, an adaptation of Val
Lewton's RKO classic I Walked with a Zombie.Adam's script for Momentum (aka Gravity), co-written by Sullivan, is in
production in South Africa. The film is directed by Stephen S.
Campanelli and stars Olga Kurylenko and James Purefoy.
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- SpouseDebra Sullivan(November 12, 1998 - present)