Max D. Adams

This article is about the American screenwriter. For the British author, see Max Adams.

Max D. Adams is an American screenwriter and author. The winner of a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting and an Austin Film Festival screenwriting award early in her career, Adams went on to be dubbed “Red Hot Adams” by Daily Variety.^[1]

Adams has worked with Columbia Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, and TriStar Pictures. Her produced feature films include Excess Baggage, (credited), The Ladykillers, (uncredited), and One For the Money (uncredited).^{[citation needed]}

During Adams early days as a film student at University of Utah, Adams crewed local films including Trent Harris's Plan Ten From Outer Space and in later years on the comedy circuit in Los Angeles made cameo appearances in indy films including Tony Tarantino's Underbelly Blues.^[2]

Adams is the founder of two international online screenwriting workshops, The Left Door and 5150. She is the author of The New Screenwriter's Survival Guide; Or, Guerrilla Meeting Tactics and Other Acts of War.^[3], is a former University of Utah adjunct professor and WGA online mentor, and is the founder of The Academy of Film Writing.

References

1. Hindes, Andrew (26 March 1997). "'Baggage' handler Adams inks with U". variety.com.
2. "The Academy of Film Writing [AFW]". The Academy of Film Writing [AFW].
3. "TNSSG". screenwriterssurvivalguide.com.

Hindes, Andrew (26 March 1997). "'Baggage' handler Adams inks with U". Variety

Reviews, Good Reads (15 March 2011) "The New Screenwriter's Survival Guide: Or, Guerrilla Meeting Tactics & Other Acts of War" by screenwriter & author Max Adams Good Reads

Adams, Max (15 October 2011). "The Art of the Pitch" Austin Film Festival

Adams, Max (15 October 2011). "Writing Marketable Movies" Gotham Writers

Adams, Max (15 October 2011). "Getting Read & What a Pitch Is — and Isn't" Gotham Writers

Bilyeau, Nancy (9 December 2012). "Guerrilla Tactics: Interview With Author & Screenwriter Max Adams." Writing Fiction & Nonfiction Set in the Past || Official Blog of Author Nancy Bilyeau

Adams, Max (15 December 2012). Wordplay Indy Pros Feature 10: Writer Speak vs. Mogul Speak Wordplay

Adams, Max (19 July 2013). "Here's How Screenwriters Can Learn to Talk to Movie Moguls and Agents IndieWire

Ramati, Phillip (2013). "Screenwriter Max Adams Interview With Phillip Ramati for Crossroads" (2013) Crossroads || Soundcloud

Wehner, Christopher (16 February 2014). "An Interview With Max Adams: Screenwriter of Excess Baggage" Screenwriters Utopia

Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting: "Notable Fellows" Oscars.org

Gotham Writers: Faculty Bio Gotham Writers

External links

• See Max Run || Official Site
• The Academy of Film Writing || Founded by Author & Screenwriter Max Adams
• Celluloid Blonde || Author & Screenwriter Max Adams' Youtube Channel
• Max D. Adams at IMDb