1. Adam Wingard has served as a film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, actor, and composer on numerous American films.
13 Facts About Adam Wingard
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Adam Wingard's first feature, the horror comedy Home Sick, starring Bill Moseley and Tiffany Shepis, was a stepping stone to his second feature, the psychotropic ghost story horror film Pop Skull.
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In 2011, Adam Wingard co-directed Autoerotic with the actor and filmmaker Joe Swanberg.
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Adam Wingard was selected to direct one chapter of The ABCs of Death, a 26-chapter horror comedy anthology for Drafthouse Films and Magnet.
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In 2013, Adam Wingard offered the project Peter Jackson, director of the 2005 remake of King Kong and he had been interested in producing a sequel to the film, titled Skull Island, with Adam Wingard as director and Simon Barrett writing it.
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Adam Wingard pivoted to offering a modern-day sequel, but ultimately nothing came of the proposal.
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In 2014, Adam Wingard directed The Guest starring Dan Stevens, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival and Fantastic Fest, receiving wide critical acclaim upon its wider theatrical release in mid-September.
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Adam Wingard directed the found-footage horror film Blair Witch, based on a script by Simon Barrett.
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In 2015, Adam Wingard signed on to direct a live action American film adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's popular horror crime-thriller manga series Death Note.
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In May 2017, Adam Wingard was announced as the director for Godzilla vs Kong, which was released in March 2021.
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In March 2021, Adam Wingard was announced as the director of ThunderCats, co-writing it with Barrett.
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Adam Wingard will write the screenplay with Will Simmons from a story by Kirkman.
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Adam Wingard is set to direct an action thriller film entitled Onslaught, which will begin filming in autumn 2024.