Adam Simon

Adam Simon is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. His directing credits include Brain Dead, Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger, and Carnosaur. Simon, along with producer Brannon Braga, co-created the television series Salem.

Works

The Player

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Release Date1992-05-08

Charactersd Adam Simon

Vote Count900

Bob Roberts

Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by singing '60s-style acoustic folk songs with lyrics espousing far-right conservative social and economic views.

Release Date1992-09-04

Charactersd Cutting Edge Head Writer

Vote Count169

The Unborn

Joy turns to horror when a pregnant mother discovers the nightmarish truth behind her doctor's unexpected success in helping her conceive.

Release Date1991-03-29

Charactersd Priest

Vote Count45

The Brains Behind the Nightmare

A documentary about the making of Brain Dead (1990)

Release Date2020-09-28

Charactersd Self

Body Chemistry II: Voice of a Stranger

A man is torn between two women and his own violent self, borne of child abuse.

Release Date1992-08-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count12

Salem

Set in the volatile world of 17th century Massachusetts, 'Salem' explores what really fueled the town's infamous witch trials and dares to uncover the dark, supernatural truth hiding behind the veil of this infamous period in American history. In Salem, witches are real, but they are not who or what they seem.

Release Date2014-04-20

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count362

The Haunting in Connecticut

When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's clairvoyant son Jonah served as a demonic messenger, providing a gateway for spiritual entities to crossover.

Release Date2009-03-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1156

Lock Up

Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.

Release Date1989-08-04

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1269

The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

In a documentary about Samuel Fuller, the spectator gets different impressions about the Hollywood director and his films. The film is divided into the three sections: The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera. The first segment covers Fuller's past as a newsman where he began as a copy boy and ended as a reporter. Part two describes Fuller's experiences in World War II, in which he participated as a soldier. The last section focuses on Fuller as director. Tim Robbins interviews Samuel Fuller revealing the director's own memories and impressions. Beside the interview, Jim Jarmusch, Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino accompany the documentary with their comments.

Release Date1996-06-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count7

The Spectre of Hope

The Spectre of Hope is based on the latest work of photographer Sebastiao Salgado. Salgado spent 6 years traveling to over 40 countries, taking pictures of globalization and its consequences - most notably, the mass migrations of populations around the world. In the film, Salgado presents his remarkable photographs in conversation with John Berger.

Release Date2002-01-28

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count2

Captive State

Nearly a decade after occupation by an extraterrestrial force, the lives of a Chicago neighborhood on both sides of the conflict are explored. In a working-class Chicago neighborhood occupied by an alien force for nine years, increased surveillance and the restriction of civil rights have given rise to an authoritarian system -- and dissent among the populace.

Release Date2019-03-15

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count1213

NEXT

A Silicon Valley pioneer discovers that one of his own creations – a powerful A.I. – might spell global catastrophe, and teams up with a cybercrime agent to fight a villain unlike anything we’ve ever seen – one whose greatest weapon against us is ourselves.

Release Date2020-10-06

DepartmentProduction

JobCo-Executive Producer

Episode Count10

Vote Count164

The American Nightmare

An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.

Release Date2000-09-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count36

Books of Blood

A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.

Release Date2020-10-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count477

Bones

Over 20 years after his death, local legend and benefactor Jimmy Bones returns as a ghost to get revenge on those who killed him and restore his neighborhood.

Release Date2001-10-24

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count163

Brain Dead

In a battle of man versus machine, Martin, a top neurosurgeon who's studying brain malfunctions that cause mental illness, delves deep into his own mind to save himself from a megalomaniacal corporation.

Release Date1990-01-16

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count128

Carnosaur

After being driven to extinction, great bloodthirsty dinosaurs come back to life with the assistance of a demented genetic scientist. She plans to replace the human race with a super-race of dinosaurs who will not pollute the planet.

Release Date1993-05-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count110

Shadowman

A jazz musician finds himself possessed by an ancient spirit of vengeance that leads him into a new and unexplored world of voodoo and dead spirits. Based on the Valiant Comics character.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Herbert West: Reanimator

The brilliant but mercurial physician West's rabid obsession and pursuit of life extension succeeds to a horrifying effect.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter