GUA- S2E71 - Adam Kane - Growing Up Around Fame

Adam Kane talks about growing up in Aspen around all the celebrities.

Adam Kane (Aspen Country Day Grad 86/Hollywood Producer/Director/Cinematographer)

(10 min) Music by Felix Plante. Produced by Twist and Turn Press.

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Adam Kane was born in Southern California and raised in Aspen Colorado to a musical family. The son of studio pianist & composer Artie Kane (Looking For Mr. Goodbar, The Eyes of Laura Mars) and studio singer Sara Kane (Andy Williams Show, Perry Como, The Sound of Music), Adam found his personal voice by telling stories with pictures and creating home movies.

Over three decades of filmmaking has made Adam one of the most sought after Directors working in Hollywood, most recently directing episodes of the hit MGM+ series BILLY THE KID starring Tom Blyth. Previously, Adam served as Executive Producer/Director for the Fox drama ALERT from creators Jamie Foxx and John Eisendrath, Executive Producer/Director for the Fox/Sony reimagination of FANTASY ISLAND, Executive Producer/Director for Warner Bros/Fox’s highly rated drama PRODIGAL SON starring Michael Sheen and Tom Payne, Executive Producer/Director for Sony/SyFy’s drama DEADLY CLASS from fellow Executive Producers Joe & Anthony Russo, Executive Producer/Director for the critically acclaimed adaption of Neil Gaiman’s Emmy Nominated AMERICAN GODS for Starz and Amazon Prime, the Executive Producer/Director for Netflix/USA Network’s DAMNATION, as well as the Emmy nominated, AFI Awards, Critics Choice Awards and Peabody Award winning hit UnREAL.

In Feature Films, Adam’s political thriller FORMOSA BETRAYED was theatrically released in over 80 cities across the U.S. and Canada by Screen Media Films. It won Best Feature and Best Actor at the San Diego Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Philadelphia Asian American Festival. Adam’s family drama, THE FIX won nine major festival awards, including Best Drama, Best of Fest, and Best Director. It qualified for the 2007 Academy Awards.

Adam first became enamored with filmmaking at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he discovered cinematography. Adam photographed eight films during his Undergraduate career, winning Best Cinematography two years in a row at the NYU Film Festival.

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