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'''Daniel Adams''' is the director of ''[[Chatham_(film)| The Golden Boys (2008 film)]]'' starring [[David Carradine]], [[Bruce Dern]], [[Rip Torn]], [[Charles Durning]], and [[Mariel Hemingway]] which was released in 2008.<ref name=Boston>Gilsdorf, Ethan, 2007, [http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2007/06/03/not_the_retiring_type/ Not the retiring type], ''[[The Boston Globe]]''.</ref> Daniel Adams grew up in Boston, matriculated at The Roxbury Latin School, then Harvard College, majoring in history. After working in politics, including two gubernatorial campaigns, a race for attorney general, and a presidential campaign. He also garnered valuable film production experience directing television commercials for a Boston advertising agency, winning several awards. He then co-wrote and directed his first feature film in 1989, “A Fool And His Money” (originally titled, "Religion, Inc.") which starred [[Sandra Bullock]], [[Jonathan Penner]], [[George Plimpton]] and [[Jerzy Kosinski]] (released through Trimark Pictures - now Lions Gate). He then went on to write and direct his second feature, the critically acclaimed “Primary Motive,” for Twentieth Century Fox which starred [[Judd Nelson]], [[Justine Bateman]], [[Richard Jordan]], [[John Savage]] and [[Sally Kirkland]]. His third feature, which he also wrote and directed, a comedy entitled, “The Mouse,” starring [[Rip Torn]] and [[John Savage]], released through Strand Releasing, also received extremely positive reviews throughout the United States and abroad. His film, “The Golden Boys,” which he wrote and directed, starring [[David Carradine]], [[Rip Torn]], [[Bruce Dern]] and [[Mariel Hemingway]], was released through Roadside Attractions and Lions Gate Films in 2009. Also in 2009, he directed the feature film, “The Lightkeepers” from a script he wrote. “Lightkeepers” was released through New Films Cinema in the spring of 2010. Currently he has teamed up with [[Kate Edelman Johnson]] to write and direct the big screen version of the hit 1960s television drama, “The Big Valley” which originally starred [[Barbara Stanwyck]], [[Lee Majors]] and [[Linda Evans]]. [[Jessica Lange]] is currently attached play the old Stanwyck role. |
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As a novelist, he conceived, edited and contributed to the serial novel, “Out Of The Fog” working with a dozen of the nation’s best-selling authors. Also an historian, he is writing a biography of American patriot James Otis. |
As a novelist, he conceived, edited and contributed to the serial novel, “Out Of The Fog” working with a dozen of the nation’s best-selling authors. Also an historian, he is writing a biography of American patriot James Otis. |
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Daniel Adams is the director of The Golden Boys (2008 film) starring David Carradine, Bruce Dern, Rip Torn, Charles Durning, and Mariel Hemingway which was released in 2008.[1] Daniel Adams grew up in Boston, matriculated at The Roxbury Latin School, then Harvard College, majoring in history. After working in politics, including two gubernatorial campaigns, a race for attorney general, and a presidential campaign. He also garnered valuable film production experience directing television commercials for a Boston advertising agency, winning several awards. He then co-wrote and directed his first feature film in 1989, “A Fool And His Money” (originally titled, "Religion, Inc.") which starred Sandra Bullock, Jonathan Penner, George Plimpton and Jerzy Kosinski (released through Trimark Pictures - now Lions Gate). He then went on to write and direct his second feature, the critically acclaimed “Primary Motive,” for Twentieth Century Fox which starred Judd Nelson, Justine Bateman, Richard Jordan, John Savage and Sally Kirkland. His third feature, which he also wrote and directed, a comedy entitled, “The Mouse,” starring Rip Torn and John Savage, released through Strand Releasing, also received extremely positive reviews throughout the United States and abroad. His film, “The Golden Boys,” which he wrote and directed, starring David Carradine, Rip Torn, Bruce Dern and Mariel Hemingway, was released through Roadside Attractions and Lions Gate Films in 2009. Also in 2009, he directed the feature film, “The Lightkeepers” from a script he wrote. “Lightkeepers” was released through New Films Cinema in the spring of 2010. Currently he has teamed up with Kate Edelman Johnson to write and direct the big screen version of the hit 1960s television drama, “The Big Valley” which originally starred Barbara Stanwyck, Lee Majors and Linda Evans. Jessica Lange is currently attached play the old Stanwyck role. As a novelist, he conceived, edited and contributed to the serial novel, “Out Of The Fog” working with a dozen of the nation’s best-selling authors. Also an historian, he is writing a biography of American patriot James Otis.
Selected filmography
- The Lightkeepers (2009)
- The Golden Boys (2008 film) (2008)
- The Mouse (1996)
- Primary Motive (1992)
- A Fool And His Money (1989)
References
- ^ Gilsdorf, Ethan, 2007, Not the retiring type, The Boston Globe.
External links
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