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Adam Lowitt

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Adam Lowitt
Lowitt performing in July 2016
MediumStand-up comedy, television
Websiteadamlowitt.com//

Adam Lowitt is an American standup comedian, a four-time Emmy-winning, six-time nominated co-executive producer and supervising producer[1] for the news satire program The Daily Show. He performs regularly in New York and performed on Comedy Central as part of John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show[2] In 2012, Adam was selected to perform at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal as part of their New Faces Showcase. Adam often performs locally and has opened for other comedians he worked with at The Daily Show. From December 2015 until March 2017, he was an on-air contributor on The Daily Show. He was an executive producer on Sacha Baron Cohen's 2018 comedy series Who Is America?.

Awards

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Year Outcome Primetime Emmy Category
2009 Won Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series
2010 Won Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series
2011 Won Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series
2012 Won Outstanding Variety Series
2013 Nominated Outstanding Variety Series
2014 Nominated Outstanding Variety Series

Personal life

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Adam Lowitt went to Countryside High School in Clearwater, Florida and studied at the University of Florida. On September 13, 2014, Adam Lowitt married Becky Friedman.[3][4] Becky is the head writer of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood on PBS as well as a writer and editor for Out of the Blue Enterprises. Adam Lowitt lives in New York, New York with his wife.

References

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  1. ^ "Adam Lowitt". Emmys.com. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Adam Lowitt". adamlowitt.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Adam Lowitt". Facebook. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  4. ^ "Becky Friedman, Adam Lowitt". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2015.