Adam Fierro is an American television writer and producer.
Biography
Fierro began his television career as a freelance writer. He wrote two scripts for the first season of ''Resurrection Blvd.'' in 2000. In 2002 he returned as a co-producer and writer for the third season and contributed a further three episodes.
In 2004 Fierro joined the crew of ''
The Shield
''The Shield'' is an American crime drama television series starring Michael Chiklis that premiered on March 12, 2002, on FX in the United States, and concluded on November 25, 2008, after seven seasons. Known for its portrayal of corrupt poli ...
'' as a writer and co-producer. He wrote three episodes for the third season. He was promoted to producer in 2005 and contributed a further two episodes to the fourth season. He continued to receive more responsibility and became a supervising producer for the fifth season writing two more episodes. He was made co-executive producer for the sixth season and wrote two more episodes. After filming completed on the sixth season of ''The Shield'' Fierro became a co-executive producer for the sixth season of ''
24'' and wrote an episode. Fierro returned to ''The Shield'' for the seventh and final season and served as an executive producer and wrote three episodes.
After completing work on ''The Shield'' Fierro became a consulting producer and writer for the third season of ''
Dexter
Dexter may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Dexter, the main character of the American animated series ''Dexter's Laboratory'' that aired from 1996 to 2003
* Dexter, a fictional character in the British Diary of a Bad Man#Main, web series ''Diar ...
''. He was nominated for a
Writers Guild of America Award
The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America West since 1949.
Eligibility
Th ...
at the
February 2009 ceremony for Best Dramatic Series for his work on the third season of ''Dexter''.
Fierro was reunited with ''The Shield'' producer
Charles H. Eglee
Charles Hamilton Eglee (born November 27, 1951) is an American film and television screenwriter and producer. He worked extensively for Steven Bochco productions throughout the 1990s. For Bochco productions he co-created '' Byrds of Paradise'' ...
on ''Dexter''.
Fierro served as a consulting producer and writer for the second season of medical drama series ''
Hawthorne
Hawthorne often refers to the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Hawthorne may also refer to:
Places
Australia
*Hawthorne, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane
Canada
* Hawthorne Village, Ontario, a suburb of Milton, Ontario
United States
* Hawt ...
'' in 2010. The series show runner was Fierro's ''The Shield'' colleague
Glen Mazzara
Glen Mazzara (born July 6, 1967) is an American television producer and writer. He is most well known for his work on ''The Shield'', '' The Walking Dead'' and ''Damien''.
Life and career
An Italian-American, Mazzara was born in Manhattan, Ne ...
.
Fierro again worked with Eglee on the first season of AMC drama series ''
The Walking Dead''. Fierro wrote the season finale "TS-19". Eglee was an executive producer on ''The Walking Dead''. The episode also reunited Fierro with frequent ''The Shield'' director
Guy Ferland
Guy Ferland (born February 18, 1966) is an American film and television director.
Career
After Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 film '' Notorious'' inspired him to become a filmmaker, Ferland went on to study cinema production at the University of Sout ...
; Ferland helmed "TS-19".
In 2014, Fierro was the executive producer of the USA medical drama
Rush
Rush(es) may refer to:
Places
United States
* Rush, Colorado
* Rush, Kentucky
* Rush, New York
* Rush City, Minnesota
* Rush Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary), Illinois
* Rush Creek (Marin County, California), a stream
* Rush Creek (Mono Cou ...
. The series ran for one season.
Fierro married writer
Elizabeth Craft
Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain are American television screenwriters and producers, mostly working together as partners. They have also written two young adult fiction novels together.
Craft and Fain are from Kansas City, Missouri, and wrote thei ...
in 2007. The two met while working on "The Shield". Fierro's sister,
Olivia Fierro Olivia may refer to:
People
* Olivia (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Olivia (singer) (Olivia Longott, born 1981), American singer
* OlĂvia (basketball) (Carlos Henrique Rodrigues do Nascimento, born 197 ...
is a television news anchor.
Filmography
Producer
Writer
Awards and nominations
*Nominated for an ALMA Award for Outstanding Writing - Television Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie for his work on ''The Shield'' episode "Enemy of Good" along with his co-writer Charles H. Eglee.
*Nominated for a
Writers Guild of America Award
The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America West since 1949.
Eligibility
Th ...
at the
February 2009 ceremony for Best Dramatic Series for his work on the third season of ''Dexter''.
References
External links
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American male screenwriters
American television writers
Living people
American television producers
American male television writers
Year of birth missing (living people)