Adam Simon (born February 6, 1962) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. His directing credits include ''

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'' (1990), '' Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger'' (1992), and ''

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'' (1993). Simon, along with producer

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, co-created the television series '' Salem''. As a screenwriter, Simon is known for ''

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'' (2001), ''

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'' (2009), and ''

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'' (2020).

Career

He plays a humorous version of himself, pitching a project and getting barred from the studio lot in the famous opening-shot of

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's '' The Player'' (1992). He previously appeared, thinly veiled, as a fictional character in

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's film '' The Big Picture'' (1989) and would reappear in

Kim Newman Kim James Newman (born 31 July 1959) is an English journalist, film critic and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction—both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's ''Dracula (1931 ...

's novel ''Johnny Alucard'' (2013), where he again pitches a project and becomes the only person in Hollywood standing up to a particularly sinister studio executive. Kim Newman has noted that Adam Simon has "become one of the most oft-cited figures in contemporary Hollywood satire, and those in the know have begun to play the game of Simon-spotting. ..Remarkable look- and act-alikes for Adam Simon have appeared in a couple of sinister Hollywood satires: Adam Rafkin (Jarrad Paul) on the cancelled-too-soon TV series ''Action'', who ruins his emotional and physical health on successive drafts of ''Beverly Hills Gun Club'' for sleazy überproducer Peter Dragon (Jay Mohr); and Adam Kesher (Justin Theroux) in David Lynch's ''Mulholland Drive'', who finds his entire life - and film project - jeopardised when he considers going against the wishes of backers who represent either organised crime or Hell.""Who Let Adam Simon on the Lot?" by Kim Newman
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Filmography

Film

Television

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