Adam Wingard – Biography of Adam Wingard

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The American Director Adam Wingard, was born on December 3, 1982 in the town of Oak Ridge (Tennessee), graduating from Full Sail University in 2002.

He made his film directing debut at just 19 years old, with the horror film “Home Sick“(2007), although he had previously filmed a couple of short films.

Visionary director, achieved success with “A Horrible Way to Die“, the love story of a serial killer, presented in 2010 at the Toronto Film Festival in the Vanguard section and shortly afterwards acquired by Starz / Anchor Bay.

In 2011, he directed “Autoerotic “with icon of the mumblecore genre, Joe Swanberg, who is also a regular actor in the movies of Wingard.

His next film, “You are the next (You’re next)”, a thriller about criminals breaking into a house, received rave reviews after its presentation at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, in the Midnight Madness section. . The film generated a certain frenzy for distribution and, in the end, it was Lionsgate who won the bid. The film won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay (Simon Barrett), and Best Actress (Sharni Vinson) at the 2011 Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas.

Wingard also directed two episodes of “The Chronicles of fear“presented at the Sundance Festival in 2012 and 2013. Both films were acquired by Magnolia.

In 2011, the Montreal Fantasy Film Festival paid tribute to Wingard with its own section with the title “Medicated Monsters – A Spotlight on Filmmaker Adam Wingard. “, within his web page, which contains his current works and his first short films.