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work
Awards
Max Adams awards include an Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting and an Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Award — More info
Consults
Max Adams works one on one with screenwriters and filmmakers on feature and pilot projects.
Courses
The Academy of Film Writing [AFW] is an online writing school founded by author and award winning screenwriter Max Adams to support her students in their writing and career aspirations and goals. More info
Writer
Max Adams is an author and award winning screenwriter. Dubbed “Red Hot Adams” early in her career by Daily Variety, Adams is the winner of — More info
about
Max Adams
Max Adams is an author and award winning screenwriter. Recipient of a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and dubbed “Red Hot Adams” by Daily Variety early in her career, Max has written professionally for Columbia Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, and Tri-Star Pictures — to name a few. She is the author of The New Screenwriter’s Survival Guide, is a former AFI Alumni reader and WGA online mentor, is a recipient of the University of Utah College of Fine Arts Distinguished Alumni Award, is the founder of two international online screenwriting workshops, Left Door and 5150, is a University of Utah associate instructor, and is the founder of The Academy of Film Writing. Max’s produced feature films include Excess Baggage, The Ladykillers, and One For the Money. Max’s non-filmic writing credits include journalism, short fiction, essays, theatre, humor, and radio.
contact
Max is a member of WGAw and is represented by Harley Copen at ICM.
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