Adam Fields
Adam Fields is an American executive, entrepreneur, and film and television producer. During his career, he has produced movies for Sony Pictures, Miramax, 20th Century Fox, Universal, Warner Bros., Relativity Media, and Broad Green Pictures. He founded his own production company in 1984, producing movies including Great Balls of Fire!, Brokedown Palace, Johnny Be Good, Donnie Darko, Vision Quest, Limitless, The Wedding Ringer, and Money Train. Fields’ most notable contributions as an executive include An American Werewolf in London, Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. He also produced Bad Santa 2, and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Fields also executive produced the multi-platinum soundtracks for Flashdance and Endless Love. In 1990, Fields founded Preview Tech, a firm that partnered with national consumer electronic stores to air studio and network trailers on their in-store television monitors. Fields sold Preview Tech 18 months later in a multimillion-dollar deal.
Adam Fields | |
|---|---|
| Born | New York City, New York, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Film, television producer |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Employer | Adam Fields Productions |
Early life
Fields was born in New York City and attended the University of California, Berkeley,[1] where he started his first film company running film festivals in the school auditoriums.
Career
Fields began his career at Creative Artists Agency as assistant to agent Martin Baum.[2] Later, he left CAA to join PolyGram Pictures and within a year became Executive Vice President of Production, overseeing development and production of their film slate.[3] He supervised movies for PolyGram including An American Werewolf in London, Six Weeks, Missing, and Endless Love.[3][4] Fields executive produced the soundtrack album and single for Endless Love.[4] He later went on to supervise the multi-platinum soundtrack for the film Flashdance, which contributed to the film's box office success.[3]
Universal Pictures
Fields partnered with studio chief Ned Tanen at Universal Pictures to oversee the development and production of John Hughes’ directorial debut, Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club.[1]
Independent endeavors & entrepreneurship
In 1984, Fields created Adam Fields Productions and worked with Madonna, Uma Thurman, Dennis Quaid and Winona Ryder to produce films, including Vision Quest, Johnny Be Good, and Great Balls of Fire![5][3]
In 1990, Fields started the film marketing company Preview Tech.[6] The firm built a network where studio trailers and network previews were simultaneously displayed on all the television monitors in consumer electronic stores across the country.[6] Fields sold Preview Tech 18 months later, turning a small startup investment into a multimillion-dollar acquisition target by New York investment-banking firm of Veronis, Suhler & Associates.
After Preview Tech, he teamed with Jon Peters to develop Rosewood, My Fellow Americans, Ali and he executive produced Money Train.[4] In 1997, Fields re-established his own production company at 20th Century Fox, where he produced Ravenous, starring Guy Pearce and David Arquette.[4] Fields then produced and co-wrote Brokedown Palace, starring Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, and Bill Pullman.[4] The film was based upon his own original story.[1][3]
His next film was the independent cult smash hit film Donnie Darko, starring Drew Barrymore, Jake Gyllenhaal, Noah Wyle, Patrick Swayze, and Katherine Ross.[4][3] In 2002, Adam Fields moved his production company to New Line Cinema.[7]
He then executive produced Limitless, starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro, Safe Haven starring Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel, and 21 & Over with Miles Teller.[4] He also produced Drive Angry for Summit Entertainment, starring Nicolas Cage and Amber Heard.[4]
Miramax
In 2010, Fields joined Miramax[8] as Head of New Content, and executive produced the 2014 release Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. He also launched Robert Rodriguez's film From Dusk Till Dawn into a TV series, which premiered in 2014 and has run 3 seasons to date.[1]
Sony Pictures
Fields left Miramax in 2014 to join Sony Pictures as a producer and special consultant, where he produced the hit comedy The Wedding Ringer starring Kevin Hart and Josh Gad.[9] He was executive producer on Bad Santa 2 for Broad Green Pictures, starring Billy Bob Thornton, released in November 2016.[4]
Current enterprises
Fields is involved in a number of projects currently in production, such as a film adaptation of Rob Liefeld's comic, Shrink,[10][11][12][13] a reboot of Look Who's Talking,[14][15] and a remake of Bunny Lake is Missing.[16]
Filmography
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film
| Year | Film | Credit[4][17] |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Vision Quest | Executive producer |
| 1986 | The Whoopee Boys | |
| 1988 | Johnny Be Good | |
| Journey to the Center of the Earth | Executive producer | |
| 1989 | Great Balls of Fire! | |
| 1995 | Money Train | Executive producer |
| 1999 | Ravenous | |
| Brokedown Palace | ||
| 2001 | Donnie Darko | |
| 2009 | S. Darko | |
| 2011 | Drive Angry | |
| 2013 | Safe Haven | Co-producer |
| 21 & Over | Co-producer | |
| 2014 | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Executive producer |
| 2015 | The Wedding Ringer | |
| 2016 | Bad Santa 2 | Executive producer |
| Masterminds | Executive producer |
- Music department
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Endless Love | Music supervisor |
| 1983 | Flashdance | |
| 1985 | Vision Quest |
- Production manager
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Sixteen Candles | Executive in charge of production | Uncredited |
| 1985 | The Breakfast Club | ||
| 2011 | Limitless |
- As writer
| Year | Film |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Brokedown Palace |
- As soundtrack executive producer
| Year | Film |
|---|---|
| 1981 | An American Werewolf in London |
| 1982 | Six Weeks |
| Missing | |
| 2001 | Ali |
References
- "Adam Fields Biography". IMDb.
- Cieply, Michael (August 10, 2016). "Ovitz, Meyer & CAA Treat Themselves To Churchill-Style Selective History Lesson In 'Powerhouse'". Deadline Hollywood.
- "Magnetic Fields". Perfect 10. 2001. pp. 89–91.
- "Adam Fields". IMDb.
- Palmer, Robert (June 1989). "Simmer Down, Son". American Film. pp. 27–33.
- Schlax, Julie (1991). "Movie marketing match". Forbes.
- Harris, Cathy Dunkley,Dana; Dunkley, Cathy; Harris, Dana (2002-10-11). "Producer Fields, New Line team". Variety. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
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- Cieply, Michael (December 24, 2014). "Life and Near Death of a Miramax Script". The New York Times.
- Busch, Anita (February 6, 2019). "'Shrink,' Based On 'Deadpool' Creator Rob Liefeld's Comic, Resurrected At Sony For Potential Feature Franchise". Deadline.
- Couch, Aaron (February 6, 2019). "Sony Options 'Shrink' From 'Deadpool' Creator Rob Liefeld". Hollywood Reporter.
- Fisher, Jessica (February 6, 2019). "Sony Pictures Moving Forward Rob Liefeld's Superhero Psychiatrist Film SHRINK". geektyrant.
- McGloin, Matt (February 6, 2019). "ROB LIEFELD'S 'SHRINK' PICKED UP BY SONY". Cosmic Book News.
- Fleming, Mike Jr. (July 8, 2019). "Screen Gems Taking Baby Steps On 'Look Who's Talking' Reboot With Jeremy Garelick & Adam Fields". Deadline.
- McNary, Dave (July 8, 2019). "Film News Roundup: 'Look Who's Talking' Reboot in the Works at Sony". Variety.
- N'Duka, Amanda (February 20, 2019). "Otto Preminger's Crime Thriller 'Bunny Lake Is Missing' Remake In Works At Screen Gems With Adam Fields". Deadline.
- "Adam Fields". Hollywood.com.