Adam Resnick

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Adam Resnick
Born
United States
OccupationsDirector, producer, writer
Known forwriting for Late Night with David Letterman

Adam Resnick is an American comedy writer from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his work writing for Late Night with David Letterman . [1]

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He co-created and wrote for Get a Life with Chris Elliott. Resnick also wrote and was co-executive producer of a season of The Larry Sanders Show for HBO. He created and wrote The High Life (1996), also for HBO. Also for television, he has written for Saturday Night Live , and is a writer and consulting producer on Divorce . [2]

Resnick has also written for film. With its star, Chris Elliott, Resnick created the story for the 1994 motion picture Cabin Boy , for which he wrote the screenplay. Resnick wrote the screenplays for Lucky Numbers (2000), starring John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow, and Death to Smoochy (2002), directed by Danny DeVito.

Will Not Attend, a pseudo-memoir, was released in 2014. [3] Kirkus Reviews called the book "a neurotic, unapologetic, hilarious collection." [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleWriterDirector
1994 Cabin Boy YesYes
2000 Lucky Numbers YesNo
2003 Death to Smoochy YesNo

Television

YearTitleCreatorWriterProducerNotes
1986-1990, 1991-1992 Late Night with David Letterman NoYesNo
1987 Action Family NoNoNoSpecial thanks credit
1990-1992 Get a Life YesYesYes
1994-1995 Saturday Night Live NoYesNo
1996 The High Life YesYesYes
1997-1998 The Larry Sanders Show NoYesYes
2003The MayorYesYesYes The WB pilot
2009Cop HouseYesYesYes Fox pilot
2009-2010 Bored to Death NoNoNoConsultant role
2016-2019 Divorce NoYesYes

References

  1. ↑ "Adam Resnick". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2014. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ Harris, Will (September 25, 2018). "Adam Resnick Breaks Down the Surreal W.C. Fields Comedy Million Dollar Legs". Vulture. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  3. ↑ Heisler, Steve (May 26, 2014). "Adam Resnick: No RSVP Required". Rolling Stone .
  4. ↑ "WILL NOT ATTEND | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.


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