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Adam Weissman is an American television director.
Weissman is from New York City, beginning is career as a production assistant in the 1980s before directing television commercials. [1]
In 1990, Weissman wrote, produced, directed and financed a short film entitled The Norton Project, winning awards from the Chicago Film Festival and The International Film and TV Festival of NY and the CINE Competition. [1] He then relocated to Los Angeles directing episodes for numerous Nickelodeon series in the 1990s namely Welcome Freshmen , My Brother and Me , Space Cases , The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo and Are You Afraid of the Dark? . Weissman then temporarily relocated to Canada directing episodes of Zixx , Vampire High , Fries with That? , Billable Hours and Tales from the Neverending Story . [2]
Weissman continues to direct for both American and Canadian television shows for both channels, Nickelodeon and Disney Channel, including shows such as: True Jackson, VP , Drake & Josh , iCarly , Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide , Wendell & Vinnie , Good Luck Charlie , Hannah Montana , Zoey 101 , Victorious , Sam & Cat , Henry Danger , Game Shakers, The Troop , Infected , Mr. Young , Cartoon Gene, A.N.T. Farm , Pair of Kings , Austin & Ally , Liv and Maddie, Mighty Med , Cousins for Life , Danger Force and Side Hustle .
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