Adam Marcus

Adam Marcus (born 1970) is an American film director, writer and actor. Family and education Marcus was born in Westport, Connecticut and attended Staples High School. Marcus was raised in Reform Judaism. His brother, Kipp Marcus would become an actor and be nominated for a Young Artist Award Adam Marcus started his career at the age of fifteen, when he co-created the Westport Theatreworks Theatrical Company where he directed and produced over fifty shows in seven years. He then attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University where he won the coveted Best Picture Award at the Student Academy Awards in 1990 for his film, ...so you like this girl. Disney, New Line and Paramount In 1991, Marcus was called out to Los Angeles by filmmaker Sean S. Cunningham (the director of the original Friday the 13th) to work on producing and directing features. That same year, he co-produced Johnny Zombie (retitled My Boyfriend's Back) for Cunningham and Disney Studios. In 1993, Marcus wrote the story for and directed the ninth film in the Friday the 13th series, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday for New Line. He was 23 at the time and the youngest director ever hired by the studio. The three million dollar feature went on to gross over eighteen million domestically and became one of New Line Video's largest releases ever.