Davidson, Adam 1964-

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Davidson, Adam 1964-

PERSONAL

Full name, Adam Rosh Davidson; born August 13, 1964, in Los Angeles, CA; son of Gordon (a director) and Judi (a publicist and executive) Davidson; married Jessica Lynn Pahlow (a university teacher), November 10, 2006. Education: Kenyon College, graduated (cum laude); Columbia University, master's degree.

Addresses:

Agent—Paradigm, 360 North Crescent Dr. N., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manager—Andrea Simon, Andrea Simon Management, 14011 Ventura Blvd., Suite 101S, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.

Career:

Director, producer, cinematographer, actor, and writer. Also worked as second unit director.

Awards, Honors:

Drama Desk Award (with others), outstanding ensemble, 1985, for Balm in Gilead; Student Film Award, Directors Guild of America, and Achievement Award, both Student Academy Awards, 1990, Golden Palm, best short film, Cannes Film Festival, 1990, and Academy Award, best live-action short film, 1991, all for The Lunch Date; Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directing in a nighttime drama series, 1999, for "Under the Influence," Law & Order.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Producer, Shark, CBS, 2007.

Supervising producer, Shark, CBS, 2007-2008.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Under the Influence," Law & Order, NBC, 1998.

"RashoMom," Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (also known as Cover Me), USA Network, 2001.

"What Gobbles Beneath," The Chronicle (also known as News from the Edge), Sci-Fi Channel, 2001.

"Only the Young Die Good," The Chronicle (also known as News from the Edge), Sci-Fi Channel, 2001.

"Tears of a Clone," The Chronicle (also known as News from the Edge), Sci-Fi Channel, 2002.

"Man and Superman," The Chronicle (also known as News from the Edge), Sci-Fi Channel, 2002.

"The Invisible Woman," The Invisible Man (also known as I-Man), Sci-Fi Channel, 2002.

"Mr. Monk and the Marathon Man," Monk, USA Network, 2002.

"Get Foley," Jake 2.0, UPN, 2004.

"Credible Threat," LAX, NBC, 2004.

"Out of Control," LAX, NBC, 2004.

"Papa Wheelie," Life as We Know It, ABC, 2005.

"All Alone," Six Feet Under, HBO, 2005.

"Abandoned," Lost, ABC, 2005.

"No Man's Land," Grey's Anatomy, ABC, 2005.

"Make Me Lose Control," Grey's Anatomy, ABC, 2005.

"Something to Talk About," Grey's Anatomy, ABC, 2005.

"Tell Me Sweet Little Lies," Grey's Anatomy, ABC, 2006.

"Amateur Night," Deadwood, HBO, 2006.

"What Fresh Hell?," Criminal Minds, CBS, 2006.

"P911," Criminal Minds, CBS, 2006.

"Father Knows Best," Dexter, Showtime, 2006.

"Testudo et Lepus (The Tortoise and the Hare)," Rome, HBO, 2007.

"Rock and a Hard Place," Big Love, HBO, 2007.

"His Visit: Day Eight," John from Cincinnati, HBO, 2007.

"Starlet Fever," Shark, CBS, 2007.

"Wayne's World 2: Revenge of the Shark," Shark, CBS, 2007.

"Gangster Movies," Shark, CBS, 2007.

"In Absentia," Shark, CBS, 2007.

Also directed an episode of The Agency, CBS.

Television Director; Pilots:

Secrets of a Small Town, ABC, 2006.

Television Appearances:

Tiffany's boyfriend, A Match Made in Heaven (movie), CBS, 1997.

Mel, Nature Boy (miniseries), BBC, 2000.

Film Director:

(And producer) The Lunch Date (short film), 1989.

Way Past Cool, SNP Home Entertainment, 2000.

The Monster (short film), Scenarios USA, 2001.

(And cinematographer) For NormanWherever You Are (documentary), 2005.

Film Appearances:

Libby's ex-boyfriend, The Daytrippers (also known as En route verse Manhattan), Cinepix Film Properties, 1997.

Adam, Navrat ztraceneho raje (also known as Return to Paradise and Which Sid Eden), Bontonfilm, 1999.

Officer Hoover, Way Past Cool, SNP Home Entertainment, 2000.

Donny, Pop Life, Flinkin Productions, 2002.

Stage Director:

Lessons, Marilyn Monroe Theatre, Lee Strasberg Creative Center, West Hollywood, CA, 2005.

Stage Appearances:

Child, Balm in Gilead, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1984.

Tom, Levitation, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1984.

WRITINGS

Film Scripts:

The Lunch Date (short film), 1989.

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