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'''Adam Resnick''' is an American comedy writer from [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]]. He is best known for his work writing for ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/166451/Adam-Resnick |title= Adam Resnick |publisher= [[The New York Times]] |date= 2007-01-18 |accessdate= 2014-05-01}}</ref>
'''Adam Resnick''' is an American comedy writer from [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]]. He is best known for his work writing for ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/166451/Adam-Resnick |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140314030630/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/166451/Adam-Resnick |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2014-03-14 |title= Adam Resnick |department= Movies & TV Dept. |work= [[The New York Times]] |date= 2014 |accessdate= 2014-05-01}}</ref>


He co-created and wrote for ''[[Get a Life (TV series)|Get A Life]]'' with [[Chris Elliott]]. Resnick also wrote and was co-executive producer of a season of ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'' for [[Home Box Office|HBO]]. He created and wrote ''[[The High Life (1996 TV series)|The High Life]]'' (1996), also for HBO.
He co-created and wrote for ''[[Get a Life (American TV series)|Get A Life]]'' with [[Chris Elliott]]. Resnick also wrote and was co-executive producer of a season of ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'' for [[Home Box Office|HBO]]. He created and wrote ''[[The High Life (1996 TV series)|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 (TV series)|Divorce]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Will |date=2018-09-25 |title=Adam Resnick Breaks Down the Surreal W.C. Fields Comedy Million Dollar Legs |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/09/underrated-adam-resnick-on-w-c-fields-million-dollar-legs.html |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}</ref>


Resnick has also written for film. With its star, Chris Elliot, 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]].
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/adam-resnick-no-rsvp-required-89700/|title=Adam Resnick: No RSVP Required|first1=Steve|last1=Heisler|date=May 26, 2014}}</ref> ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' called the book "a neurotic, unapologetic, hilarious collection."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/adam-resnick/will-not-attend/|title=WILL NOT ATTEND &#124; Kirkus Reviews|via=www.kirkusreviews.com}}</ref>
''Will Not Attend'', a pseudo-[[memoir]], was released in 2014.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/adam-resnick-no-rsvp-required-89700/|title=Adam Resnick: No RSVP Required|first1=Steve|last1=Heisler|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=May 26, 2014}}</ref> ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' called the book "a neurotic, unapologetic, hilarious collection."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/adam-resnick/will-not-attend/|title=WILL NOT ATTEND &#124; Kirkus Reviews|via=www.kirkusreviews.com}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 15:17, 20 September 2024

For the federal whistleblower, see Adam B. Resnick.
Not to be confused with Alan Resnick.

Adam Resnick
Born
United States
Occupation(s)Director, 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]

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]

References

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  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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