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{{short description|American screenwriter and producer (born 1972)}}
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'''Adam Herz''' (born September 12, 1972)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adam Herz News & Biography - Empire |url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/adam-herz/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=www.empireonline.com}}</ref> is an American [[screenwriter]] and [[film producer|producer]].
Herz's first screenplay, originally titled ''East Great Falls High'', was written over a winter ski vacation in 1998. It was based on his high school years in [[East Grand Rapids, Michigan]]. It sold for a reported $650,000 in 1999 and became the film ''[[American Pie (film)|American Pie]]''.<ref name="NYT">{{Cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Holden |date=July 9, 1999 |title=Film Review; The Road to Manhood, Paved in Raunchy Jokes and Pie |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/09/movies/film-review-the-road-to-manhood-paved-in-raunchy-jokes-and-pie.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2023-12-11}}</ref>
In July 2019, POP TV ordered an 8-episode run of his newly created high school-set comedy, ''Bad Intentions''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Middleton |first=Richard |date=11 July 2019 |title=Pop TV orders comedy from American Pie’s Adam Herz |url=https://tbivision.com/2019/07/11/pop-tv-orders-comedy-form-american-pies-adam-herz/ |website=TBI Vision}}</ref> The show was later cancelled right before cameras were due to start rolling due to original content cuts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kimball |first=Trevor |date=2020-03-06 |title=Best Intentions: New Comedy Series Cancelled by Pop TV |url=https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/best-intentions-new-comedy-series-cancelled-by-pop-tv/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=canceled + renewed TV shows, ratings - TV Series Finale |language=en-US}}</ref>
He is [[Jewish]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Osgerby |first=Bill |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z5a0DwAAQBAJ&q=%22Adam+Herz%22+jewish&pg=PT72 |title=American Pie: The Anatomy of Vulgar Teen Comedy |date=8 October 2019 |isbn=9781134814688}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 9, 2001 |title=A Jewish Slice of 'American Pie' |url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/4673/ |website=Jewish Journal}}</ref>
==Filmography==
* ''[[American Pie (film)|American Pie]]'' (1999) – Writer, Co-Producer
* ''[[Go Fish (TV series)|Go Fish]]'' (2001) – Writer, Executive Producer
* ''[[American Pie 2]]'' (2001) – Writer, Executive Producer, Actor (as Younger Business Suit)
* ''[[American Wedding]]'' (2003) – Writer, Producer
* ''[[My Best Friend's Girl (2008 film)|My Best Friend's Girl]]'' (2008) – Producer
* ''[[American Reunion]]'' (2012) – Producer, Characters
* ''[[Wonder Park]]'' (2019) – Producer
* ''[[American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules]]'' (2020) – Executive Producer, characters
==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|381221}}
*[http://www.terrafirmafilms.com Terra Firma Films] - Adam Herz's production company
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