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Adam Horowitz

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American screenwriter and producer (born 1971)
For the musician, seeAd-Rock. For the Mondoweiss co-editor, seeAdam Horowitz (journalist). For people with a similar name, seeAdam Horovitz (disambiguation).

Adam Horowitz
Horowitz in March 2012
Born (1971-12-04)December 4, 1971 (age 53)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • producer
Years active1994–present
Known forCo-creator ofOnce Upon a Time

Adam Horowitz (born December 4, 1971) is an American screenwriter and producer. He is best known for co-creating theABC fairy tale drama seriesOnce Upon a Time with his writing partner,Edward Kitsis.

Early life

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Horowitz was born in New York City,[1] and graduated fromHunter College High School in 1990. He attendedUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison and graduated with aB.A. in 1994, majoring in communication arts andpolitical science. There he met his future collaborator,Edward Kitsis. Horowitz was writer and reporter for theDaily Cardinal student newspaper, writing as many as five articles in the same issue. He often caught editors off-guard with humorousleads or picking odd quotes. He worked on articles aboutspearfishing and theExxon Valdez oil spill.[2]

Career

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Television

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After graduating, Kitsis and Horowitz traveled together to Los Angeles, and worked together onFantasy Island,Felicity andPopular, before joining theLost team halfway through the first season. He is married to Erin Barrett Horowitz.

Horowitz, Kitsis and theLost writing staff won theWriters Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at theFebruary 2006 ceremony for their work on thefirst andsecond seasons.[3] They were nominated for the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series again at theFebruary 2007 ceremony for their work on the second andthird seasons,[4] at theFebruary 2009 ceremony for thefourth season ofLost[5] and at theFebruary 2010 ceremony for thefifth season.[6] They also wroteConfessions of an American Bride, amade-for-television movie. During Lost's run, he signed an overall deal with ABC Studios in 2007.[7]

Horowitz and Kitsis created theABC fantasy drama seriesOnce Upon a Time, which began airing on October 23, 2011. The show focuses on a town which is actually a parallel world populated by fairytale characters who are unaware of their true identity. The two came up with the concept seven years prior to joining the staff ofLost, but wanted to wait until it ended before they focused on this project.[8][9]

Kitsis and Horowitz also worked on the first four episodes ofTron: Uprising. He explains that he has used this chance to explore theTron universe, particularly the life of a program under CLU's regime.[10]

Kitsis, Horowitz, andJosh Gad will serve as creators and writers for a limited prequel series to Disney's 2017 filmBeauty and the Beast.[11] The series was conceived after the three had a discussion after the cancellation of their planned Disney+ series,Muppets Live Another Day.[11] In December 2019, it was announced that Horowitz and Kitsis were working on a new TV show set in the world of fairy tales andDisney titledEpic.[12] The pilot was picked up by ABC in January 2021, however it was dropped in August of the same year.[13]

Film

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Kitsis and Horowitz worked as writers on early unused drafts of the Universal projectOuija,[14] and co-wrote the filmTron: Legacy in 2010.[15]

He frequently collaborates with a tightly knit group of film professionals which includeJ. J. Abrams,Damon Lindelof,Alex Kurtzman,Roberto Orci,Edward Kitsis,Andre Nemec,Josh Appelbaum,Jeff Pinkner, andBryan Burk.[1]

Credits

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Awards

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  • 2005Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series forLost.
  • 2000SHINE Award for Best Comedy Episode forPopular episode "Booty Camp".
  • Nominated for 2000 Shine Award for Best Dramatic Episode forPopular episode "Tonight's the Night".
  • Nominated for 2008 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series forLost
  • Nominated for 2009 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series forLost
  • Nominated for 2010 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series forLost

References

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  1. ^abVariety Magazine: "Abrams keeps it all in the fan family – J.J. and his collaborators conquer Hollywood" By Cynthia Littleton October 16, 2009 |"We’re all self-deprecating short Jews, with the exception of Bob Orci”
  2. ^"Spearfishing Treaty Controversy - Indian Country Wisconsin".www.mpm.edu. Archived fromthe original on June 10, 2010. RetrievedJanuary 11, 2022.
  3. ^"Awards Winners".Writers Guild of America. Archived fromthe original on October 22, 2007. RetrievedOctober 17, 2007.
  4. ^"2007 Writers Guild Awards Television & Radio Nominees Announced". Writers Guild of America. Archived fromthe original on December 5, 2007. RetrievedDecember 6, 2007.
  5. ^"2009 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced". WG A. 2008. Archived fromthe original on December 12, 2008. RetrievedDecember 12, 2008.
  6. ^"2010 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced". WGA. 2009. Archived fromthe original on January 29, 2010. RetrievedApril 15, 2010.
  7. ^Adalian, Josef (March 1, 2007)."'Lost' scribes ink overall deal".Variety. RetrievedFebruary 21, 2021.
  8. ^Goldberg, Lesley (May 31, 2011)."Jane Espenson, Liz Tigelaar Join ABC'sOnce Upon a Time".The Hollywood Reporter. RetrievedAugust 12, 2011.
  9. ^Levine, Stuart (October 28, 2010)."EXCLUSIVE: 'Lost' exec producers Horowitz, Kitsis sell pilot to ABC".Variety. Archived fromthe original on June 24, 2011. RetrievedAugust 2, 2011.
  10. ^Radish, Christina."Creators Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz Talk ONCE UPON A TIME Season 1 Finale, Animated Series TRON: UPRISING, and Involvement with TRON 3". Collider. RetrievedOctober 8, 2012.
  11. ^abcGoldberg, Lesley (March 6, 2020)."'Beauty and the Beast' Prequel Series in the Works at Disney+ (Exclusive)".The Hollywood Reporter. RetrievedMarch 7, 2020.
  12. ^Andreeva, Nellie (December 16, 2019)."Disney Fairytale Universe-Set Romantic Anthology 'Epic' In Works At ABC From 'Once Upon A Time' Trio". RetrievedJanuary 29, 2021.
  13. ^Goldberg, Lesley (January 29, 2021)."'Once Upon a Time' Creators Return to ABC With 'Epic' Fairy Tale Anthology".The Hollywood Reporter. RetrievedJanuary 29, 2021.
  14. ^Exclusive Interview: TRON: LEGACY screenwriters Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz bring the franchise back online
  15. ^"'Tron' Writers Say Yes to 'Ouija Board'". BloodyDisgusting. November 2, 2009.
  16. ^"AdamHorowitzLA Twitter announcement". Twitter. November 26, 2014. RetrievedNovember 26, 2014.

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