Adam Herz (born September 10, 1972) is an American

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and producer. He founded the production company Terra Firma Films in 2003 with a first-look deal at

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. Herz was born in

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and raised in

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. He is the older of two boys, and his father, David, is a brain surgeon in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was with his mother's (Myrna) Super 8 camera that he made his first movies while a teen. Herz graduated from

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(see also

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). He moved to

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after graduation from the

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in 1996. He held a number of

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jobs while working on writing

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s. His 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''. Herz created and runs the Emerging Writers Program, a series of classes that help upcoming screenwriters break into the business. He is

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Filmography

* '' American Pie'' (1999) – Writer, Co-Producer * ''

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'' (2001) – Writer, Executive Producer * ''

American Pie 2 ''American Pie 2'' is a 2001 American sex comedy film directed by James B. Rogers and written by Adam Herz and David H. Steinberg from a story by Herz. A sequel to the 1999 comedy film '' American Pie'', it is the second film in the ''American ...

'' (2001) – Writer, Executive Producer, Actor (as Younger Business Suit) * ''

American Wedding ''American Wedding'' (known as ''American Pie 3: The Wedding'' or ''American Pie: The Wedding'', in some countries) is a 2003 American sex comedy film written by Adam Herz and directed by Jesse Dylan. It is the sequel to '' American Pie'' (1999) a ...

'' (2003) – Writer, Producer * '' My Best Friend's Girl'' (2008) – Producer * ''

American Reunion ''American Reunion'' (also known as ''American Pie 4: Reunion'' or ''American Pie: Reunion'' in certain countries) is a 2012 American ensemble sex comedy film written and directed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. It is the fourth installme ...

'' (2012) – Producer, Characters * ''

Wonder Park ''Wonder Park'' is a 2019 computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies, with Ilion Animation Studios handling animation. The plot follows a young girl who encounters a real version of her magica ...

'' (2019) – Producer * '' American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules'' (2020) – Executive Producer, characters

References

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Terra Firma Films
- Adam Herz's production company 1972 births Living people American male screenwriters Writers from Grand Rapids, Michigan People from New York City University of Michigan alumni People from East Grand Rapids, Michigan Jewish American screenwriters Screenwriters from New York (state) Screenwriters from Michigan 21st-century American Jews {{US-film-bio-stub