Adam Greydon Reid is a Canadian actor, writer, producer and director.
Biography
Reid attended
Ryerson Polytechnical Institute's film program and won the 'Norman Jewison Filmmaker's Award' for his graduating short, ''Token for your Thoughts'', which also won a 'Gold Plaque Award' at Chicago's Intercom: The International Communications Film & Video Competition. While directing commercials, music videos and shorts, Reid toured with the Canadian comedy troupe The Komic Kazes; this led his first film role, in the 1996
Kids in the Hall's feature, ''
Brain Candy''. In 2000, a 90-second theatrical spot for Toyota in which he stars as a pretentious and insecure commercial director, won a 'Gold Lion' at the
Cannes International Advertising Festival.
Reid appeared in films, M.O.W.s and television series, including Disney's ''
My Date with the President's Daughter''(1998),
Lifetime's ''
This Time Around'' (2003),
CBC's ''
The Newsroom'', ''
Ham & Cheese'' (2004), ''The Buck Calder Experience'' (2006),
Fox's ''
Killer Instinct'' (2006), and
USA's ''
Psych
''Psych'' is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks for USA Network. The series stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened o ...
'' (2010). As a voice actor, he has appeared in cartoons like ''
What It's Like Being Alone'' (2006), ''
Total Drama'' (2007) and ''
6Teen'' (2004-2010).
From 2002 to 2006, along with developing and directing kids shows like
HBO Family's ''
Ghost Trackers'' (2005-1007) and
YTV's ''
The Adrenaline Project'' (2007-2009), Reid ran a film mentorship program at the Toronto youth shelter Eva's Phoenix. The program produced two short films under Adam's direction, ''One Dollar One Day'' and ''Sheltered Life'' (2006).
In 2009, Reid completed his first documentary, ''
Marion Woodman: Dancing in the Flames'', which debuted in sold-out bookings at New York's
Rubin Museum of Art and the
Vancouver International Film Festival
The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is an annual film festival held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, for two weeks in late September and early October.
The festival is operated by the Greater Vancouver International Film Festi ...
.
Reid returned to performance work in 2010, in the Hallmark Hall of Fame/CBS movie, "
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story", starring
Winona Ryder
Winona Laura Horowitz (born ), known professionally as Winona Ryder, is an American actress. Having come to attention playing quirky characters in the late 1980s, she achieved success with her more dramatic performances in the 1990s. Ryder's L ...
as Lois Wilson, and
Barry Pepper as Bill Wilson (
Bill W.) Reid played
Ebby Thacher, Bills best friend and drinking buddy, whose recovery from alcoholism inspired Bill to found
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a global, peer-led Mutual aid, mutual-aid fellowship focused on an abstinence-based recovery model from alcoholism through its spiritually inclined twelve-step program. AA's Twelve Traditions, besides emphasizing anon ...
.
In 2019, Reid created the award-winning web series ''
Hospital Show''.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
Official Website for BullRush Pictures
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Living people
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male television actors
Canadian male voice actors
Canadian male web series actors
Male actors from Ottawa
21st-century Canadian male actors
Year of birth missing (living people)