Adam Resnick

Nationality:
American
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biography
This bright young comedy writer, TV producer and feature director got his start as an intern on "Late Night with David Letterman". Resnick was a film student at NYU when he so impressed Letterman with some unsolicited comedy material that he was hired as a full-time staff writer. He teamed up with the popular writer-performer Chris Elliott to write a number of recurring routines for "Late Night" including Elliott's baroque impersonations of Marlon Brando and Morton Downey, Jr. This dynamic comedy duo joined forces with TV comedy veteran David Mirkin to create "Get A Life!" (Fox, 1990-92), a Continued
Credits
screenplay
2002
Screenplay
2000
Director
1994
Screenplay
1994
From Story
1994
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Began interning as a writer's assistant on "Late Night with David Letterman" while attending NYU's film school
 
Impressed Letterman with some of his unsolicited comedy material
 
Left NYU when hired as a full-time staff writer for "Late Night"
 
Collaborated with writer-performer Chris Elliott on a number of popular "Late Night" sketches
1990 
Co-created and co-scripted (with Elliott and David Mirkin) the pilot for "Get A Life!", a bizarre Fox sitcom starring Elliott
Continued