Adam Wingard
Birthdate: December 3, 1982 (43 Years Old)
Birthplace: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Adam Wingard is one of the few filmmakers who has jumped from the “mumblecore” film scene (with collaborator Joe Swanberg) to studio-backed horror, thriller and monster movies, and who is a highly diversified multiple threat as a director, writer, producer, cinematographer, editor, composer, and (on occasion) actor. Wingard’s directorial debut was the indie horror movie, Home Sick (2007), which premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival, and quickly followed as director/writer/producer/cinematographer/editor of the horror movie, Pop Skull (2007), which he made in collaboration with actors/producers/writers Lane Hughes and E.L. Katz on a $2000 budget.
Wingard then did a run of nine consecutive movies in three years with Swanberg in various capacities, starting with writers-directors Bernard and Richard Shumanski’s LGTBQ+ thriller, Blackmail Boys (2010), for which Wingard was cinematographer and Swanberg co-starred with Nathan Adolf and Taylor Reed; Wingard then directed Swanberg (as actor only) in the indie horror movie, A Horrible Way to Die (2010), for which Wingard was also editor, camera operator and music supervisor; Wingard was co-cinematographer with Swanberg and a cast member in Swanberg’s mumblecore film, Caitlin Plays Herself (2011); Wingard then co-directed with Swanberg on Autoerotic (2011), for which Wingard was also co-writer (with Swanberg and Simon Barrett), co-cinematographer (with Chris Hilleke), camera operator, and editor, and which co-starred Kate Lyn Sheil, Amy Seimetz, Lane Hughes, and Ti West; What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape (2011), which Swanberg produced and acted in while Wingard was director/co-writer/cinematographer/editor; then there was the hit slasher Lionsgate release, You’re Next (2011), on which Wingard directed cast member Swanberg and was also editor and composer; Swanberg’s drama, Art History (2011), for which Wingard served as co-cinematographer with Swanberg; and Swanberg’s The Zone (2011), on which Wingard was both an actor with cast mates Sophia Takal, Sheil, Kentucker Audley, and Dustin Guy Defa, as well as co-cinematographer with Swanberg; and finally, Swanberg’s mumblecore movie, Marriage Material (2012), which Wingard photographed and appeared in the cast opposite Audley, Caroline White, and Swanberg.
Adam Wingard was director and editor of the Picturehouse-distributed thriller, The Guest (2014), starring Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, and Lance Reddick, and which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Wingard was co-editor (with Sarah Broshar) on The Last Survivors (2014), directed and co-written by Thomas Hammock, and co-starring Haley Lu Richardson, Booboo Stewart, Max Charles, and Jon Gries.
Wingard again demonstrated his wide range of capacities on the sequel (and third film in the series), Blair Witch (2016), for which he was director and composer, and which grossed $45 million on a $5 million budget for producer-distributor Lionsgate. Wingard then directed the English-language supernatural crime thriller remake of the Japanese feature, Death Note (2017), with Nat Wolff, LaKeith Stanfield, Margaret Qualley, Shea Whigham, and Willem Dafoe, and which premiered at FrightFest.
Adam Wingard then directed his first big-budget spectacular with the Warner Bros./Toho/Legendary Pictures “MonsterVerse” movie, Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), with Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Lance Reddick, Kyle Chandler, and Demián Bichir, and grossed a good $470 million on a $200 million budget. Wingard followed this up as director/story co-writer/executive producer on the sequel, Godzilla vs. Kong: The New Empire (2024), co-starring Hall and Dan Stevens, and released worldwide by Warner Bros. and in Japan by Toho.
Wingard was director/producer/co-story writer (with screenwriter/producer Simon Barrett) of the sci fi thriller, Onslaught (2026), starring Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens, Alex Pereira, Eric Wareheim, Reginald VelJohnson, Michael Biehn, Drew Starkey and Rebecca Hall, and which was produced (in part) and released wide by A24.
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Personal life
Adam Wingard was born and raised in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, by his parents. Wingard graduated from the Florida-based audio engineering school, Full Sail University, in 2002. Wingard’s height is 6’ 4”.
Known For
Adam Wingard Movies
Actor
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- 2020 |
She Dies Tomorrow
asDune Buggy Man
A woman becomes strangely convinced she will die the next day. Her friend initially disbelieves her before becoming paranoid herself that she too will die the next day.
Director
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- 2026 |
- 2024 |
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Two ancient titans, Godzilla and Kong, clash in an epic battle as humans unravel their intertwined origins and connection to Skull Island's mysteries.
- 2021 |
Godzilla vs. Kong
The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against each other--the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong--with humanity caught in the balance.
- 2016 |
Blair Witch
After discovering a video showing what he believes to be his vanished sister Heather, James and a group of friends head to the forest believed to be inhabited by the Blair Witch.
- 2013 |
You're Next
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of the victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
Composer
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- 2013 |
You're Next
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of the victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
Editor
Previous (1)
- 2013 |
You're Next
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of the victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
Writer
Previous (1)
- 2024 |
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Two ancient titans, Godzilla and Kong, clash in an epic battle as humans unravel their intertwined origins and connection to Skull Island's mysteries.
Facts About Adam Wingard
The Short End: Adam Wingard made eleven short films from 2004 to 2013, including as director (and in some projects, also producer/cinematographer/editor/actor) of segments in the features 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011), V/H/S (2012), and The ABCs of Death (2012), and the sequel, V/H/S/2 (2013).
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