Adam Green

Hes the son of Adolph Green and Phyllis Newman. His sister is Amanda Green.

Grew up in Holliston, Massachusetts and graduated from Hofstra University in New York.

First job out of college was producing and directing local cable commercials in the Boston area.

His first feature film was the comedy Coffee & Donuts, based on his own life. He made it for only $400 by "borrowing" equipment from the cable advertising facility he worked at and by using friends and volunteers for everything from cast to crew. Green wrote, directed, and starred in the movie. Coffee & Donuts was developed as a sit-com for UPN in 2004. The pilot script was written by Green and produced by Tom Shadyac however due to UPNs merger with the WB network, the pilot was never shot. 7 years later in 2011, the concept of Coffee & Donuts was re-developed for the FEARnet cable television network and titled Holliston. Holliston received a 6 episode pick up order in the summer of 2011 and was such a hit for the new network that that it was renewed for a second season after only two episodes had aired.

He founded "ArieScope Pictures" with director of photography Will Barratt in 1997.

He was once the lead singer for the metal band Haddonfield based out of Salem, Massachusetts. He also worked as the DJ at the world famous heavy metal hangout, The Rainbow Bar & Grill on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, where he also used to perform stand-up comedy.

It is actually Adam Green in the Dr. Zaius make-up on the cover art for Foxs Planet of the Apes 40th Anniversary DVD set. When the studio realized that they had no high resolution photos of the 1968 films characters, they resurrected the original prosthetics and wardrobe out of storage to stage a photo shoot. Knowing that Green was a Planet of the Apes fan, the Make-Up FX studio contacted him to come down and try on the iconic costume. He wound up standing in for the late Maurice Evans and it is actually Green on the DVD, cover art, and box set images.

Appears on the 2009 re-release of Friday The 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter doing a hilarious and very in-depth commentary track with Wrong Turn 2 director and real life best friend Joe Lynch.

He married actress and model Rileah Vanderbilt in June of 2010. They became friends in 2002 while they were both still struggling to get their careers started and working nights at the Rainbow Bar and Grill on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood. Adam was the DJ and Rileah was the hostess at the famous heavy metal hang-out. They got together romantically in 2004 after the preliminary make-up effects test for Hatchet when Rileah modeled in the Young Victor Crowley make-up job as a favor for Adam.

He is a member of the Splat Pack. A group of influential and groundbreaking filmmakers that includes Eli Roth, Neil Marshall, James Wan, Darren Lynn Bousman, Alexander Aja, Rob Zombie, and Greg McLean. The term was coined by UK critic Alan Jones and recently a documentary was made on the group.

Adam has a dog named "Arwen" and two cats named "Perry" and "Tyler".

Dee Snider officiated Adam Greens wedding to Rileah Vanderbilt in a private ceremony held in Malibu California on June 26, 2010. Cinematographer Will Barratt, director Joe Lynch, actress Laura Ortiz, and actress Clare Grant were among the wedding partys groomsmen and bridesmaids as visible in photos posted on line.

Adam has had a lifelong extraordinary friendship with Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider. Throughout life whenever the two were facing hard times they would randomly run into each other and inspire one another to keep going. The full story is chronicled in the "A Twisted Tale" special feature on the original Hatchet Unrated USA DVD and Blu Ray release.

Adams favorite film of all time is E.T. the Extra Terrestrial. He has cited Steven Spielberg as his biggest inspiration as "both an artist and a human being" in various magazine interviews. Other notable cinematic influences he has publicly cited include Alfred Hitchcock, Chris Columbus, John Landis, Guillermo del Toro, and John Carpenter.

Adam Green is one of the only horror celebrities who does not charge fans for his autograph at convention appearances.

In May 2013, Adam Green began a weekly podcast called "The Movie Crypt" where he and co-host Joe Lynch provide a 2 hour extremely candid "filmmaker on filmmaker" discussion about the trials and tribulations of the industry with guest filmmakers.

After 10 years together, Adam Green and Rileah Vanderbilt divorced in early 2014.

Adam Green and Joe Lynchs weekly podcast "The Movie Crypt" made Entertainment Weeklys Top 20 Podcasts in the magazines January 9, 2015 issue (#1345). With over 285,000 podcasts on the internet to choose from, The Movie Crypt making EWs Top 20 was a huge accomplishment for the show. That same week, "The Movie Crypt" trended at #8 on iTunes top TV and Film Podcasts, coming in just behind National Public Radio (NPR) which was trending at #7. Averaging between 300,000 and 500,000 listeners every week, The Movie Crypt is now the most popular podcast dedicated to the craft and business of filmmaking on the worldwide web.

After tragedy hit his hometown in the 2012 Boston Marathon Bombings, Adam Green took it upon himself to head home and hold his own Boston Strong fundraiser just a few weeks later. Held over three nights in May of 2012, Green held screenings of Holliston in the actual town, held a marathon of his Hatchet trilogy in Boston with Hatchet 3 being shown for the very first time, and threw a celebrity attended auction in Worcester with proceeds from all events going to the Governors One Fund. Icons such as John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Chris Columbus, Mick Garris, Rob Zombie, Eli Roth, Sid Haig, Kane Hodder, and countless others all donated rare one of a kind items to be auctioned off at Greens event and Green even auctioned himself off on a date for charity ultimately raising over $15,000.00 for the marathon victims and their families.

During his final tour appearance promoting his film Digging Up The Marrow at New Jerseys Monster Mania convention in March 2015, Green took part in a benefit for NJs local Save A Yorkie Rescue Shelter where he auctioned off a date with himself and also a screen-used prop hatchet from the production of Hatchet 2. His two efforts alone contributed $2,400.00 to the cause, bringing the total raised by Monster Mania to well over $7,000.00 which set a new record for the annual event. Monster Mania was Greens first convention appearance in almost 2 years after suffering the loss of his close friend and Holliston cast-mate Dave Brockie and also undergoing a divorce from his wife. While on stage at the auction Green praised the local Yorkie rescue shelter for their efforts and opened up to the audience stating that; "Last year was the worst year of my life. I would not be standing here today so healthy and strong had it not been for the unconditional love and companionship of my own Yorkie Arwen, who is my rock, my life, and my family. Sometimes its really our pets that save us and not the other way around. So when you bid on all of these various items up for auction today remember that youre not just saving the lives of these wonderful dogs but youre also very likely saving the lives of the people who will adopt them.".

Singer-songwriter. He has performed as both a solo artist and as a member of "The Moldy Peaches" with Kimya Dawson.

Good friends with Julian Casablancas.

Good friends with Carl Bart.

Has a brother, Joel, an astronomer.

Although known in the New York area, he has enjoyed increasing popularity in Europe, especially in Germany.

[Why he likes to work with the same people] Invest in people who want it,as badly as you do.

You can learn so much from bad people. You really can.