Adam Sztykiel

{{short description|American screenwriter}}

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| name = Adam Sztykiel

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| birth_name = Adam John Sztykiel

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|01|09}}

| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

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| occupation = Television producer
Film producer
Television writer
Screenwriter

| years_active =

| known_for = Undateable

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Adam John Sztykiel is an American television and film producer and screenwriter known for such television series and films as Undateable, which he also created based on the book, Undateable: 311 Things Guys do That Guarantee They Won't be Dating or Having Sex, by Ellen Rakieten and Anne Coyle;{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbc-series-orders-chicago-fire-520712|title=NBC Series Orders: 'Chicago Fire' Spinoff, 'Ironside' Remake, 'Undateable'|date=10 May 2013|last1=Goldberg|first1=Lesley|last2=Rose|first2=Lacey|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=11 May 2013}}{{cite news|last1=Stanley|first1=Alessandra|title=A Bunch of Friends? Yeah, Again: 'Undateable' Keeps a Sitcom Formula Alive|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/arts/television/undateable-keeps-a-sitcom-formula-alive.html?_r=1|access-date=28 November 2015|work=The New York Times|date=28 May 2014}} Due Date and Made of Honor.{{cite news|last1=Fienberg|first1=Daniel|title=Interview: Bill Lawrence and Adam Sztykiel on 'Undateable' and The State of TV Comedy|url=http://www.hitfix.com/the-fien-print/interview-bill-lawrence-and-adam-sztykiel-on-undateable-and-the-state-of-tv-comedy|access-date=29 November 2015|work=HitFix|date=29 May 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Sztykiel|first1=Adam|title=The 5 Most Undateable Sitcom Characters|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-sztykiel/most-undateable-sitcom-characters_b_5400284.html|access-date=29 November 2015|work=Huffington Post|date=28 May 2014}}

Early life

Sztykiel was born in Detroit, Michigan.

In 2000, he graduated from University of Southern California.{{cite web|title=List of Benefactors|url=https://cinema.usc.edu/scanetwork/100up.cfm|website=University of Southern California - Cinematic Arts|access-date=28 November 2015}}

Career

Sztykiel based the show Undateable in Ferndale, Michigan.{{cite news|last1=Callwood|first1=Brett|title=We speak with 'Undateable' creator Adam Sztykiel|url=https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/we-speak-with-undateable-creator-adam-sztykiel/Content?oid=2201390|access-date=28 November 2015|work=Detroit Metro Times|date=10 June 2014}}

Filmography

Film

class="wikitable"
Year

!Title

! width="65" | Director

! width="65" | Writer

! width="65" | Producer

2008

| Made of Honor

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

2010

| Due Date

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

2015

| Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

2017

| Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul

| {{no}}

| {{partial|Uncredited}}

| {{no}}

2018

| Rampage

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

2020

| Scoob!

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|Executive}}

2022

| Black Adam

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

2023

| Family Switch

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

TBA

| Let's Have Kids!{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/karen-gillan-zoe-chao-join-lets-have-kids-comedy-mrc-1235898577/|title=Karen Gillan & Zoë Chao To Topline MRC Comedy ‘Let’s Have Kids!’ From Adam Sztykiel|first=Matt|last=Grobar|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 29, 2024|accessdate=August 29, 2024|archive-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828222840/https://deadline.com/2024/04/karen-gillan-zoe-chao-join-lets-have-kids-comedy-mrc-1235898577/|url-status=live}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

TV series

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! Year

! Title

! Writer

! Executive
Producer

! Creator

! Notes

2014–2016

| Undateable

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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2019

| Whiskey Cavalier

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episode "The Czech List"

2024

| Bad Monkey

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|Consulting}}

| {{no}}

|

References

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