Max D. Adams

{{short description|American screenwriter and author}}

{{About|the American screenwriter|the British author|Max Adams}}

Max D. Adams is an American screenwriter and author. The winner of a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting and an Austin Film Festival screenwriting award, Adams went on to be dubbed “Red Hot Adams” by Daily Variety.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/baggage-handler-adams-inks-with-u-1117342135/|title='Baggage' handler Adams inks with U|first=Andrew|last=Hindes|date=26 March 1997|website=variety.com}}

Adams has worked with Columbia Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, and TriStar Pictures, among several others. Her produced feature films include Excess Baggage, The Ladykillers, One For the Money and she appeared in Tony Tarantino's Underbelly Blues.{{cite web|url=http://www.theafw.com/blog/tag/max-d-adams/|title=The Academy of Film Writing [AFW]|website=The Academy of Film Writing [AFW]}}

Adams is also the founder of two international online screenwriting workshops, The Left Door and 5150, and is the author of The New Screenwriter's Survival Guide.{{cite web|url=http://screenwriterssurvivalguide.com/|title=TNSSG.|website=screenwriterssurvivalguide.com}} She is also a University of Utah adjunct professor, is a former WGA online mentor, and is the founder of The Academy of Film Writing.{{cite web|url=https://faculty.utah.edu/u0748297-Max_Adams/hm/index.hml|title=Max Adams - Home - Faculty Profile - The University of Utah|website=faculty.utah.edu}}