Adam G. Simon

Adam Gregory Simon is an American screenwriter, producer and actor. He wrote the films Man Down and Point Blank, and has worked as a producer on films including On Our Way, Riff Raff and The Dreadful. Simon was also named among the writers of the anthology drama series One Day in October.

Career Simon began his career as an actor before moving into screenwriting and production. In 2015, he wrote and acted in Synapse, which starred Sophina Brown, Henry Simmons, Joshua Alba and Simon himself. Simon wrote Man Down, a post-apocalyptic thriller directed by Dito Montiel and starring Shia LaBeouf, Kate Mara, Gary Oldman, Jai Courtney and Clifton Collins Jr. In 2018, Simon partnered with filmmaker Joe Carnahan on a planned reimagining of The Raid, originally directed by Gareth Evans. He later wrote Point Blank, an action thriller for Gaumont Films and Netflix, based on the French film À bout portant. It was released on Netflix on July 12, 2019. During the 2020s, Simon worked as a producer on several films. He was listed as a producer on Sophie Lane Curtis's On Our Way, which had its world premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. He was also credited as an associate producer on The Performance, co-executive producer on Riff Raff, and producer on The Dreadful. In 2024, Simon was named among the writers of One Day in October, an anthology drama series based on real-life accounts from the October 7 attacks in Israel.

Filmography

Film Year Title Credit Notes 2010 The Kane Files: Life of Trial Actor Cop 2015 Chiang Actor Dolph Howard 2015 Synapse Actor, writer Frank/Nathan 2015 Man Down Writer 2019 Point Blank Actor, writer Officer T. Farmer 2021 On Our Way Actor, producer Tony 2021 Boss Level Actor Loudmouth 2022 Amsterdam Actor City officer 2023 The Performance Associate producer 2024 Riff Raff Co-executive producer 2026 The Dreadful Producer TBA The Raid Co-writer Planned remake of the 2011 film Television Year Title Credit Notes 2013 Warrior POV Actor Captain Rusty Bradley / PFC William Lenard 2013 Drugs Made Me Do It Actor Jarrod Wyatt 2016 Blood Relatives Actor Bernard Pyne; episode: "Mommy Dearest" 2021 Nova Vita Actor 10 episodes 2024–2025 One Day in October Writer Anthology drama series