Adam Goldworm

Adam Goldworm (born April 1, 1978) is an American film and television producer and talent manager. He is the founder of Aperture Entertainment, a management and production company established in 2009. His producing credits include My Friend Dahmer, Vice, The Prince, and Satanic Panic, and his television credits include the anthology series Masters of Horror, Masters of Science Fiction, and Fear Itself.

Early life and education

Goldworm was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, where he attended Cherry Hill High School East. He graduated cum laude from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 1998 and received an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2003.

While attending Berkeley, Goldworm taught film to undergraduates. Earlier in his career, he worked at Variety and ‘‘Daily Variety’’, beginning as an intern.

Career

Goldworm worked at Industry Entertainment, where he was involved in television production. His television producing credits included the Showtime anthology Masters of Horror, ABC’s Masters of Science Fiction, and the NBC anthology Fear Itself.

In 2008, The Hollywood Reporter included Goldworm in its annual Next Generation list of entertainment executives under the age of 35.

Goldworm founded Aperture Entertainment in 2009 as a management and production company.

During the 2010s, Goldworm produced the 2014 action thriller The Prince and the 2015 science-fiction film Vice. He also served as an executive producer on the 2015 films The Last Witch Hunter and Heist.

In 2017, Goldworm produced My Friend Dahmer, written and directed by Marc Meyers and based on Derf Backderf’s graphic novel about Jeffrey Dahmer’s adolescence. The film starred Ross Lynch, Alex Wolff, Anne Heche and Dallas Roberts. It premiered at the Tribeca Festival, and FilmRise subsequently acquired North American distribution rights.

In 2019, Goldworm produced the horror comedy Satanic Panic, directed by Chelsea Stardust from a screenplay by Grady Hendrix. He subsequently served as an executive producer on films including Line of Duty (2019), Best Sellers (2021), Monstrous (2022), and Dead Mail (2024).

Goldworm has also developed adaptations of literary and graphic-novel properties, including Ezra Claytan Daniels’ graphic novel Upgrade Soul.

Work with Grady Hendrix

Goldworm is the manager and producing partner of author Grady Hendrix. In a 2024 profile of Hendrix, Publishers Weekly reported that all but one of Hendrix’s books had been optioned for screen adaptations.

Their work together has included Satanic Panic and the development of screen adaptations of Hendrix’s fiction. In 2024, Sony acquired Hendrix’s short story Ankle Snatcher, with Hendrix producing alongside Escape Artists and Goldworm through Aperture Entertainment.

In 2025, Netflix acquired Hendrix’s short story The Blanks for a feature adaptation, with 21 Laps Entertainment’s Shawn Levy and Dan Levine producing alongside Goldworm.

In 2026, Searchlight Pictures acquired Hendrix’s Horrorstör, with Jonathan Levine attached to write and direct and Goldworm among the producers.

Other projects

Goldworm is a producer on Netflix’s planned historical film about the Carthaginian general Hannibal, directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by John Logan, and starring Denzel Washington. Netflix announced the project in November 2023, naming Fuqua, Washington, Erik Olsen and Goldworm as producers.

Selected filmography

Film Film Year Credit Luckytown 2000 Executive producer Automaton Transfusion 2008 Executive producer Red White & Blue 2010 Executive producer Silent Night 2012 Executive producer The Prince 2014 Producer Vice 2015 Producer Extraction 2015 Producer The Last Witch Hunter 2015 Executive producer Heist 2015 Executive producer Holidays 2016 Executive producer Fashionista 2016 Executive producer Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word 2016 Executive producer My Friend Dahmer 2017 Producer Satanic Panic 2019 Producer Line of Duty 2019 Executive producer Best Sellers 2021 Executive producer Monstrous 2022 Executive producer Dead Mail 2024 Executive producer

Television Series Year Credit Masters of Horror 2005–2007 Producer Masters of Science Fiction 2007 Producer Fear Itself 2008 Producer