Adam Saunders

Adam Saunders is an American actor, director, producer, and writer. He is a founding member of Footprint Features.

Biography Saunders graduated high school at Richardson High School, earned a drama degree from Duke University, and a master's in acting from the Yale School of Drama.

In 2007, Saunders started Footprint Features, a Los Angeles-based production company. In 2013, he produced and acted in About Alex, starring Aubrey Plaza, Max Greenfield, Jason Ritter, and Jane Levy, and written and directed by Jesse Zwick. The film was executive produced by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz and played at the 2013 TriBeCa Film Festival. In 2017, he produced and acted in Oren Uziel's crime thriller Shimmer Lake which was named as Variety’s 2017 standout for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

In 2018, Saunders produced the Netflix romantic comedy When We First Met starring Adam Devine and Alexandra Daddario, written by John Whittington (screenwriter) and directed by Ari Sandel. The film was produced alongside Mason Novick and Wonderland Sound and Vision.

In 2022, Saunders made his directorial film debut with Dotty & Soul, an indie comedy Dotty & Soul premiered at the 2022 San Diego Film Festival. In 2023, it sold to Showtime.

Also in 2022, Saunders produced Darby and the Dead starring Riele Downs and Auli'i Cravalho for 20th Century Studios. The film was directed by Silas Howard, shot in Cape Town, South Africa and was released on December 2, 2022 on Hulu.

In 2023, Saunders signed on to star in the comedy Re-Election, alongside Tony Danza and Bex Taylor-Klaus.

Filmography YearTitleDirectorProducerWriter 2013 Family Weekend 2014 About Alex 2017 Shimmer Lake 2018 When We First Met 2022 Darby and the Dead 2018 Confidence Boss Short film 2022 Dotty & Soul Ethan Cox 2025 Re-Election Jimmy Bauer