ANTHONY LEIGH ADAMS - Writer/Director/Producer
Writer/Director/Producer Anthony Leigh Adams is a writer, composer and producer with credits in film, television and theatre. For television, he has written over 30 episodes for such diverse series as Duck Tales for Disney Animation, Fraggle Rock for Marvel/Jim Henson Productions and She Wolf of London for Universal Television. He wrote and produced the ABC movie, Badge of Betrayal, starring Harry Hamlin and the NBC movie, Murder or Memory, starring Emmy-winner, Leigh Taylor Young and has written and developed film and television projects for Disney/ABC, Warner Bros., Universal, CBS and NBC. He is currently a producer for the Emmy Award-winning CBS series, The Amazing Race. Anthony has written and composed music for several original stage productions, including Sideways The Musical, based on the Oscar-winning film. Broadway Records released the original cast recording in August 2023. His other productions include Primal Twang: The Legacy of the Guitar, a theatrical journey through the colorful history of the world’s most popular instrument. The musical featured electrifying live performances by Grammy Award-winning guitar greats Eric Johnson, Albert Lee, Andrew York, Mason Williams, Doc Watson and Dan Crary. The concert documentary, which he directed, aired nationally on PBS and won Best Documentary Feature at the Rome International Film Festival. After the success of Primal Twang, Anthony wrote, directed and composed original songs for Love-In, a celebration of the eclectic music of the 1960s from rock and soul to Indian ragas. Tony Award-winner Ben Vereen hosted the love show, which featured an all-star cast. The concert documentary received a national release on PBS. Anthony and his writing partner, Christina Adams, completed their debut novel, Chasing Shadows, the story of an American family that is torn apart when a loving father and respected college professor vanishes, leaving his 20-year-old daughter a note stating he has a new life and must never see her again. Her international search to find him uncovers her family’s dark secrets, upending everything she thought she knew about her life. Acorn Publishing will release the novel in June 2025. |