Adam Wingard is an American film director, editor, cameraman and screenwriter.

Wingard was born in Oak Ridge , Tennessee , and graduated from Full Sail University in 2002. His first premiere, the horror comedy Home Sick , starring Bill Moseley and Tiffany Shepis, proved to be a stepping stone to his life. second presentation, the psychotropic ghost movie Pop Skull . Made with a total budget of just US $ 2,000, Pop Skull had its international premiere at the Rome Film Festival and its domestic premiere at the AFI Film Festival in 2007. It was followed by A Horrible Way to Die (2010) and What Fun We Were Having (2011).

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Awards and nominations

Wingard's film Pop Skull won the Best Feature Film award at the Indianapolis International Film Festival and the Jury award at the Boston Underground Film Festival. Wingard's A Horrible Way to Die won Best Screenplay (Simon Barrett), Best Actor (A.J. Bowen) and Best Actress (Amy Seimetz) at the 2010 Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas.[16] Wingard's You're Next won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay (Simon Barrett), and Best Actress (Sharni Vinson) at the 2011 Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas.

A Horrible Way to Die, the love story of a serial killer, premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival in the Vanguard section and was acquired by Starz / Anchor Baya at the same festival for its North American release. What Fun We Were Having is a 4-part anthology dealing with the taboo subject of rape. Its premiere took place in 2011 at the Fantastia Film Festival in Montreal, which honored Wingard and was honored by dedicating a section to him: Medicated Monsters - A Spotlight on Filmmaker Adam Wingard .

In 2011, Wingard co-directed Autoerotic with mumblecore icon (and frequent actor in Wingard films) Joe Swanberg . He was selected to direct an episode of The ABCs of Death , a 26-part horror comedy anthology for Drafthouse Films and Magnet. A recent directorial effort, You're Next , premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival as part of the 'Midnight Madness' section.  The film was acquired by Lionsgate, and received a worldwide release in August 2013 to favorable reviews.

The Guest, starring Dan Stevens , premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and Fantastic Fest, and received rave reviews following its worldwide release in mid-September. 4 In February 2015, Lionsgate confirmed that Wingard will direct the horror film Blair Witch , based on a screenplay by Simon Barrett, a sequel to the 1999 film The Blair Witch Project . 

In 2017, the film premiered Death Note , directed by Wingard and about adaptation in real image of the popular eponymous manga by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata .  which had very little acceptance by critics and fans of the saga due to its low fidelity to manga and anime.

In May 2017, he was selected as the director of the last MonsterVerse movie , Godzilla vs. Kong , which is due out on May 21, 2021 and starring Alexander Skarsgard and Rebecca Hall .

Adam Wingard (/ˈwɪŋɡɑːrd/ WING-gard; born December 3, 1982) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, actor, and composer. He is notable for his works in the horror and action genres, especially the films You're Next, The Guest, Death Note, and the upcoming Godzilla vs. Kong (2021). He will also direct and co-write a sequel to Face/Off.

Life and career

Wingard was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and graduated from Full Sail University in 2002. His first feature, the horror comedy Home Sick, starring Bill Moseley and Tiffany Shepis, proved to be a stepping stone to his second feature, the psychotropic ghost story horror film Pop Skull. Made on a total budget of $2,000, Pop Skull had its international premiere at the Rome Film Festival and its domestic premiere at the AFI Film Festival in 2007. A Horrible Way to Die (2010) and What Fun We Were Having (2011) followed.

The serial killer love story horror film A Horrible Way to Die premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival in the ‘Vanguard’ section and was acquired by Starz/Anchor Bay at the festival for a North American theatrical and home media release. What Fun We Were Having is a 4-part anthology dealing with the subject of date rape. The anthology had its premiere at the 2011 Fantastia Film Festival in Montreal where Wingard was honored by the festival with his very own sidebar section: “Medicated Monsters – A Spotlight on Filmmaker Adam Wingard”.

In 2011, Wingard co-directed Autoerotic with mumblecore icon (and frequent actor in Wingard films) Joe Swanberg. He was selected to direct one chapter of The ABCs of Death, a 26-chapter horror comedy anthology for Drafthouse Films and Magnet. A solo directorial effort, You're Next, a home invasion slasher, premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival as part of the ‘Midnight Madness’ section. The film was acquired by Lionsgate, and received a wide release in August 2013 to generally favorable reviews.

In 2014, Wingard directed The Guest starring Dan Stevens, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival and Fantastic Fest, receiving wide critical acclaim upon its wider theatrical release in mid-September.[6] Wingard directed Lionsgate's horror film Blair Witch, based on a script by Simon Barrett. The film is a sequel to the 1999 found footage horror classic The Blair Witch Project and received mostly ambivalent reviews.

In 2015, Wingard signed on to direct a live action American film adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's popular horror crime-thriller manga series Death Note.[8] The neo-noir dark fantasy horror-thriller was released on Netflix on August 25, 2017, to a mixed reception, with criticism aimed at the number of changes from the source material, rushed plot, shallow execution, writing and pacing- while praise was aimed at the visual style, direction, performances of the cast, soundtrack and the dark, macabre sense of humour, along with the attempted unique and distinctive take on the Death Note mythos.

In May 2017, Wingard was announced as the director for Godzilla vs. Kong, which is slated for release in March 2021.[9] In February 2021, it was announced that Wingard will direct and co-write, with Simon Barrett, a sequel to Face/Off