Green was raised in Holliston, Massachusetts and after finishing high school he graduated from Hofstra University in New York.Green’s very first job out of college was producing and directing local commercials for cable in the Boston area.Green made his feature film debut with the comedy, Coffee & Donuts, which was in part, based on his own life.Green founded ArieScope Pictures with Director of Photography, Will Barratt in 1997.He was the lead singer for the metal band, Haddonfield based out of Salem, Massachusetts at one time. He also worked as the DJ at the world famous Rainbow Bar & Grill on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, where he still comes to perform stand-up comedy every few months. His upcoming films include a romantic comedy entitled, God Only Knows, and an adaptation of the graphic novel, Dead West. Hatchet - In Theaters September 7, 2007 On June 26, 2010, he was married in a private ceremony to actress Rileah Vanderbilt.
Coffee & Donuts was a lighthearted comedy about two friends, Adam and Steve, who strive to get their morning radio program off of the small town air waves of Holliston and into the big time. Meanwhile, Adam struggles to get over a break up with his long-time girlfriend and back into the magnificent and horrendous world of dating. The film was made for only $400 by borrowing equipment from the cable advertising facility that he was working for at the time and by using friends and volunteers for everything from cast to crew. Green starred in the lead role while other parts were played by Steven C. DeWitt Jr., Katie Bove, and Jeff Davison. The movie was bought by Disney/Touchstone and developed as a sit-com for UPN in 2004. The pilot episode’s script was written by Adam Green himself and produced by Tom Shadyac's Shady Acres. The fate of the show is still a mystery. Coffee and Donuts - ArieScope Pictures
Hatchet
Green released Hatchet in 2006. Hatchet - In Theaters September 7, 2007 The film, described as “old school American horror”, was about a group of tourists on a boat ride of the haunted Louisiana bayous where they learn the ghastly tale of local legend "Victor Crowley"; a hideously disfigured man who was sadly killed accidentally with a hatchet by the hands of his own father. But when the boat sinks and the ghost story turns out to be real, the group tries urgently to flee the swamp with their lives. allmovie ((( Hatchet > Overview ))) This film was instantly revered by horror fans as a "classic" and was even well received by mainstream critics, Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News hailed the film saying, “Director Adam Green is the real deal — and Victor Crowley is a friggin fantastic horror icon waiting to be unleashed upon all y’all,” and included the film on his Top Ten films of 2006. The film starred Joel David Moore, Kane Hodder, Robert Englund, and Tony Todd. Join The Hatchet Army!
Spiral
In 2007 Green released Spiral, which he co-directed with actor, Joel David Moore. The film was about an isolated telemarketer (Moore), whose dysfunctional closeness with his boss is lessened when an idiosyncratic new co-worker enters his life. But as he begins to draw his new friend's portrait, troubling feelings from his past threaten to lead him down a path of annihilation. Spiral the Movie - Joel David Moore, Amber Tamblyn, Zachary Levi
Frozen
Green wrote and directed the deep-freeze thriller Frozen, which stars Kevin Zegers, Emma Bell and Shawn Ashmore. He world premiered the film at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The film was released in North American theaters on February 5, 2010 and received mixed reviews.
Hatchet II
In December 2009 Green began casting the sequel to his monster hit Hatchet which starred Kane Hodder and Danielle Harris. Filming began January 5, 2010 and wrapped at the end of February 2010. Green announced the film at the Sundance world premiere of his last project Frozen and gave fans the first glimpse at footage during the Creation Entertainment: Weekend of Horrors of May 2010 in Los Angeles. The Cast did a special autograph signing on the San Diego Comic-Con International with the cast present,also a panel(Great American Horror) with the first footage from the movie.
Killer Pizza
In May 2010, it was announced that Adam Green will be adapting the Greg Taylor novel Killer Pizza and Raffaella De Laurentiis will produce it. Killer Pizza is a horror comedy about a 14-year old who scores a summer job at a pizza place that offers such pies as The Monstrosity and The Frankensausage. The pizzeria actually turns out to be a front for a monster-hunting organization.
