Adam Sandel

Screenwriter and Playwright

San Francisco, California

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About Adam

Adam Sandel is an Emmy-nominated screenwriter and playwright who’s had more than 20 productions of his plays performed internationally. He wrote, produced, and directed the satirical web series "The Gay Husbands of San Francisco" which is streaming on Revry.tv, Comcast, Pluto, Oasis TV, and YouTube.

His play "Love Life" was performed at L.A.'s Mark Taper Forum Lab, Paramount's Chicago Theatre Project, and a television production of "Love Life" won several Chicago Emmy Awards and a special nomination for Sandel.

His musical "Watch Me Shine" (with Richard Link) earned Sandel and Link Certificates of Honor from the City of San Francisco and the California State Assembly.

Stage productions include "This is Not My Life" (Magic Theater), musicals "Gideon’s Dream" (Vienna, Austria, JCCSF and Dominican University), and "Dream World" (San Francisco State University).

Award-winning screenplays include "The Makeover Man," "F***boys," "My Wild and Secret World," "Dave’s New World," plus the TV pilots "Medium Raya," and "It Had to Be Lou."

Gender:
Male

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A high-spirited man with dreams of fame tangles with his nightclub owner partner in this modern gay twist on a TV comedy classic.

A disgraced phonetics professor tries to reclaim his reputation by transforming a homeless street kid in this modern gay update of George Bernard Shaw’s "Pygmalion."

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"The Gay Husbands of San Francisco" trailer

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Medium Raya Drama ⋄ Comedy When a divorced working mom meets the ghost of the mother she never knew, her new-found powers clash with her religious grandmother and rebellious teenage daughter, as she embarks on a journey of self-discovery in this supernatural dark comedy. Pilot plus 1 episode and outline for 3 seasons. (7 awards)
F***boys Comedy ⋄ Adventure Two down-on-their-luck straight buddies run afoul of a drug lord and flee the gangsters, posing as gay dancers in the touring act of a sexy female pop singer, in this raunchy buddy comedy filled with action-adventure and romance. (7 awards – incl. Best Comedy Script, Gold Star Movie Awards & Top Award, Depth of Field International Film Festival)
The Makeover Man Romance ⋄ Comedy A disgraced phonetics professor, who’s cancelled for an offhand classroom remark, tries to reclaim his reputation by transforming a homeless street kid in this modern gay update of George Bernard Shaw’s "Pygmalion." (7 awards – incl.Best Comedy Script, Gold Star Movie Awards; Top Award, Depth of Field International Film Festival & Best Unproduced Script, Seattle Indie Film Festival)
It Had to Be Lou Comedy A high-spirited man with dreams of fame tangles with his nightclub owner partner in this modern gay twist on a TV comedy classic. Pilot plus two episodes. (8 awards - incl. Winner, San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition)
Dave's New World Drama ⋄ Comedy A 40-year-old man, who's married with kids, gradually discovers that he's gay - and must leave the straight world behind to begin his new life as a single gay man in this offbeat comedy-drama. (7 awards incl. Platinum Winner - LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival )
My Wild and Secret World Drama ⋄ Comedy A boy seeks refuge from family crises in his love of theatre and performing as he comes of age in this musical fantasia set in the tumultuous '60s and '70s. (5 awards)
This is Not My Life Comedy ⋄ Drama A writer’s attempt to eulogize a famous actor leads him backwards in time into a mad swirl of conflicting realities. The worlds of movies, fiction, television, and theatre collide into a fun-house mirror of illusion, memory, fantasy and dream.