Adam Hamdy
| Adam Hamdy | |
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| Born |
12 March 1974 London, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Film producer, director, screenwriter, author |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 2004– |
| Notable works | Pulp, The Hunter, Starmaker Leviathan |
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Adam Hamdy (born 12 March 1974) is a British writer, film producer and director best known for his debut comic book limited series The Hunter and the comedy feature film, Pulp, which became the first film to ever premiere on the Xbox Video platform.[1]
Biography
Hamdy was born and raised in London, United Kingdom.
Hamdy attended the University of Oxford, and graduated with a degree in law. He also holds a degree in philosophy from the University of London. After a number of low-level jobs in the media industry, Hamdy joined the consulting team at Lloyd's of London. From there, he went on to join a niche management consulting firm.
Using seed finance provided by the partners in his consulting firm, Hamdy founded a company that developed specialist online payment systems. He raised £7.5m in venture capital to launch the business. The business was later sold to one of the venture capital investors. Between 2000 and 2001, Hamdy co-wrote a weekly diary column for The Guardian on the ups and downs of being an Internet entrepreneur.[2]
Hamdy left the corporate world to focus on building a career as a writer. As a screenwriter, he has worked with film producers on both sides of the Atlantic.[3] He has also written for the video game industry. His debut comic The Hunter launched in December 2007. The first issue of Hamdy's second comic Starmaker: Leviathan was published online in 2009.[4] In late 2009 it was announced that Hunter had been optioned for a film by Scarlet Fire Entertainment, with Hamdy providing the script.[5] Hamdy will produce alongside Allan Loeb and Steven Pearl.[6]
Hamdy's debut feature film, Pulp, became the first film to ever premiere on the Xbox Video platform.[7]
Hamdy's debut novel Battalion was published on Kindle on 27 September 2012.[8] Richard Caldwell of review site, The Lottery Party, describes Battalion as "a blistering political techno-thriller".[9]
Filmography
- Pulp (2012) Director, Producer
References
- ↑ Izundu, Chi Chi (4 March 2013). "Film to be distributed by games console for first time". BBC Radio One Newsbeat. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ↑ ,Adam Hamdy, Guy Mallison (26 March 2001). "Slaughter of New Dot Com Ventures". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ↑ Geary, Joanna (25 November 2007). "The Hunter goes global for comic man Adam". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
- ↑ Bug, Ambush (2 December 2009). "Ain't It Cool News Reviews Starmaker: Leviathan". Ain't It Cool News. Archived from the original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
- ↑ Brown, Graeme (7 December 2009). "Midland Dare Comics founder inspires Hollywood movie". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ↑ Fernandez, Jay (7 December 2009). "Scarlet Fire Lights Up The Hunter". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ↑ Hernandez, Brian Anthony (4 March 2013). "Xbox Live Debuts a Movie for First Time". Mashable. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ↑ Kindle, Amazon (10 October 2012). "Battalion Kindle Page". Amazon Kindle. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ↑ Caldwell, Richard (10 October 2012). "Lottery Party Review of Battalion". Lottery Party. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
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