Classically trained at the American Conservatory Theater, Adam Paul earned his Masters Degree in 1992.  As part of his Master’s Thesis, he produced the Los Angeles premiere of David Mamet’s ‘Bobby Gould in Hell’ to rave reviews using student loans.

A few years later, he’d co-written and produced ‘King of the Moon,’ a two-man comedy about Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin fighting over who gets to be the first to walk on the lunar surface.  Adam partnered with the HBO Workspace and the Groundlings to develop the stage production, then teamed up with Fox Searchlab to finance a film version which eventually premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Following the success of ‘King of the Moon,’ Adam co-wrote and co-directed the award-winning festival short ‘I’m Not Gay,’ which found distribution (rare for a short) on HBO and LOGO.

Adam then wrote the pilot for and produced ‘Hollywood Residential’ a 30-minute single-camera comedy, partnering with Principato-Young Entertainment (Reno 911, Do Not Disturb) and actress Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Waitress, RV, In The Motherhood) as Executive Producers.  Starz Entertainment picked the show up for a full season of eight half-hour episodes, launching it as one of only two series for it’s inaugural slate of original programming.  Guest stars on the series included Paula Abdul, Jamie Kennedy, Chris Kattan, John Cho, Tom Arnold, Carmen Electra and Beverly D’Angelo.

The innovative model used for Hollywood Residential – reasonable budgets with state-of-the-art equipment and production techniques, as well as utilizing strategic relationships with name talent both in front of and behind the camera – felt like the future to Adam, so he started Giantleap Industries to continue developing high quality multi-platform-ready content.  Giantleap’s first production, ‘Full Nelson,’ is another single-camera comedy (set in the world of indy wrestling) that’s just been picked up by Principato-Young Entertainment and is currently being shopped to the major cable networks.

Giantleap Industries seeks to develop and sell high quality television and web content to bridge the divide between the two platforms.

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