Adam Shankman
Directing
1964-11-27 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Adam Michael Shankman (born November 27, 1964) is an American film director, producer, writer, dancer, author, actor, and choreographer. He was a permanent judge on seasons 6–7 of So You Think You Can Dance. He began his professional career in musical theatre. He was a dancer in music videos for Paula Abdul and Janet Jackson. Shankman has choreographed dozens of films and directed several feature-length films, including A Walk to Remember, Bringing Down the House, The Pacifier, and the musicals Hairspray, Rock of Ages and Disenchanted. His company, Offspring Entertainment (which he co-owns with his sister), produces films and television for various studios and networks. Shankman is also co-writing young adult novels for Simon & Schuster imprint Atheneum Books for Young Readers. The books, co-written with author Laura Lee Sullivan, follow the story of rags to riches Lucille O'Malley as she becomes Hollywood's "it girl", navigating a murder mystery and meeting her match, Frederick van der Waals. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adam Shankman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
TheatersThe Man with the Bag
2026 · Movie
Stop! That! Train!
2026 · Movie
Disenchanted
2022 · Movie
Hocus Pocus 2
2022 · Movie
Dear Evan Hansen
2021 · Movie
Only Murders in the Building
2021 · Series
AJ and the Queen
2020 · Series
Step Up: Year of the Dance
2019 · Movie
After
2019 · Movie
What Men Want
2019 · Movie
Status Update
2018 · Movie
Step Up
2018 · Series
Step Up All In
2014 · Movie
Dragula
2014 · Movie
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
2012 · Series
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012 · Series
Step Up Revolution
2012 · Movie
Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation
2012 · Movie
Rock of Ages
2012 · Movie
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
2011 · Movie
Going the Distance
2010 · Movie
Step Up 3D
2010 · Movie
The Last Song
2010 · Movie
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010 · Series
Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special
2009 · Movie
Modern Family
2009 · Series
Glee
2009 · Series
Zac Efron's Pool Party
2009 · Movie
17 Again
2009 · Movie
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Series
Bedtime Stories
2008 · Movie
Prop 8: The Musical
2008 · Movie
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008 · Movie
Step Up 2: The Streets
2008 · Movie
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
2007 · Movie
Hairspray: Playing Tracy
2007 · Movie
Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad
2007 · Movie
Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad
2007 · Movie
Hairspray
2007 · Movie
Premonition
2007 · Movie
Portrait of a Choreographer
2007 · Movie
Step Up
2006 · Movie
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
2005 · Movie
So You Think You Can Dance
2005 · Series
Hell's Kitchen
2005 · Series
The Pacifier
2005 · Movie
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
2004 · Movie
Stuck on You
2003 · Movie
Bringing Down the House
2003 · Movie
Monk
2002 · Series
Scooby-Doo
2002 · Movie
A Walk to Remember
2002 · Movie
The Wedding Planner
2001 · Movie
Mission to Mars
2000 · Movie
Isn't She Great
2000 · Movie
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
1999 · Movie
Dudley Do-Right
1999 · Movie
Inspector Gadget
1999 · Movie
The Out-of-Towners
1999 · Movie
Forces of Nature
1999 · Movie
Blast from the Past
1999 · Movie
She's All That
1999 · Movie
Antz
1998 · Movie
Almost Heroes
1998 · Movie
Cosmo's Tale
1998 · Movie
Scream 2
1997 · Movie
A Life Less Ordinary
1997 · Movie
Boogie Nights
1997 · Movie
George of the Jungle
1997 · Movie
Traveller
1997 · Movie
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997 · Series
The Relic
1997 · Movie
Mrs. Winterbourne
1996 · Movie
Monster Mash: The Movie
1995 · Movie
Congo
1995 · Movie
Casper
1995 · Movie
Tank Girl
1995 · Movie
Miami Rhapsody
1995 · Movie
Don Juan DeMarco
1994 · Movie
Friends
1994 · Series
Milk Money
1994 · Movie
The Flintstones
1994 · Movie
Addams Family Values
1993 · Movie
Heart and Souls
1993 · Movie
Weekend at Bernie's II
1993 · Movie
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992 · Movie
Roundhouse
1992 · Series
Rockula
1990 · Movie
Midnight Cabaret
1990 · Movie
The Red Shoes
1983 · Movie
Step by Step: The Dances of 'Hairspray'
Movie