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Joe Adamson

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  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Writer
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Joe Adamson is known for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), A Political Cartoon (1974) and Escape to Passion (1971).
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    • Known for

    Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
    Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
    7.3
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 1986
    A Political Cartoon (1974)
    A Political Cartoon
    6.6
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1974
    Barbara Mills in Escape to Passion (1971)
    Escape to Passion
    4.5
    • Writer(as Warren Wintergreen)
    • 1971
    W.C. Fields: Straight Up (1986)
    W.C. Fields: Straight Up
    8.1
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1986

    Credits

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    Additional Crew

    • Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 1: In the Beginning: Comedy Pioneers (1998)
      Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 1: In the Beginning: Comedy Pioneers
      Video
      • curator
      • 1998
    • Harry Langdon and Alice Ward in Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life (1913)
      Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 2: Keystone Tonight!: The Mack Sennett Comedies
      Video
      • curator
      • 1998
    • Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 3: Funny Girls (1998)
      Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 3: Funny Girls
      Video
      • curator
      • 1998
    • Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 4: Keaton, Arbuckle & St. John
      Video
      • curator
      • 1998
    • Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 5: Chaplin & Co., the Music Hall Tradition (1998)
      Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 5: Chaplin & Co., the Music Hall Tradition
      Video
      • curator
      • 1998
    • Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 6: Hal Roach, the Lot of Fun (1998)
      Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 6: Hal Roach, the Lot of Fun
      Video
      • curator
      • 1998
    • Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 7: the Race is on!
      Video
      • curator
      • 1998
    • Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 8: Tons of Fun
      Video
      • curator
      • 1998
    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • research
      • 1989–1993
    • Mel Blanc and Carl H. Lindahl in What's Up Doc? A Salute to Bugs Bunny (1990)
      What's Up Doc? A Salute to Bugs Bunny
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • consultant
      • 1990
    • Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987)
      Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
      8.8
      TV Mini Series
      • researcher
      • 1987
    • All This and World War II (1976)
      All This and World War II
      5.8
      • film researcher
      • 1976

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984)
      CBS Schoolbreak Special
      6.9
      TV Series
      • second assistant director (as Joseph Adamson)
      • 1991
    • Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
      Fright Night Part 2
      6.0
      • second second assistant director (as Joseph Adamson)
      • 1988
    • Victoria Principal, Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy, Larry Hagman, Charlene Tilton, Jim Davis, Linda Gray, and Steve Kanaly in Dallas (1978)
      Dallas
      7.1
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 1988
    • Robert Hays in Starman (1986)
      Starman
      6.7
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 1987
    • Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
      Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
      7.3
      • dga trainee
      • 1986
    • Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman in The Ratings Game (1984)
      The Ratings Game
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • assistant director trainee: second unit (as Joseph Adamson)
      • 1984

    Writer

    • The Chaplin Puzzle
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • Writer (as Joseph Adamson)
      • 1992
    • Matt Bardock, Ian Dury, and Graham Daw in New Voices (1991)
      New Voices
      3.3
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 1991
    • The Lion's Busy (1950)
      Tex Avery, the King of Cartoons
      7.7
      TV Movie
      • Writer (as Joseph Adamson)
      • 1988
    • W.C. Fields: Straight Up (1986)
      W.C. Fields: Straight Up
      8.1
      TV Movie
      • written by
      • 1986
    • The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982)
      The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
      8.1
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 1982
    • A Political Cartoon (1974)
      A Political Cartoon
      6.6
      Short
      • written by
      • 1974
    • Barbara Mills in Escape to Passion (1971)
      Escape to Passion
      4.5
      • screenplay (as Warren Wintergreen)
      • 1971

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Joseph Adamson
    • Other works
      Also worked as a researcher for the Kevin Brownlow-David Gill documentary, BUSTER KEATON: A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW (1987).

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