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Andrew Adelson

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"Falling Awake" is the powerful story of Jay (Andrew Cisneros), a young man struggling to find his identity in The Bronx in a house crowded with family members and a neighborhood filled with loyal friends and dangerous enemies. A gifted musician, Jay hopes to leave it all and pursue his dream of composing and performing music. Once he meets Alessandra (Jenna Dewan), a beautiful young woman who lives in Brooklyn, his determination to defy the expectations of his frustrated, angry father become even stronger. Yet Jay is tied to his home through loyalty to his friends and to his brother, who has returned unexpectedly from service in the Marines. As he reaches toward a wider world, he is pulled back over and over by the cycles of anger and violence that have defined his life and neighborhood for so long. It takes love, a change of heart and a new understanding of life's elusive chance at happiness to finally help Jay make the long, uncertain leap to a fresh chance.
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Andrew Adelson was born on 28 July 1954 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer, known for I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989), Hiroshima (1995) and Falling Awake (2009).
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Corin Nemec, Luke Edwards, and Jacob Gelman in I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989)
    I Know My First Name Is Steven
    7.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Producer
    Kenneth Welsh and Naohiko Umewaka in Hiroshima (1995)
    Hiroshima
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • Producer
    • 1995
    Falling Awake (2009)
    Falling Awake
    5.9
    • Producer
    • 2009
    Sex and Breakfast (2005)
    Sex and Breakfast
    4.8
    • Producer
    • 2005

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Falling Awake (2009)
      Falling Awake
      5.9
      • producer
      • 2009
    • Sex and Breakfast (2005)
      Sex and Breakfast
      4.8
      • produced by
      • 2005
    • The JammX Kids (2004)
      The JammX Kids
      7.5
      Video
      • co-producer
      • 2004
    • Power and Beauty (2002)
      Power and Beauty
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • executive producer (as Andy Adelson)
      • 2002
    • Beau Bridges, Blythe Danner, Tammy Blanchard, Mark Famiglietti, Tom Guiry, and Jacob Pitts in We Were the Mulvaneys (2002)
      We Were the Mulvaneys
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • executive producer (as Andy Adelson)
      • 2002
    • A Glimpse of Hell (2001)
      A Glimpse of Hell
      6.1
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2001
    • Melissa Gilbert and Costas Mandylor in Sanctuary (2001)
      Sanctuary
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2001
    • Janine Turner in A Secret Affair (1999)
      A Secret Affair
      6.0
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1999
    • Donald Sutherland and Armand Assante in The Hunley (1999)
      The Hunley
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1999
    • Melissa Gilbert and Jeremy Sheffield in Her Own Rules (1998)
      Her Own Rules
      5.1
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1998
    • Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998)
      Thanks of a Grateful Nation
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1998
    • Victoria Principal and Adrian Pasdar in Love in Another Town (1997)
      Love in Another Town
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1997
    • Betty Buckley, Pamela Reed, and Diana Scarwid in Critical Choices (1996)
      Critical Choices
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1996
    • Rolling Thunder (1996)
      Rolling Thunder
      4.2
      TV Movie
      • executive producer (as Andy Adelson)
      • 1996
    • Everything to Gain (1996)
      Everything to Gain
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1996

    Additional Crew

    • Shangri-Lost (2013)
      Shangri-Lost
      Short
      • advisor
      • 2013

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    Falling Awake
    Trailer 1:03
    Falling Awake

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Andy Adelson
    • Born
      • July 28, 1954
      • Los Angeles, California, USA

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      Ex-stepson of Barbara Walters.

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