Adam Ripp is an award-winning filmmaker who began his career in the entertainment industry in 1984 as a production assistant on the TV show "The Top" starring Andy Kaufman, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Rodney Dangerfield, and Cyndi Lauper. He also appeared in an episode of the HBO TV series "Not Necessarily the News" that same year.
After graduating from NewBridge high school in 1985, Adam was hired by legendary filmmaker Walter Shenson, producer of "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help," to serve as the assistant to the director on the horror film "Death Spa." He also worked as an assistant director on Image Entertainment's "Night of Terror" aka "Escape from the Insane Asylum" that summer.
From 1985 to 1989, Adam attended Columbia College Hollywood and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema. He also attended UCLA Extension's writer's program and audited classes at the American Film Institute. During this time, Adam interned at CommuniCom Cable, where he mixed sound, programmed Chyron, operated camera, and directed numerous public access TV shows, including "Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood."
In 1990, Adam produced and directed the music video "You'll Be On It" for Motown Records rap group, the Throw Down Twins featuring DJ Epic. He also worked as the assistant prop master on Mario Van Peebles' CBS TV movie "Malcolm Takes a Shot" starring Tony Lo Bianco, Susan Rattan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Vince Vaughn.
In 1991, Adam co-founded FSI, a full-service post-production sound company located in Studio City, featuring Pro-Tools editing suites, Foley stage, and a THX-certified mixing theater. He oversaw post-production sound on numerous films and TV shows as well as the company's expansion into picture editing with a facility in Burbank featuring a dozen Avid editing rooms and a Smoke-based creative finishing suite.
In 1993, Adam and Oscar-winning writer Chris McQuarrie began developing "Beat Cop," a character-driven script about a young Black journalist who defies his friends and family and becomes a police officer. Unbeknownst to those closest to him, he's on a mission to expose police corruption from inside the department.
