Adrian Todd Zuniga is the writer/director of the multi-award-winning short film HOLD ME, DON’T TOUCH ME which has been an Official Selection at 17 festivals around the world and won Best Short Film 3 times. His horror short, NOT ALL MEN, will make its World Premiere at Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival on August 8. He’s partnered with 3rd Astronaut to produce his directorial debut THE STOLEN CHILD, which he also wrote.
He wrote the WGA Award-nominated playable movie LONGSHOT (featuring Mahershala Ali) and the sequel LONGSHOT 2: HOMECOMING (featuring Joey King) which were each played over 1 million times. He’s also co-writer of the sports feature FLEURY, which was recently announced on Deadline.com.
He’s author of the award-nominated novel Collision Theory, a recipient of the Carnegie Fund for Authors grant, and he’s the creator of Literary Death Match, a live game show he’s produced and hosted in 73 cities worldwide.
Fun fact: Oscar-nominee/novelist Tom Perrotta called his writing "funny and full of dark surprises.” He lives in Los Angeles.