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Aug 15, 2019 · Adam Shankman definitely has some feelings about Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth's breakup after introducing the two of them, thanks to their 2010 film, The Last Song. Shankman produced...
May 12, 2010 · The undercover footage was shot during a wrap party for the movie "The Last Song," and the man on the receiving end of her gluteal gyrations is the film's director, Adam Shankman.
Jun 9, 2012 · "I sort of want a finder's fee," Adam Shankman says of the engagement news. "It made me cry"
May 12, 2010 · Miley -- who was 16 at the time -- was dancing with 44-year-old Adam Shankman during a wrap party last summer in Georgia for the movie, "The Last Song."
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Shankman was born in Los Angeles to an upper-middle-class Jewish family. He is the son of Phyllis (née Perper), a licensed practitioner in Gestalt therapy, and Ned Shankman, an entertainment lawyer and manager for such acts as Barry White, the American band X, and Sister Sledge. His sister Jennifer was born when Shankman was four years old. He atte...
After graduating from Palisades, Shankman was a performing intern and junior company member of the prestigious Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis. Having been accepted for both dancing and acting at Juilliard, he chose dance as his major without having any previous formal training. He dropped out of college to dance in musical theater and at...
Following The Wedding Planner, Shankman went on to direct seven more studio films: A Walk to Remember, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, Bringing Down the House, The Pacifier, the 2007 award-winning film Hairspray, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures' Bedtime Stories, and the movie based on the musical of the same name, Rock of Ages. In 2019 he directed What...
In addition to directing, Shankman has produced various studio films with his sister Jennifer Gibgot, through their company Offspring Entertainment. These include Touchstone Pictures' Step Up, which helped launch the careers of Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan; Premonition, starring Sandra Bullock; Bedtime Stories for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictu...
In August 2014, Shankman directed and choreographed a production of Hair at the Hollywood Bowl. Zach Woodlee assisted Shankman in choreography and Lon Hoyt served as music director. The show presented an all-star cast including Benjamin Walker as Berger, Kristen Bell as Sheila and Hunter Parrish as Claude. Other cast members included Sarah Hyland, ...
Shankman was a judge and choreographer on seasons 3–10 of the Fox Broadcasting reality show So You Think You Can Dance. He used the term "lyrical hip-hop" to describe the dance style associated with the choreography duo of Napoleon and Tabitha D'umo. The term is popularly credited to him, as reported in the May/June 2009 issue of Dance Spiritmagazi...
Shankman has donated time and funds to numerous charitable and political foundations. He actively promotes charitable causes by producing live events and galas, utilizing social media, participating in PSAs, speaking engagements and personal appearances. These charities include AIDS Project Los Angeles, Mountains AIDS Foundation, Feeding America, t...
Shankman is gay. He officiated the wedding of actors Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar, a good friend of his with whom he worked while choreographing Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He got the Buffy job based on Gellar's recommendation to the show's creator, Joss Whedon. Shankman danced on the Oscars telecast in 1990, and exactly 20 years late...
Film
Producer 1. Step Up(2006) 2. Premonition(2007) 3. Step Up 2: The Streets(2008) 4. 17 Again(2009) 5. The Last Song(2010) 6. Step Up 3D(2010) 7. Going the Distance(2010) 8. Step Up Revolution(2012) 9. Step Up: All In(2014) 10. Status Update(2018) 11. Step Up: Year of the Dance(2019)
Television
Producer 1. The 82nd Annual Academy Awards(2010)
Adam Shankman at IMDbInterview with The AdvocateIn a video obtained by the entertainment website, Cyrus, who was 16 at the time, is seen dancing with Adam Shankman, who is openly gay, during the wrap party last summer for her movie, The Last Song.
May 13, 2010 · Miley is seen moving sexily towards Shankman and unbuttoning the top layer of her shirt, teasing not only Shankman but others around her with her slinky moves.
