Adam Fratto

'Adam Fratto is a veteran television and film professional who is currently developing and producing scripted television for Pukeko Pictures, the production company affiliated with New Zealand's famed Weta Workshop (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Avatar, District 9).

Television

Fratto serves as co-Executive Producer of Haven, the hit Syfy series based on The Colorado Kid by Stephen King. The show is currently in its third season. Previously, Adam was President of Atticus Entertainment, a production company founded and led by Jim Lampley under a first-look deal with HBO. For six years before that, Adam spearheaded development at cable production company Piller/Segan/Shepherd, where he also served as Associate Producer on The Dead Zone and Wildfire And Co-Producer on Greek.

Film

Fratto began his career in development and production at Mutual Film Company (Speed, Saving Private Ryan), before serving as Creative Executive for Michael Douglas's Furthur Films. There, he helped develop Wonderboys, One Night at McCool's, Don't Say a Word, and Swimfan. He was also Associate Producer of the indie feature Bickford Shmeckler's Cool IDeaS starring Patrick Fugit, Olivia Wilde and Matthew Lillard.

Personal life

He is a graduate of Harvard University and University of Southern California's graduate program in Film & TV Production, where he produced the environmentally-themed, Emmy-winning documentary Walking With Giants. He lives in South Pasadena with his wife Christina and daughter Anna Ming Sha.{