Chuck Adamson
| Chuck Adamson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Charles Fredrick Adamson June 11, 1936 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | February 22, 2008 (aged 71) Roseburg, Oregon, U.S. |
| Occupation | Television producer, screenwriter, police officer |
| Years active | 1981-1987 |
Charles Fredrick "Chuck" Adamson (June 11, 1936 – February 22, 2008) was an American police officer who became a television producer and screenwriter.
Adamson was best known for creating the television crime drama Crime Story, for which he won a People's Choice Award, and for writing episodes of Miami Vice. The 1995 film Heat, starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino and directed by Michael Mann, is based on one of Adamson's more famous cases in Chicago from the 1960s.
He died in 2008 at age 71. Michael Mann's 2009 film Public Enemies stated in its end credits "In memory of Chuck Adamson".
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