Instructor Bio
Adam Gilad is a rare hybrid: a big-picture ideator and creative consultant who marries imaginative flair with business rigor. CEO of Gilad Creative Media, Inc. and Legacy House Media, Inc., Adam is an Emmy-nominated Executive Producer and writer whose work spans more than 20 television shows and films. He advises and mentors CEOs and thought leaders, helping them turn ambitious and worthy visions into compelling narratives, market traction, and measurable growth.
Adam’s intellectual pedigree includes the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship at the Stanford University Humanities Center, where he was also a Whiting Dissertation Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Lady Davis Fellow, a Cambridge University’s British Schools and Universities Fellow and he was elected an Echols Scholar at the University of Virginia. Adam also studied at Aish HaTorah, Shapell’s Yeshiva and the Pardes Institute. He has taught The History of Jewish Philosophy, The History of Jewish Mysticism and his trademark Write Through the Torah workshop “Personal Midrash” at The American Jewish University.
He also currently runs Legacy House, a premium book writing/ documentary partnership service for global visionaries seeking to bring their stories and wisdom to the world.
Financier Bio
The Jewish Roots Writers Collective is generously funded by Judea Pictures, an independent, Israel-based production company dedicated to developing premium film and television projects rooted in Jewish history, spiritual inheritance, and moral inquiry, with the aim of creating stories that carry meaning across generations.
Israel Wolfson is the founder of Judea Pictures. He is a film and theatre producer with credits spanning independent cinema and Broadway. His work includes the feature films Beware the Gonzo, Sympathy for Delicious, and Hesher, as well as the Broadway production Rock of Ages.
About JITC Hollywood Bureau
The Jewish Institute for Television & Cinema (JITC) Hollywood Bureau, launched in 2021, champions authentic and nuanced portrayals of Jews, Judaism, and Israel in the entertainment industry and challenges tropes and stereotypes in media. Our goal is to combat antisemitism by sharing stories of our people, history, culture, and traditions with global audiences and increase understanding and appreciation of Jewish contributions to the world. We partner with studios and creatives to offer consulting services, resources, and trainings; conduct leading research into Jewish representation; celebrate Jewish storytelling with the annual Jewish Media Awards; and engage with the entertainment community through panels, workshops, speaking engagements to promote inclusion of Jews in narrative change spaces.