Introduction
Adam Cozad is an American screenwriter best known for writing the scripts for Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit and The Legend of Tarzan.
Life and career
Cozad was born and grew up in Chico, California, where he attended Notre Dame School until his tenth grade. He later moved to Texas and went to Trinity University, where he got his major degree in history.
In 2014, Cozad wrote his first screenplay for the action film Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, based on the character created by Tom Clancy, which stars Kevin Costner, Chris Pine, Keira Knightley and Kenneth Branagh.
His second screenplay was for the action adventure film The Legend of Tarzan, which he wrote along with Craig Brewer from their own story, which stars Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, and Christoph Waltz.
Cozad had been hired to write the screenplay for the sequel to Suicide Squad film. He was replaced with James Gunn.
He also performed a revision of Underwater's script from Brian Duffield.