Adam Ciralsky
Contributing Editor
Adam Ciralsky is a critically-acclaimed writer, film director, and television producer whose body of work has garnered three Emmys (and an additional six nominations); a Peabody (for Significant and Meritorious Achievement in Broadcasting); a Polk (for Outstanding Network Television Reporting); a duPont (for Breaking News and Sustained Coverage); a Loeb (for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism); and a Barone (for Excellence in Washington-Based National Affairs & Public Policy Reporting).
His access to elusive worlds—from nuclear-armed submarines to secret government units and trillion-dollar programs—and exceptional characters—hostage negotiators, bitcoin billionaires, fake royals, and mercenaries—is peerless and through his production company, P3 Media, consistently forms the foundation for high-profile films and television series.
As depicted in Netflix’s blockbuster spy thriller, The Recruit, Adam began his career as an attorney with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) where he provided counsel on a variety of sensitive matters and before that at the Pentagon where he helped combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
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