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name: "Adam Penn"
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roles: ["Writer"]
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updated: "2026-09-17T03:10:41.303169+00:00"
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# Adam Penn

Writer. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer

## Biography

Adam Penn is a writer, producer and editor. He wrote episodes of the series *Mr. Robot* (2015–2017), on which he also served as story editor and executive story editor, and received a Writers Guild of America award for the show's first season. He has written for *American Horror Story* (2017–2019) and *9-1-1* (2018).

Penn attended film school with *Mr. Robot* creator Sam Esmail and has worked extensively as an editor on series including *American Horror Story* and the television film *The Normal Heart* (2014), for which he won an American Cinema Editors Eddie award.

*Sources: imdb.com, shootonline.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mr. Robot* (2015), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-robot.md)

## Also known for

- *American Horror Story* (2011), Writer
- *9-1-1* (2018), Writer

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