---
name: "Duane Adler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/duane-adler"
fi1m_id: "duane-adler"
imdb_id: "nm0012137"
tmdb_id: 54510
wikidata_id: "Q5310289"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T03:33:14.616161+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Duane Adler

## Identity

Duane Adler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/duane-adler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** duane-adler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0012137
- **TMDB ID:** 54510
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5310289
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Adler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5310289, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54510

Writer. Born 1 January 1965 in North Carolina.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1965, North Carolina
- **Active:** 2001–2006
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Adler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5310289, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54510

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Save the Last Dance*](https://film.one/film/save-the-last-dance.md) (66)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Step Up*](https://film.one/film/step-up.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Duane Adler is an American screenwriter and film director. He wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for the 2001 dance film *Save the Last Dance*. He also wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film *Step Up*.

Adler was born in North Carolina and grew up in the suburbs of Washington, DC, and in Odenton, Maryland. He attended the University of Maryland, College Park. His other writing credits include *The Way She Moves* (2001), *Make It Happen* (2008) and contributions to the *Step Up* franchise. He has also directed films including *God's Waiting List* (2006) and *Make Your Move* (2013).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Step Up* (2006), Fi1m 64, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/step-up.md)
- *Save the Last Dance* (2001), Fi1m 66, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/save-the-last-dance.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Heartbeats* (2017), Director, Writer
- *Step Up All In* (2014), Characters
- *Make Your Move* (2013), Director, Writer
- *Step Up Revolution* (2012), Characters
- *Step Up 3D* (2010), Characters
- *Make It Happen* (2008), Screenplay, Co-Producer, Story
- *Step Up 2: The Streets* (2008), Screenplay
- *Save the Last Dance 2* (2006), Author
- *Step Up* (2006), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/step-up.md)
- *God's Waiting List* (2006), Director, Producer
- *The Way She Moves* (2001), Writer
- *Save the Last Dance* (2001), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/save-the-last-dance.md)
- *Talent Show*, Writer

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