Daniel Adams

Adams attended both the University of Vermont and Harvard Extension School, majoring in history. After college, he worked in politics, including two gubernatorial campaigns, a race for attorney general, and two presidential campaigns. He also garnered valuable film production experience directing television commercials for a Boston advertising agency, winning several awards. He then partnered with producer Michael Mailer, co-writing and directing his first feature film, “A Fool And His Money” which starred Sandra Bullock. He then went on to write and direct his second feature, the critically acclaimed “Primary Motive,” for Twentieth Century Fox which starred Judd Nelson, Justine Bateman, Richard Jordan, John Savage and Sally Kirkland, and was produced by Don Carmody. Then he directed, to excellent critical acclaim, the film, “The Mouse,” a comedy starring Rip Torn and John Savage. He wrote and directed the film, “The Golden Boys” starring David Carradine, Rip Torn, Bruce Dern and Mariel Hemingway. He also conceived, edited and contributed to the serial novel, “Out Of The Fog” working with a dozen of the nation’s best-selling authors. Also an historian, he is working on a biography of American patriot James Otis. In 2010 he wrote and directed the feature, “The Lightkeepers” with Richard Dreyfuss, Blythe Danner, Bruce Dern and Mamie Gummer. In 2017 he co-wrote and directed the feature “An L.A. Minute” starring Gabriel Byrne and Kiersey Clemons and in 2020 he wrote the feature film “Panama” starring Mel Gibson and Cole Hauser. In 2022 he wrote and directed “The Walk” starring Terrence Howard, Justin Chatwin and Malcolm McDowell which won numerous awards including Best Picture and Best Director several film festivals.