Founding partner, Alta Global Media
Award winning manager/producer Adams is a founding partner at Alta Global Media where he represents and produces alongside talent, writer/directors and international media companies with many projects in active development including the South African adaptation of Jane the Virgin. Adams represents such talent as director Mandla Dube who has the first multi-project deal from Netflix Africa, writer Sabelo Mgidi who has a series development deal with Netflix Africa, and actors including Pedro Alonso and Luka Peros of the Netflix hit series La Casa de Papel, Tamara Tunie, best known for her work on the legendary Law & Order:SVU, actor/producer Jimmy Jean-Louis of Heroes & Heroes Reborn, frequent Spike Lee collaborator Roger Guenveur Smith, amongst others.
Adams is a producer on the Netflix Original adaptation of Roger Guenveur Smith’s solo performance piece Rodney King and the Peabody Award winning A Huey P Newton Story for Starz, both directed by Academy Award winner Spike Lee. Adams recently served as an Executive Producer on Goat Days by top Indian director Blessy, which just wrapped production in India, Jordan and Algeria, Redemption Day, starring Andy Garcia shot in Morocco, and Zero which was shot in Dakar, directed by Jean Luc Herbulot. Adams was VFX executive producer with Paris-based VFX house BUF for 4 years. His VFX EP credits there include such Academy Award winners as James Cameron’s Avatar, Ang Lee’s Life of Pi, Thor for Marvel Studios, as well as Green Lantern, Green Hornet, Stephen Sommers’ Odd Thomas, and Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows.
Adams was also VFX executive producer for French VFX house Digital District whose credits include the Academy Award winning features The Artist & The Intouchables. As a partner in Luna Ray Media, Adams produced the Peabody Award winning A Huey P Newton Story, directed by Spike Lee, the first Starz original Production. Other indie credits with Luna Ray include God’s Waiting List, Justice and Burning Shadows, and the indie pilot It’s Not About Jimmy Keene, which debuted at Sundance.
Television credits also include 3 seasons as Consultant on The Culture Clash Show. Adams previously served as president of FilmPro Finance, consulting for such film finance based clients as Bloomberg/Cite and its predecessor the Atlas Film & TV Finance Summit, Film Production Capital, and various global film commissions and festivals. An accomplished host, Adams moderates panels at the Motion Picture Academy, co-produced and hosted the web series F is for Film & Show Me The F$#!ing Money: How to Invest, Raise Finance, and Recoup Money in the Film Business, featuring interviews with over 150 top names in the world of Film Finance. He is a frequent public speaker at Cannes, The Berlinale, Sundance, Content London, Toronto, The Monte Carlo Streaming Festival amongst many others. Adams began his career at the Paradigm Talent and Literary Agency. He is a member of BAFTA, the Producers Guild of America, the Television Academy, and serves as an Advisory Board member at the Catalyst Content Festival, Content London and the Durban Filmmart.
