Director | Writer | Producer

Let's Ride

:60 Extended Version of TV Spot for Albuquerque Rapid Transit launch
  • Client – BYD Buses
  • Director/Producer/Concept – Adam S. Turner
  • Cinematography – Ariel Rakes
  • Music – Sam Nesbitt
  • Lyrics – Adam Hooks
  • Stylist – Sarah Gonzales
  • Choreographer – Roberto Rodriguez
  • Editor – Annie Jaynes

#WeAreNATO

Launch video for NATO's #WeAreNATO branding campaign
  • Client – NATO
  • Director/Producer/Concept – Adam S. Turner
  • Graphics – Chris Hutchins
  • Editor – Annie Jaynes

Albuquerque Heading Home

PSA for Albuquerque Heading Home featuring Jonathan Banks
  • Client – Albuquerque Heading Home
  • Director/Producer/Writer – Adam S. Turner
  • Cinematography – Corey Weintraub

Green Mountain Power

  • Client – Green Mountain Power
  • Director/Writer – Adam S. Turner
  • Animation – Coby Dax

NATO Innovation Hub - Tip of the Spear

  • Client – NATO Allied Command Transformation Innovation Branch
  • Director/Producer/Concept – Adam S. Turner
  • Cinematography – Will Clark
  • Editor – Annie Jaynes

Save Native Families

Reed Award Winner for Best :60 Regional TV Spot
  • Client – Save Native Families
  • Director/Producer/Concept – Adam S. Turner
  • Cinematography – Corey Weintraub
  • Editor – David Ferry Jr.

About Adam S. Turner

Since 2000, Adam has written, directed and produced TV spots, web videos, corporate videos, educational videos, short films, and a ½ hour pilot for the SyFy Channel. Since 2017, he has worked as a creative contractor for NATO and created the “hero” launch video for their #WeAreNATO” campaign.

Other clients have included Aurubis, Green Mountain Power, Special OlympicsFraternal Order of Police, BYD buses, Detroit Driven, Phelps Dodge, SunCal, Saving Native Families and the NM Oil & Gas Association.

Currently, Adam is the writer, co-host, and co-producer of the 12 episode limited podcast series WHEN WE WERE WIZARDS about the creators of the game Dungeons & Dragons. He is also the host and producer of the INNOVATION PODCAST for NATO’s Allied Command Transformation.

As a writer, Adam’s first screenplay, SPIDERBABY, placed high on Hollywood’s prestigious “Blacklist” and was optioned by Lionsgate. He later adapted the D.C. Comics title DOOM PATROL as a feature for Warner Brothers and developed a live-action adaptation of MIGHTY MOUSE for Paramount. For TV, Adam wrote the original pilot A MODERN GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE for producer Adam F. Goldberg, a fire-marshal procedural ARSON for Queens & Kings Productions, and another pilot about the rise of an 80s Hollywood hair band titled HEADBANGER’S BALL. Another TV spec sample won top honors at the Austin Film Festival.

Adam received a professional M.S. in Global and National Security Policy from the University of New Mexico, a B.F.A. in Film & Television from New York University, and taught screenwriting and production at the University of New Mexico's Film & Digital Arts Department for over 10 years. He is member of the Writer’s Guild of America and an alumni member of both the FBI Citizens Academy and LAPD Citizens Academy.

Contact

turneradam@gmail.com