Adam Elliott is a New York City-based filmmaker, actor, comedian, and playwright who does not enjoy writing bios like this.
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He is more comfortable telling stories about people trying to find their footing, a subject for which he has plenty of research material. Across documentary, fiction, and theater, his work returns to friendship, insecurity, and the humor that surfaces when life refuses to cooperate.
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He co-wrote and appeared in the web series The Age of Insecurity (Winner, LA Comedy Festival) and Little Italy, Los Angeles (Winner, HollyShorts). His performance as a homeless real estate agent in Adam Adamson: Licensed Realtor earned him Best Actor at the 2020 New York City Short Comedy Film Festival. His short film A Best Man explores friendship and the limits of what we can fix for someone else. After it premiered on Omeleto and more of his friends saw it, he stopped receiving wedding invitations for several years. The film received the inaugural Inwood Art Works Filmmaker Fund Award and earned him Best Actor honors at New York CineFest and MidWest WeirdFest.β
His documentary work brings that same interest in vulnerability and connection to real lives. Harv, about his father, won Best Short Documentary at the Greenwich Village and Inwood film festivals. His directorial debut, David Again, made its New York premiere at Tribeca Festival 2024 and its international premiere at Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, where it received a Special Jury Mention. His follow-up short documentary, A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching, was adapted from Rosemary Mosco’s book and shot on 16mm and Super 8. The film made its New York premiere at Rooftop Films Summer Series 2026 in the New York Non-Fiction program.
He also works in stand-up comedy and theater, because making short films earns him too much money and he wants to stay humble. He won Gotham Comedy Club’s 2022 New Talent Competition and was a finalist in Stand Up NY’s 2023 Comedy Mob Festival. His plays and staged readings have been produced at The Chain Theatre and Theatre Row in New York and the Santa Monica Playhouse in Los Angeles.
His production company, C Minus Productions, was named in honor of his grades from high school. He holds a BFA in Acting from Marymount Manhattan College, which has paid off in dividends.
He is represented by no one.
