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Adrian Powers

Adrian Powers

Directing

Biography

Adrian Powers is an Australian film director, screenwriter and editor, with nearly two decades of experience spanning hundreds of productions. Adrian's work has been showcased at prestigious global festivals like Cannes, Austin and Venice, and he was described by filmmaker Ridley Scott as a "talent for the industry to watch". After graduating from the International Film School Sydney, Adrian immediately began work on his debut feature project, the WWI action thriller 'Forbidden Ground' (which was later acquired by Lionsgate Films). Since then, he has gone on to co-write and direct the hit rom-com 'A Royal in Paradise', its sequel 'A Royal Proposal', and the Netflix global #1 hit 'Love is in the Air', which amassed over 12 million views in its first week and became the most-watched Australian film on Netflix in 2023. In addition to directing, Adrian has edited 15 feature films, contributed as a writer to the Netflix original series 'Dive Club', and created the award-winning short 'Brolga', which was selected for cultural preservation by the Australian National Film and Sound Archive. Beyond film and television, his commercial portfolio includes work for top-tier brands such as Apple, QANTAS, Uber, Yves Saint Laurent, The Guardian, Lonely Planet, and Google. Adrian holds both Australian and Italian citizenship, and currently resides in Sydney, Australia.

Known For

Starting From Now
4.8

"Starting From Now" is a lesbian web series that explores the lives of four inner-Sydney women as they struggle to work out who they are, find a place where they belong, and maybe even find someone to love along the way. After building an international viral following across the first three seasons and reaching 20 million views in less than two years on YouTube, seasons 4 and 5 were acquired for broadcast television and screened on SBS2 in March, 2016.

Starting From Now

2014
Rip Tide
6.1

There comes a point in everyone’s life when you have to make a decision about the direction you’re going to take. For newly-18 American fashion model Cora, that time is now. She’s moved to an Australian coastal town to be with her favourite aunt, after a 'fashion faux pas’ back home.

Rip Tide

2017
Love Is in the Air
6.2

A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.

Love Is in the Air

2023
Chef’s Kiss
4.0

An American marketing executive travels to Tuscany to revamp a pasta sauce brand. There, she clashes and subsequently falls for a handsome, stubborn local chef.

Chef’s Kiss

2026
Romance on the Menu
6.9

New York restaurateur Caroline inherits a café in Lemon Myrtle Cove, Australia. While there, she starts falling for the place and its people, particularly Simon, the café’s charming local chef.

Romance on the Menu

2020
A Prince in Paradise
7.2

Olivia, struggling with writer's block after a break up, takes a tropical holiday in hope of some inspiration and meets Prince Alexander, who needs some distance from his duty to marry royalty.

A Prince in Paradise

2023
Spirit of the Game
4.9

In the lead up to the 1956 Olympic games, a group of missionaries are tasked with helping the fledgling Australian basketball team compete in their first ever Olympics, and in doing so, unite a nation still coming to grips after the war.

Spirit of the Game

2016
Skin Deep
4.8

A heartwarming urban adventure following straight-laced Leah as she meets an unpredictable stranger and falls back in love … with life.

Skin Deep

2014
A Christmas Castle Proposal: A Royal in Paradise II
7.4

Despite busy schedules causing distance, Olivia and Prince Alexander travel to Torovia for Christmas with his family. Clashing cultures between their families lead to various mishaps.

A Christmas Castle Proposal: A Royal in Paradise II

2024
Paper Champions
10.0

It is an uplifting comedy about Rey, a young man who wants to find love despite having lost his 'Mana'.

Paper Champions

2020
Everything in Between
6.8

The touching story of a teenager who cannot feel and has nothing to live for until he learns to find meaning through love and loss.

Everything in Between

2022
Forbidden Ground
5.4

Three British soldiers find themselves stranded in No Man's Land after a failed charge on the German Trenches. Set in France 1916.

Forbidden Ground

2013
Reaching Distance
5.9

Logan, a cynic with a photographic memory, follows his sister's killer onto a night-rider bus. As the line between past and present begins to blur on the journey, Logan uncovers he has a complex past with much more than one passenger.

Reaching Distance

2018
Embedded
4.0

Frank meets Madaline at a cocktail party held at a World Bank conference. He's a foreign correspondent whose recent work in Mali has left him traumatised. As the erotic connection between Frank and Madaline deepens, each gradually reveal secrets from their past that could have deadly consequences. The sensual, politically charged Embedded is an exciting anomaly in Australian cinema, marking a promising directorial debut for Sewell.

Embedded

2016
A Guide to Dating at the End of the World
5.0

After their first date, Alex declares she would not go out with John even if he were the last man on Earth. The next day she wakes to find he is exactly that. With everyone gone they have time to get to know each other and all is going swell until they meet Wendy, the smarter and prettier 'other woman' - and she has a plan to bring everyone back. Will Wendy come between Alex and John as she tries to save the world? Not if Alex and her trusty Epilady have anything to do with it. Sometimes all it takes is an apocalyptic catastrophe to help you find your true love.

A Guide to Dating at the End of the World

2022
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Prince Alexander is ready to marry Olivia, a commoner. But when a bitter lord invokes ancient laws to block the union, Olivia, a romance writer, stumbles upon a hidden diary tucked within an old volume of history, revealing a long-lost truth that may be the key to saving her happily ever after.

A Prince in Paradise: A Royal Wedding

2026
Killer Native
6.0

A bitingly wicked take on first contact between British settlers and Aboriginal people – and zombies.

Killer Native

2019
Dark Place
6.5

An Australian Indigenous horror anthology with five terrifically twisted tales by five Indigenous filmmakers.

Dark Place

2019
Brolga
N/A

In a ravaged future-Australia, a solitary hermit guarding a priceless treasure is forced to offer sanctuary to a young girl who is fleeing murderous scavengers. With danger around every corner, can they learn to survive together?

Brolga

2019
Chocolate Oyster
5.5

Australian experimental, observational comedy about young people in Sydney struggling to get ahead in love and their careers.

Chocolate Oyster

2018