Adam Bloodgood
Directing
Biography
Adam Bloodgood is a film director and producer. Originally from Seattle, he has spent twelve years working as a professional ballet dancer, most recently as a principal dancer at Ballet Fantastique. In addition to writing and directing his films, Adam was an associate producer on the Northwest Emmy-nominated film American Christmas Carol: A Ballet Movie (2020), a first assistant director for Trenches of Rock (2019), a feature-length documentary that premiered at Atlanta Film Festival, and a producer for the USC MFA thesis films The Act of Crying (2023), Nena (2023), and Into Dust (2024). Adam is pursuing a B.F.A. in film and television production at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts
Known For
After suddenly losing his job at a world-class ballet company, a male ballet star is forced to wrestle with his identity as a minimum-wage teacher in the shadows of the suburbs.
Act II
Two students stumble upon an oil-stained bird, a dragon in disguise, by the beach, and it leads them on a journey to uncover the myth hidden beneath the ocean and in their hearts.
Echoes of the Sea
Determined to break free from her constrictive life in 1990s Miami, Lilia, a young Cuban woman, takes a bold step toward what she believes is a better future for herself and her 7-year-old daughter, Yara.
Nena
Following an unintended pregnancy, a troubled Chinese-American boy faces the crushing responsibility and emotional weight of fatherhood, past and present.
Teenhood
In a rain-soaked city, Zara clings to memories of her late partner, Silas. Through fragmented flashbacks, we witness Silas’ tragic death — a violent confrontation that leaves Zara reeling. Back in the present, Zara shares an intimate evening with Silas, desperate to hold onto what’s left of him. But as their conversation turns bittersweet, Silas flickers with glitching scan lines — revealing he’s only a hologram, a fragile echo of the man she lost. Faced with her grief, Zara disconnects the illusion, finally forced to confront the painful reality of his absence.
If Just for One Night...
In a dystopian future where a world government enforces population control through forced sterilization and executions, a fugitive mother raises her son in hiding—only for him to become the leader of the rebellion that will bring the regime to its knees.
O-I
The day before her 15th birthday, an angsty teenager is forced to come to terms with the secrets her mother has been keeping from her and become her own person.
Into Dust
A fictional documentary following the exploits of Hank, a Los Angeles plumber going through a bitter divorce who decides he's going to clean up his city... by killing every homeless person he can find.