Steve J. Adams

Steve J. Adams is a Canadian film director who co-directs with Sean Horlor under their production company, Nootka St.[1]

Adams and Horlor directed a number of short films together, including Just the Tip (2012), Only One (2016), A Small Part of Me (2016),[2] Angela (2016), Hunting Giants (2017), Brunch Queen (2018),[3] The Day Don Died (2018) and the short documentary series Dear Reader (2021).

The duo's first feature documentary film, Someone Like Me, premiered at the 2021 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[4] where it was named one of five winners of the Rogers Audience Award.[5] It was later a finalist for Best British Columbia Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2021,[6] and a nominee for the DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film at the 2021 Directors Guild of Canada awards.[7]

Their second feature documentary, Satan Wants You, was released in 2023.[8]

  1. ^ Mike Devlin, "Victoria native Sean Horlor makes waves with his new documentary, Someone Like Me". Victoria Times-Colonist, May 13, 2021.
  2. ^ Jennifer Thuncher (May 12, 2016). "About a boy". The Squamish Chief.
  3. ^ Tessa Vikander, "Brunch Queen filmmakers serve up inside look at dynamic duo behind Vancouver’s Elbow Room Café". Toronto Star, August 21, 2019.
  4. ^ Norman Wilner, "Hot Docs review: Someone Like Me". Now, May 4, 2021.
  5. ^ Pat Mullen, "Dear Future Children Wins Audience Award at Hot Docs". Point of View, May 10, 2021.
  6. ^ Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog, Night Raiders lead Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards nominations". Vancouver Sun, February 20, 2022.
  7. ^ Kelly Townsend, "All My Puny Sorrows leads film nominees for 2021 DGC Awards". Playback, September 24, 2021.
  8. ^ Rachel Ho, "'Satan Wants You' Shows How the Satanic Panic of the '80s Still Resonates". Exclaim!, August 4, 2023.