ADAM STERN
LEVELS
Released theatrically in 2024 via RLJE Films and Vortex Media. Now streaming worldwide. A Screencraft Sci-Fi Finalist, developed with support from The Harold Greenberg Fund | Bell Media and Creative BC, and recipient of an Epic MegaGrant for its use of Unreal Engine and virtual production. The first film under the Orbital Mechanics banner. Nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Achievement in Visual Effects.
FTL
Best Drama at Toronto Shorts International. Best Action Short at the Berlin Sci-Fi Filmfest. Best Sci-Fi Film at Roswell, Sci-On! and Top Shorts. Nominated for Best International Short at the Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival.
THE ADEPT
Screened at Raindance, Sci-Fi London, the Seattle Short Film Festival, FilmQuest, First Glance Philadelphia and the Miami International Sci-Fi Festival. Honourable Mention at the Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival.
Over two decades in film and television, spent on both sides of the frame - writing and directing the story, then building the world it needs.
Adam founded Artifex Studios in 1997. It delivered visual effects for more than a hundred features and series, and earned an Emmy nomination for its work on FOX's Almost Human.
With Orbital Mechanics, he runs a production and development studio with visual effects built in - creating work for clients including Universal, FOX, Amazon, Hulu and Nat Geo.