Hello! My name is Adam. I'm a filmmaker working locally in New York and Los Angeles, but I specialize in embedding in communities where stories take me.

I recently edited a short documentary about three women who survived the Charlottesville car attack, and how they're recuperating one year later. I also cut a short documentary investigating crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in collaboration with investigative journalist Mélanie Gouby. 

I edited a video Op-Ed about closing gun loopholes that allow domestic abusers to possess guns, and an Op-Ed about teenagers opinions on American values. Previously I worked with the NYT Cooking Section as a video editor, where I edited some of their Cooking Guides (the new essentials of french cooking is my favorite), as well as this handy turkey carving guide. 

I've edited music videos for THEESatisfaction, Brian Eno, and Efterklang. I've shot/edited commercial work with anchor.fm, and fashion content with mira mira. 

I co-edited the feature documentary, "A Girl Named C". It is premiering at the Austin Film Festival. I was the cinematographer on "treasure" a feature documentary about the lives of transgender women in Detroit.

I'm currently in production on two projects. I'm directing a mixed media project about heroin addiction seen through the eyes of first responders in my hometown of Philadelphia. I'm also making a short film about a chef and their process making kimchi. 

I read a passage from a film review written by Cassie da Costa that resonated with me. She said she gravitates towards stories where characters experiences of the world are of people with thoughts, feelings, and idiosyncrasies that aren't only reactive or symptomatic of their circumstances, but compelling expressions of themselves. I look to participate in the conversation through my work.

I own a fully equipped Sony A7riii package. In the past I've operated with the Canon C300, C100, and Sony FS5. I graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where I studied filmmaking.

adam.saewitz [at] gmail.com