John Adams

CEO

John is a producer with a strong track record on the business side of the industry as well as the creative. His recent credits include the Samuel L. Jackson thriller DAMAGED and the Amazon Studios series MAMMALS starring James Corden. Prior to founding Evolutionary, John was Head of Production at an established sales agency, structuring finance plans and overseeing multiple feature film shoots. He has also worked as a supervising producer at Raw TV, delivering several seasons of flagship programming to Discovery Channel. A former Commissioned Officer in the British Army, John started his film career on Steven Spielberg’s BAND OF BROTHERS. He then spent several years working as a military consultant on major studio projects including HART’S WAR, DOOM, THE GATHERING, JARHEAD, THE QUEEN and X-MEN: FIRST CLASS as well as BAFTA winning TV shows THE MARK OF CAIN and OCCUPATION and the long running BBC series EASTENDERS. John's other notable credits include line producing DEMONS NEVER DIE for Idris Elba; directing Dame Joan Collins in a sizzle reel for the BFI; CLEANSKIN starring Sean Bean and Charlotte Rampling for Warner Brothers; and creating, producing and co-writing (with TRAINSPOTTING author, Irvine Welsh) the cult British comedy THE MAGNIFICENT ELEVEN starring Sean Pertwee, Keith Allen, Josh O'Connor (in his first screen role) and Hollywood legend Robert Vaughn (in his last). John holds a degree in English from Royal Holloway, University of London and a distinction in Contract Law from the Open University.