Adam von Carr is a multi-hyphenate film director. He is a current Directing Fellow at the American Film Institute Conservatory.
Von Carr is a graduate of Orange Coast College, where he served as Artistic Director for the OCC Student Theatre Repertory, and CSU Long Beach, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Film Theory & Practice. Following a DIY ethic, he has directed multiple short and feature films, enjoying play from the Art Theatre Long Beach, Seattle Film Festival, Shockfest, to Newport Beach Film Festival.
As of 2024, he wrapped photography on his third feature film, a horror-drama titled “ANiMA,” currently on the festival circuit.
Adam von Carr is the founder and Artistic Director of AOJ Filmproductions.
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“A film should be like a rock in your shoe.” -Lars von Trier
Growing up in a military family meant moving every two years, but it really meant having no hometown. I've, my whole life, felt a homesickness, a Desire for somewhere that doesn't exist.
From this, I’ve been gifted a unique perspective of the ordinary, broken, confused, aging, complicated people who never fall out of touch with the undying human spirit.
In other words: the heroes of real life. Their complicated triumphs, grief, and Desires.
In my romantic films, Desire is reconciled; in my tragedies, Desire, uncontrolled, destroys.
I aim to build a home with my films. Some will be basement, some the walls, others the windows. My dream is to, at the end of my life, have built a house that might live past me.
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“The death of childhood is the beginning of poetry.” -Andrei Tarkovsky