Adrian Esposito

Directing

Adrian Esposito

Place of birth

Rochester, New York, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

19 titles

Adrian Esposito was born in Rochester, NY. He is of Lithuanian and Italian heritage and on the autism spectrum. Adrian discovered a love for film when he saw The Nutty Professor (1963) and later Dawn of the Dead (1979). This led him to take classes at Rochester’s Animation Workshop at Animatus Studio when he was twelve years old. In 2008, Adrian received his certificate in Radio and Television Broadcasting from Monroe #1 BOCES Eastern Monroe Career Center. Adrian's company Espocinema was formed in 2008 with the production of his first feature documentary Aging Trees of Knowledge. For that film and the documentaries that followed, Adrian learned to shoot interviews, edit, and distribute wit…

Known for

Final Transmissions poster
NR

Final Transmissions is an upcoming six-episode analog horror anthology series that features six short, found-footage films, set to be created using analog technology and VHS tapes to evoke a '90s television aesthetic.

Final Transmissions

2026

Diffability Hollywood poster
NR

Diffability Hollywood is a documentary about the history of people with disabilities in entertainment, how things have changed and still can improve.

Diffability Hollywood

2016

Guns of Eden poster
6.0

Megan, a Buffalo police officer suffering from PTSD, goes on a weekend camping trip with her partner Jeremy and his friends Blake and Gabriella. When Megan and Jeremy witness an execution by a rogue sheriff's department, the quartet finds itself hunted by different factions of an armed militia.

Guns of Eden

2022

Special Needs Revolt! poster
5.0

In a future dystopia, a man with Down syndrome joins a rebellion against America's cruel dictator who has put all people with disabilities back into institutions.

Special Needs Revolt!

2024

Clowns in the Woods poster
1.2

Marcus, a young man with a disability, is bullied and killed after a prank goes wrong. In the afterlife, he meets a group of ghostly clowns who help him exact revenge on those who have wronged him.

Clowns in the Woods

2021

#Shakespeare's Shitstorm poster
6.1

Mad scientist Prospero runs away with his blind daughter Miranda to Tromaville, hiding from evil pharmaceutical execs, including his own sister Antoinette who ruined his career after he found the cure against opioid addiction. With the help of a handicapped crack-whore, he releases a massive amount of laxative to whales, while his enemies are on a cruise ship to North Korea. A humongous shitstorm washes the boat away and brings them to Tromaville, where Prospero can now fully realize his ultimate vengeance.

#Shakespeare's Shitstorm

2020

Film credits

2020s · 6 titles

Final Transmissions poster
NR

Final Transmissions is an upcoming six-episode analog horror anthology series that features six short, found-footage films, set to be created using analog technology and VHS tapes to evoke a '90s television aesthetic.

Final Transmissions

2026

Guns of Eden poster
6.0

Megan, a Buffalo police officer suffering from PTSD, goes on a weekend camping trip with her partner Jeremy and his friends Blake and Gabriella. When Megan and Jeremy witness an execution by a rogue sheriff's department, the quartet finds itself hunted by different factions of an armed militia.

Guns of Eden

2022

Special Needs Revolt! poster
5.0

In a future dystopia, a man with Down syndrome joins a rebellion against America's cruel dictator who has put all people with disabilities back into institutions.

Special Needs Revolt!

2024

Clowns in the Woods poster
1.2

Marcus, a young man with a disability, is bullied and killed after a prank goes wrong. In the afterlife, he meets a group of ghostly clowns who help him exact revenge on those who have wronged him.

Clowns in the Woods

2021

#Shakespeare's Shitstorm poster
6.1

Mad scientist Prospero runs away with his blind daughter Miranda to Tromaville, hiding from evil pharmaceutical execs, including his own sister Antoinette who ruined his career after he found the cure against opioid addiction. With the help of a handicapped crack-whore, he releases a massive amount of laxative to whales, while his enemies are on a cruise ship to North Korea. A humongous shitstorm washes the boat away and brings them to Tromaville, where Prospero can now fully realize his ultimate vengeance.

#Shakespeare's Shitstorm

2020

Psycho Ape! poster
4.0

A murderous gorilla escapes from the zoo to go on a killing spree.

Psycho Ape!

2020

Behind the camera

Diffability Hollywood poster
NR

Diffability Hollywood is a documentary about the history of people with disabilities in entertainment, how things have changed and still can improve.

Diffability Hollywood

2016

Diffability Hollywood poster
NR

Diffability Hollywood is a documentary about the history of people with disabilities in entertainment, how things have changed and still can improve.

Diffability Hollywood

2016

Special Needs Revolt! poster
5.0

In a future dystopia, a man with Down syndrome joins a rebellion against America's cruel dictator who has put all people with disabilities back into institutions.

Special Needs Revolt!

2024

Special Needs Revolt! poster
5.0

In a future dystopia, a man with Down syndrome joins a rebellion against America's cruel dictator who has put all people with disabilities back into institutions.

Special Needs Revolt!

2024

Clowns in the Woods poster
1.2

Marcus, a young man with a disability, is bullied and killed after a prank goes wrong. In the afterlife, he meets a group of ghostly clowns who help him exact revenge on those who have wronged him.

Clowns in the Woods

2021

Clowns in the Woods poster
1.2

Marcus, a young man with a disability, is bullied and killed after a prank goes wrong. In the afterlife, he meets a group of ghostly clowns who help him exact revenge on those who have wronged him.

Clowns in the Woods

2021

Greetings from Tromaville! poster
NR

Greetings from Tromaville follows the history of Lloyd Kaufman and Troma Entertainment. Lloyd, along with his partner Michael Herz, founded Troma in 1974. Troma is an independent film company that has produced edgy, bold, humorous, and sometimes "over the top" films for more than 40 years.

Greetings from Tromaville!

2017

Bury My Heart with Tonawanda poster
1.0

A historical film about the Seneca culture featuring the Tonawanda Indian Reservation, Bury My Heart with Tonawanda tells the story of a developmentally disabled boy with Downs Syndrome who is rejected by his own family but is accepted and nurtured by the Tonawanda Seneca Nation.

Bury My Heart with Tonawanda

2013

Reed Unbound: The Joel M Reed Story poster
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Independent Filmmakers Jerry Landi and Adrian Esposito explore the life and films of filmmaker Joel M Reed who gained a cult following with his film Bloodsucking Freaks.

Reed Unbound: The Joel M Reed Story

2019

Inner Healing: Journey with Native Trees of Knowledge poster
NR

This documentary is the story of Adrian Esposito's journey to find healing for his anger and autism by traveling across America and Canada and interviewing Native American healers and elders for their advice.

Inner Healing: Journey with Native Trees of Knowledge

2014

Inner Healing: Journey with Native Trees of Knowledge poster
NR

This documentary is the story of Adrian Esposito's journey to find healing for his anger and autism by traveling across America and Canada and interviewing Native American healers and elders for their advice.

Inner Healing: Journey with Native Trees of Knowledge

2014