
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
NRFinal 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
NRDiffability Hollywood is a documentary about the history of people with disabilities in entertainment, how things have changed and still can improve.
Diffability Hollywood
2016
6.0Megan, 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
5.0In 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
1.2Marcus, 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
6.1Mad 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
NRFinal 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
6.0Megan, 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
5.0In 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
1.2Marcus, 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
6.1Mad 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
4.0A murderous gorilla escapes from the zoo to go on a killing spree.
Psycho Ape!
2020
2010s · 2 titles
NRDiffability Hollywood is a documentary about the history of people with disabilities in entertainment, how things have changed and still can improve.
Diffability Hollywood
2016
8.0Six people find themselves trapped in Love Canal, Niagara Falls, an old toxic waste site, and witness the first hours of the plague that brings the dead back to life.
The Plague
2016
Behind the camera
NRDiffability Hollywood is a documentary about the history of people with disabilities in entertainment, how things have changed and still can improve.
Diffability Hollywood
2016
NRDiffability Hollywood is a documentary about the history of people with disabilities in entertainment, how things have changed and still can improve.
Diffability Hollywood
2016
5.0In 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
5.0In 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
1.2Marcus, 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
1.2Marcus, 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
NRGreetings 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
1.0A 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
NRIndependent 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
NRThis 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
NRThis 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
