Adrian Esposito

Biography

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 with a team of professionals. In 2013 Adrian wrote, produced and edited the narrative film Bury My Heart With Tonawanda, which was directed by Tonawanda Seneca Nation actor Gary Sundown. In 2016, Adrian was named "Filmmaker of the Year" at the Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival, and his film Diffability Hollywood won Best Documentary Feature at the same festival. His films have also won the Los Angeles Red Nation Film Festival Courage Award twice, and his film We Can Shine: From Institutions …

Directed

1. Clowns in the Woods (2021) — Director
2. Special Needs Revolt! (2024) — Director
3. Greetings from Tromaville! (2017) — Director
4. Reed Unbound: The Joel M Reed Story (2019) — Director
5. Diffability Hollywood (2016) — Director
6. Inner Healing: Journey with Native Trees of Knowledge (2014) — Director

Also appeared in

1. #Shakespeare's Shitstorm (2020) — VIP Party Animal
2. Clowns in the Woods (2021) — Rosco
3. Guns of Eden (2022) — Hector
4. Psycho Ape! (2020) — Weak Arm Jones
5. The Plague (2016) — Zombie
6. Special Needs Revolt! (2024) — Paulius
7. Diffability Hollywood (2016)