David Adams
David Alexander Ian Adams (born 26 June 1963) is an Australian photojournalist and documentary film maker.
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David Adams
- Name
- David Alexander Ian Adams
- Born
- 26 June 1963
- Birthplace
- Australia
- Occupation
- Photojournalist, documentary film maker
- Nationality
- Australia.
- Languages
- English.
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David Alexander Ian Adams (born 26 June 1963) is an Australian photojournalist and documentary film maker.
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David Adams (born 1963) is a documentary filmmaker, film director and photographer, among other activities, of Australian nationality. The documentary filmmaker was born in Australia. Languages used include English.
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• Name — David Alexander Ian Adams • Born — 26 June 1963 • Birthplace — Australia • Occupation — Photojournalist, documentary film maker
Career
Career
In 1999, the Discovery Channel commissioned the travel adventure series Journeys to the Ends of the Earth, a thirteen-part documentary series which Adams co-produced and presented. Since 2002 he has produced and directed a series of documentaries through David Adams Films including White Lions – King of Kings, Flight of the Elephants, The Last Mahout, Land of Fear (in the series Journeys to the Ends of the Earth) and Burma's Open Road. In 2013, David Adams's six-part series Alexander's Lost World premiered around the world. In the series, Adams journeys to Central Asia to investigate possible sites of cities which historians say were founded by Alexander the Great, including the fabled Alexandria on the Oxus. The series also explores the pre-existing Oxus civilization which existed by the Amu Darya since the Bronze Age. In 2019, David Adams produced a series of documentaries for the History Channel entitled End of Empire: The Rise and Fall of Dynasties which featured films about Tamerlane, Charlemagne, Attila the Hun and Edgar the Peaceful. Filmography • Year — Name — Notes — Director — Writer — Producer — Reference • 2019 — End of Empire (TV Series Documentary) — TV series documentary — Yes — No — Yes • 2019 — Turning Point (TV Series Documentary) — TV series documentary — No — No — Yes • 2013 — Alexander's Lost World (TV Mini Series Documentary- 6 episodes) — TV mini series Documentary - 6 episodes — Yes — Yes — Yes • 2008 — Flight of the Elephants (TV Movie Documentary) — TV movie documentary — Yes — No — Yes • 2007 — The Last Mahout (Documentary) — Documentary — Yes — Yes — Yes • 2008 — Burma's Open Road – An Insight Into Myanmar (Documentary) — Documentary — Yes — No — Yes • 2005 — White Lions – King of Kings — Documentary — Yes — Yes — Yes
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David Adams is recorded with the occupation documentary filmmaker. Recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as photographer, documentary filmmaker, photojournalist and film director. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the heading David Alexander Ian Adams. His recorded language was English. He was the child of Nicholas George Knox Adams and Rosemary Ella Corbet Gore.
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1963
David Adams was born on 1 January 1963.
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- 1.Gold, Daniel M. Journeys to the Ends of the Earth. The New York Times.
- 2.Home David Adams Films. davidadamsfilms.com.au.
- 3.Peterson, Jennifer. Travel Channel in Search of Adventure Sunday. Dayton Daily News. 7C. 17 March 2000.
- 4.End of Empire: The Rise and Fall of Dynasties End of Empire: The Rise and Fall of Dynasties. History Channel. 18 June 2019.
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