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Adam Trad - Director

Adam Trad was born in Beirut. When he was 7, his family moved to Melbourne, Australia. He found his passion in Film at an early age of 13, creating short films with his friends in School. He has since become involved in productions both in Australia, and around the world, working on Short Film, Music Videos and Commercial Projects.

He completed school at Huntingtower School, a school in Melbourne's east. He later completed his tertiary education at Monash University. His initial specialty has been music video production, however he has also worked on producing and Directing Short Film & Commercial projects. In 2016, he was Executive Producer of Black to White, a film that featured in local and international film festivals. In 2018, he directed Nèna, garnering his first Directing award. Production for Look! also commenced in the last month of 2018, and the Film is was finalised in 2019.

His latest Short film Sandfall was completed in 2022 and is currently in it's Film Festival circuit.

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Awards & Official Selections

2022

2022

2018

2019

2019

2019

Official Selection, Sandfall, British Urban Film Festival (BAFTA) qualifying

Official Selection, Sandfall, Oregon Short Film Festival

Best Director, Nena, Los Angeles Independent Film Festival

Official Selection, Nena, New York Lift-Off Film Festival

Official Selection, Nena, Miami Independent Film Festival

Official Selection, Look!, ARFF Paris International Awards

Projects

2022

2022

2019

2018

2016

2016

2013

2012

Sandfall, Writer & Director

Losing My Control by Arctisky, Music Video, Director

Look!, Writer & Director

Nena, Writer & Director

Xylo Aria - Paradigm, Director

Black to White, Executive Producer

Duke Amaro - Gravitatin, Director

Duke Amaro - Amaro VS. Mayfield, Director

Education 

2009 - 2012

Monash University 

2012 - 2012

University of Oxford (Exchange Program)

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