🎬 Adam Griswold: From Noir Spoofs to Award-Winning Filmmaker
In this episode of I Saw You in That Thing I Saw You In, host Stephen Lomer sits down with New England-based actor and director Adam Griswold, the creative force behind Smoking Bottle Entertainment.
Adam takes us through his prolific 14-year career, from filming noir spoofs in high school to winning "Outstanding Achievement: Local Feature" at the 2025 Shawna Shea Film Festival for his ambitious musical, The Other Christmas Show.
🌟 Inside the Episode:
The Emerson Experience: Adam discusses his time at Emerson College, including being in the same computer animation class where Oscar-winning directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (the "Daniels" behind Everything Everywhere All At Once) first met.
The Evolution of Smoking Bottle Entertainment: How a high school history project turned into a decade-plus production house and the confidence boost that came from his early found-footage horror, The Dolce Mock Tapes.
The Other Christmas Show: A deep dive into the three-year journey of creating his most ambitious project to date—a musical comedy born out of the pandemic that satirizes Hollywood’s obsession with the public domain.
Paragods & Tales of the Inexplicable: Adam recalls his work on the fire-station sitcom Paragods and the creative challenges of filming an anthology during lockdown, where he played every character in his garage for the film A Face You Won’t Forget.
A Personal Journey: Adam speaks candidly about being gender fluid, the introduction of his feminine identity Jessica, and how The Other Christmas Show served as a means of coming out to his community.
Advice for Indie Filmmakers: Why finishing your project is more important than making it "perfect," the importance of the New England acting scene, and the value of "doing it all" yourself.
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