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Adam Nelson

Adam Nelson is an award-winning commercial director and screenwriter working with Fresh Film across the UK, Czech Republic, Thailand, and the United States.

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Fresh Film
Production company · UK, CZ, TH, US · verified Jul 2026
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Recent press & creds
Multiple Cannes Lions
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity · award
Fresh Film Signs Award-Winning Director Adam Nelson
Fresh Film · 2025 · press
Multiple Television Emmys
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences · award
Selected clients
BMWHSBCUnileverVerizon

Bio & background

Adam Nelson is an award-winning commercial director and screenwriter working with Fresh Film across the UK, Czech Republic, Thailand, and the United States. His commercial portfolio includes campaigns for BMW ("Future Finds Us"), the US Forest Service's Smokey Bear ("Decades"), Verizon ("Plant City Elegy," "Old North, By Grace"), Morningstar Farms ("Save Gallons for Earth," "Fork Drop"), HSBC ("Things Will Be Different," "Our House"), Kardia Mobile ("Heart to Heart"), Braven Health ("That's Right"), Unilever + Lux ("Shine"), and Michelob ULTRA + ESPN ("McEnroe vs. McEnroe"). His work has earned multiple Television Emmys and Cannes Lions. With a background in theatre and formal training at Yale University, Oxford University's British American Drama Academy, and a BFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Nelson brings cinematic visual sensibility and character-driven storytelling to his commercial work. He has directed internationally across Los Angeles, New York, London, Toronto, Vancouver, Budapest, and throughout Southeast Asia. Nelson is currently developing his debut feature "Care," executive produced by Killer Films' Christine Vachon, with production slated for 2026.

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Awards
  • Multiple Cannes Lions
    Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
  • Multiple Television Emmys
    Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
  • International festival jury prizes
Press
  • Fresh Film Signs Award-Winning Director Adam Nelson
    Fresh Film · 2025