Adam Azimov

Adam Azimov is a Canadian film director.[1][2][3] He is an alumnus of the Canadian Film Centre, where he participated in the Cineplex Entertainment Film Program (Directors' Lab) and the Short Dramatic Film Program.

Adam Azimov
Born
Montreal
NationalityCanada
Occupationfilm director

Azimov grew up in Montreal, and attended Concordia University there.[4] According to the Concordia Journal, Azimov and fellow student Shaughn McArthur were about to travel to Uganda, to make a documentary film, under the auspices of the Concordia Volunteer Abroad Program.

In 2012 Asimov directed a short documentary about Manitobah Mukluks, a First Nations company that manufactured traditional beaded mukluks intended to make this form of footwear fashionable.[5]

Azimov won the Short Film award at the Reelworld Film Festival.[2] Azimov has specialized in short films, and commercials.

In 2019 Asimov chose to move from being a freelance director to being represented by the Artclass agency.[2][3]

References
  1. "Adam Azimov". Canadian Film Centre. 2011. Retrieved 2019-09-07. His short film SILENT CARGO won Best Short Film at the ReelWorld Film Festival and garnered an ACTRA award nomination for its star, Ellen Wong.
  2. "Street Talk for April 5, 2019". Shoot magazine. 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2019-09-07. Art Class, launched by director Vincent Peone and EP Geno Imbriale in 2018, has added directors Adam Azimov and Eric Kiel to its roster. This marks Azimov’s first official U.S. representation; he had previously been freelancing in the American ad market.
  3. Alexandra Jardine (2019-03-27). "The Mill debuts virtual production system, Motherland signs Hanrahan". Ad Age magazine. Retrieved 2019-09-07. He has helmed campaigns for Toyota and McDonald's, as well as a high-energy hockey commercial he directed for Adidas.
  4. Stephanie Bento (2006-04-05). "Bringing stories out of Africa". Concordia Journal. Retrieved 2019-09-07. But that doesn’t seem to bother Concordia students Shaughn McArthur and Adam Azimov, who will be going to there with the Concordia Volunteer Abroad Program (CVAP) in May. The two graduates can’t wait to produce Project Uganda, a student film initiative that highlights the CVAP’s most valuable asset: its volunteers.
  5. Richard L. Daft; Ann Armstrong. "Organization Theory and Design 3CE". Nelson Education. p. 581. ISBN 9780176599461. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
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