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Adam Humphreys (born December 15, 1982) is a Canadian filmmaker, entrepreneur, and hall of fame [1] tree planter. He is the director of two non-fiction films: Franz Otto Ultimate Highballer and Shitty Youth. He is the founder of Lucky Dragon Mobile Visa Consultants.

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In March 2013, an ebook about his tree planting experiences, Adam's Summer Purgatory, 2008 (2013), was published by Thought Catalog. [2]

Films

Humphreys' first film Franz Otto Ultimate Highballer (2010) [3] is an exploration of Canada's silviculture industry. Humphreys tracks down the legendary tree planter Franz Otto while he tells the history of the tree-planting industry and its unique culture. Franz Otto Ultimate Highballer was reviewed favorably in hearty magazine [4] and The Georgia Straight . [5]

His second film Shitty Youth (2012) [6] follows young novelist Zachary German over a two-year period following the release of his first novel Eat When You Feel Sad. The film takes its name from German's short-lived online radio show. It includes interviews with writers Tao Lin, Steve Roggenbuck, and Brandon Scott Gorrell.

Shitty Youth was featured on Vice, [7] HTML Giant, [8] and DIS magazine. [9] In a review on literary blog HTML Giant, Stephen Tully Dierks called the film "an interesting document of an idiosyncratic figure." [8]

Lucky Dragon Mobile Visa Consultant

In November 2011, Humphreys founded Lucky Dragon Mobile Visa Consultant, a printing and visa consulting company operated out of a van in front of the Chinese Consulate in New York City. His enterprise was discussed on the CBC News Network program Connect with Mark Kelley, [10] NPR's Planet Money, [11] An executive order passed by the White House in January 2012 sped up the visa application process, [12] forcing Humphreys to discontinue his business. [13]

Commercial Video Work

Humphreys has produced and directed for various corporate accounts including Rag & Bone and Estée Lauder. Rag & Bone's Fall/Winter 2012 fashion show featured a video backdrop created by Humphreys using experimental depth sensor technology. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Adam Humphreys". Tree-planter.com. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Adam's Summer Purgatory, 2008 (2013). Thought Catalog.
  3. ↑ Humphreys, Adam (9 March 2011). "Franz Otto Ultimate Highballer" . Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "NEWS / Ultimate Highballer". hearty. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  5. ↑ Charlesworth, Jenny (18 November 2010). "Flick picks: Franz Otto: Ultimate Highballer pays homage to treeplanters". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  6. ↑ Humphreys, Adam (3 May 2012). "Shitty Youth" . Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "Who Is Zachary German?". Vice. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  8. 1 2 Dierks, Stephen Tully. "The Zachary German Documentary "Shitty Youth"". HTML Giant. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "Zachary German, The Void Of New Literary Microcelebrity, an Interview with Adam Humphreys". DIS Magazine. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  10. ↑ "Connect with Mark Kelley". CBC News Network. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  11. ↑ "A Man. A Van. A Surprising Business Plan". NPR Planet Money. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  12. ↑ "Executive Order -- Establishing Visa and Foreign Visitor Processing Goals and the Task Force on Travel and Competitiveness". Office of the Press Secretary. 19 January 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  13. ↑ "Lucky Dragon Mobile Visa Consultant: An Entrepreneurial Saga In A Bleak Economy". Thought Catalog. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  14. ↑ Mayo Davies, Dean (2 April 2012). "Pioneering depth imaging reduced the venue to graphics at Marcus Wainright and David Neville's A/W12 show". Dazed Digital. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
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