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J. Adam Giese

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  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Producer
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J. Adam Giese
J. Adam Giese is known for Finding Satoshi (2026), Frontline (1983) and Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words (2025).
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    Known for

    Finding Satoshi (2026)
    Finding Satoshi
    7.2
    • Cinematographer
    • 2026
    Frontline (1983)
    Frontline
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words (2025)
    Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
    7.6
    • Cinematographer
    • 2025
    Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion (2024)
    Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
    7.4
    • Cinematographer
    • 2024

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Untitled Bernie Taupin Documentary
      • Cinematographer
      • Filming
    • Untitled Alan Zweibel Documentary
      • Cinematographer
      • Post-production
    • Finding Satoshi (2026)
      Finding Satoshi
      7.2
      • director of photography
      • 2026
    • The Proof is Out There (2021)
      The Proof is Out There
      6.6
      TV Series
      • director of photography (as Adam Giese)
      • 2022–2025
    • Tony Harris in The Proof Is Out There: UnXplained Edition (2025)
      The Proof Is Out There: UnXplained Edition
      6.1
      TV Series
      • director of photography (as Adam Giese)
      • 2025
    • Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words (2025)
      Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
      7.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Michael Spears in Sitting Bull (2025)
      Sitting Bull
      7.8
      TV Series
      • director of photography (as Adam Giese)
      • 2025
    • History's Most Shocking (2025)
      History's Most Shocking
      7.2
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2025
    • A Preventable Death (2024)
      A Preventable Death
      9.8
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Tim Fellingham in Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War (2024)
      Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War
      7.7
      TV Series
      • director of photography: interviews
      • 2024
    • Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion (2024)
      Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
      7.4
      • director of photography
      • 2024
    • Iwájú: A Day Ahead (2024)
      Iwájú: A Day Ahead
      6.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Frontline (1983)
      Frontline
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Stop MVP: People over Pipelines (2022)
      Stop MVP: People over Pipelines
      9.8
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Camp Woodward (2008)
      Camp Woodward
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Hooked: A Family's Journey with Addiction (2021)
      Hooked: A Family's Journey with Addiction
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Turning Tables: Cooking, Serving, and Surviving in a Global Pandemic (2021)
      Turning Tables: Cooking, Serving, and Surviving in a Global Pandemic
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • American Dynasty (2022)
      American Dynasty
      7.5
      TV Series
      • director of photography: interview unit
      • 2022–2023
    • Bloomberg Investigates: TikTok's Addiction Machine
      TV Special
      • additional cinematography
      • 2023
    • When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story (2023)
      When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story
      8.2
      TV Series
      • additional photography
      • 2023
    • Sex Before the Internet (2023)
      Sex Before the Internet
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director of Photography: Recreations Unit
      • 2023
    • Darkness to Light (2022)
      Darkness to Light
      6.7
      TV Series
      • additional cinematography
      • 2022
    • Have You Seen This Man (2022)
      Have You Seen This Man
      6.3
      TV Mini Series
      • additional cinematography
      • 2022
    • College Sports, Inc. (2021)
      College Sports, Inc.
      7.2
      • additional cinematography
      • 2021
    • Deborah Roberts and David Muir in 20/20 (1978)
      20/20
      6.8
      TV Series
      • additional cinematography
      • Director of Photography: Recreations Unit
      • 2019–2020
    • Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 (2020)
      Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2
      8.5
      TV Mini Series
      • camera operator
      • 2020
    • Pandora's Box (2019)
      Pandora's Box
      6.6
      • camera operator (as Adam Giese)
      • 2019
    • Norman Lear, Rosario Dawson, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Poehler, Peter Sarsgaard, Jesse Williams, Common, and America Ferrera in America Divided (2016)
      America Divided
      4.9
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2016–2018
    • America Inside Out (2018)
      America Inside Out
      7.8
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2018
    • Always at The Carlyle (2018)
      Always at The Carlyle
      6.6
      • camera operator
      • 2018
    • World Beaters (2017)
      World Beaters
      7.3
      • additional cinematography
      • 2017
    • Harry Benson: Shoot First (2016)
      Harry Benson: Shoot First
      7.4
      • camera operator
      • 2016

    Producer

    • Sandra Espinet in NBC's Open House (2007)
      NBC's Open House
      TV Series
      • segment producer
      • 2019
    • 1st Look NY
      TV Series
      • segment producer
      • 2008–2012
    • My 1st Time: I'm a Winter Olympian
      TV Movie
      • field producer (as Adam Giese)
      • 2010
    • My 1st Time: The 2009 Obama Inauguration
      TV Special
      • field producer (as Adam Giese)
      • 2009
    • My 1st Time: The 2008 ING New York City Marathon
      TV Special
      • co-producer (as Adam Giese)
      • 2008
    • Warrior Nation on MSNBC
      6.3
      TV Series
      • associate producer (2007)
      • 2007

    Personal details

    • Official sites
      • J Adam Giese - Official Site
      • Quixotic Endeavors
    • Alternative name
      • Adam Giese

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