John Adams is the CEO of Evolutionary Films, a renowned film and television production, international sales, and distribution company. He is also an experienced producer, writer, and director.
Born in Chelmsford, England, John was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, where he joined the CCF (Combined Cadet Force) and Corps of Drums, culminating in a year as Senior Army Cadet and a year as Drum Major.
In 1996, John was Commissioned as an Officer in the British Army after attending The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He served as a Mechanised Infantry Platoon Commander and subsequently as Battalion Training Officer with the Second Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment in the UK, Germany, and Cyprus.
His military skills include: Weapons-Handling, Drill Instruction, Fieldcraft, Tactics, OBUA, Combat First-Aid, CASEVAC, NBC, TESEX, Command and Orders Techniques, and MOI. He also completed the Progressive Fighting Technique Course with the Royal Marine Commandos, undertook a Parachute Regiment Familiarisation Course, spent time with the Royal Artillery learning Gunnery and Air Defence techniques, and has an extensive knowledge of military history.
John is a 2nd Dan Black Belt in Judo and fully qualified Self-Defence and Unarmed Combat Instructor as well as CCPR and ASPT qualified sports coach.
After studying English at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, John helped train and develop potential young Army Officers as an instructor with the University of London Officer Training Corps.
John worked with Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks on Band of Brothers (2001) and later formed Universal Combat, the first UK-based agency to specialise exclusively in providing military advice and support to the entertainment industry.
He spent three years studying English at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, during which time he helped train and develop potential young Army Officers as an instructor with the University of London Officer Training Corps.
John diversified from military consultancy to assistant directing and script editing and ultimately to writing and producing.
He built a respectable body of work as a producer through his own production company Angry Badger Pictures, including the cult British comedy The Magnificent Eleven (2013) starring Robert Vaughn, Josh O'Connor, Sean Pertwee, and Keith Allen.
In addition, John has operated as a freelancer running productions for overseas producers shooting in the UK, consulting to international sales agents, broadcasters, and distributors, and a long stint at Raw TV as a supervising producer across several high-risk international reality television shows for Discovery Channel.
John has also directed for the first time on the critically acclaimed feature film Aux (2018) starring John Rhys-Davies and directed Dame Joan Collins in a sizzle shoot for the British Film Institute.
Evolutionary Films has won the Best Film Distribution Company award at the National Film Awards, UK, twice, in 2019 and again in 2021, and was nominated for Distributor Of The Year and Best International Sales Deal For A UK Film at the prestigious Screen Awards in 2019.
As CEO of Evolutionary Films, John handles hundreds of international sales and UK distribution deals and also serves as a producer to many of the company's productions, including the I Am Vengeance (2018) series starring WWE Superstar Stu Bennett and the second of which I Am Vengeance: Retaliation (2020),also featuring Vinnie Jones, was released globally in 2020 by Saban Films, Lionsgate, and Netflix.
In his spare time, John is a keen sportsman, having fenced sabre and foil to a high standard and competed in martial arts events to national and international level; and, as an accomplished Grade 8 musician, he regularly unwinds by playing piano and singing rhythm and blues gigs in live venues around the UK. In 2021, he began studying a second degree in Law with The Open University.
