birth_place yearsactive birthname article_title name occupation
united states 1995 -- present adam collis adam collis
 adam collis film director , actor
adam collis

adam collis is an american filmmaker and actor .
he attended the duke university from 1986 to 1990 and the university of california , los angeles from 2007 to 2010 .
he also studied cinema at the university of southern california from 1991 to 1997 .
collis first work was the assistant director for the scott derrickson 's short `` love in the ruins '' -lrb- 1995 -rrb- .
in 1998 , he played `` crankshaft '' in eric koyanagi 's `` hundred percent '' .
he has also directed several shorts and documentaries , including the award winning short film , `` mad boy , i 'll blow your blues away '' .
in 2000 , collis directed `` sunset strip '' , a feature film about the los angeles rock 'n roll scene in the early 1970s .
the film was produced by art linson and starred simon baker , nick stahl , jared leto and anna friel .
he received awards and nominations from the aspen shortsfest , austin film festival , hamptons international film festival , los angeles independent film festival , new york comedy festival , and palm springs international festival of short films .
famous amongst his students for coining the term `` image size variation '' and `` psycho-emotional instrument '' when referring to directing actors .
