Adam Smalley
Music Editor
Adam has a wide-ranging career in the film industry, having worked as a music editor, producer, composer, music supervisor, and yes, a child actor. Adam has worked with legendary artists directors and composers such as Terrence Malick, Tony Scott, Ben Affleck, Catherine Hardwicke, Steven Spielberg, Richard Donner, David Fincher and Spike Jonze.
He has worked closely with Composer Carter Burwell on nearly 50 projects, including TWILIGHT, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, and Apple + latest, THE MORNING SHOW.
In 1993, Adam partnered with film composer Hans Zimmer, and has
produced, supervised and edited the music on a string of successful films which include THE LION KING, GLADIATOR, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, KUNG FU PANDA, and THE THIN RED LINE.
In 2010, Adam wrote and directed his first short film entitled I DO, which won the Silver Screen Nevada film festival, the Newport Beach, New Orleans, and Fort Lauderdale festivals.
In 2017, Adam was invited to the Havana Film festival though Sundance, which inspired Adam to direct a documentary on the artists of Havana entitled BEING CUBAN - This is still in the works.
When Adam was 8 years old, his mom was approached by an acting agent, and followed up on a meeting with her. Adam subsequently acting in nearly 30 commercials and TV specials from the age of 9 to 18 years of age. This was clearly a strong foundation of seeing the film industry from all sides.
Courses and Content
Master Class: Film Music - Creating the Soundscape for Your Film with Peter Golub (THE GREAT DEBATERS), Adam Smalley (THE LION KING) and Carter Burwell (THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN)
Peter Golub
Instructor
The Basics of Being a Music Editor with Adam Smalley (THE MORNING SHOW)
Adam Smalley
Music Editor