{"199401":{"#nid":"199401","#data":{"type":"news","title":"School of Architecture alumnus follows dream, produces and stars in first major motion picture","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJulian Adams (M. Arch \u201998) has followed a very different path than most of his classmates. He\u2019s not spending his days designing homes or buildings. Instead, he\u2019s walking the red carpet celebrating the opening of \u003Cem\u003EPhantom\u003C\/em\u003E, his first wide release film.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPhantom,\u003C\/em\u003E a thriller that Adams produced and co-stars in along with Ed Harris, David Duchovny and William Fichtner, is the first film in wide release for Julian and Solar Filmworks, the production company founded by Julian and his father, Weston Adams. It was written and directed by Emmy Award Winning director-writer-producer Todd Robinson, whose credits include \u003Cem\u003ELonely Hearts\u003C\/em\u003E and Ridley Scott\u2019s \u003Cem\u003EWhite Squall\u003C\/em\u003E. John Watson and Pen Densham, whose previous films include \u003Cem\u003EBackdraft, Blown Away, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, \u003C\/em\u003Ecompleted the production team. The partnership between Adams and Robinson began in 2009, when Julian produced the Robinson-directed music documentary, \u003Cem\u003EAmy Cook: The Spaces in\u003C\/em\u003E \u003Cem\u003EBetween\u003C\/em\u003E, which was released by The Documentary Channel. The pair then developed the story for \u003Cem\u003EPhantom, \u003C\/em\u003Ewhich is based on true events during the Cold War.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Adams didn\u2019t jump straight from architecture school to filmmaking. It was an interesting, if not exactly by design, change in career path that stemmed from Adams\u2019 lifelong love of movies. While in architecture school he began to explore independent filmmaking as a hobby.\u0026nbsp; Then, while working for Stevens and Wilkinson in South Carolina after graduation, he began to work on independent films being shot in North and South Carolina. At the same time, he and his father began to compile the story of their family in the Civil War. That story ultimately became \u003Cem\u003EThe Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams, \u003C\/em\u003Ethe maiden project of their new production company, Solar Filmworks. That film won 10 Film Festival Awards, including a best actor award for Julian and seven producing awards for father and son.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;That film led to the partnership with Robinson, and consequently, the current film \u003Cem\u003EPhantom. \u003C\/em\u003EAdams and Solar Filmworks are only getting started though. Julian is currently producing and acting in Robinson\u2019s next feature film, \u003Cem\u003EThe Last Full Measure,\u003C\/em\u003E which is slated for release in 2014 and will star Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Robert Duvall, Andy Garcia, and Laurence Fishburne.\u0026nbsp; He is also working with writer and executive producer Michael Frost Beckner producing and acting in the Civil War mini-series \u003Cem\u003EGrant vs. Lee: To Appomattox\u003C\/em\u003E which will also be released in 2014, starring Rob Lowe, Will Patton, Bill Paxton, and William Peterson.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;When asked if he\u2019s found any similarities between architecture and filmmaking, he says, \u201cMost definitely.\u0026nbsp; Both begin with a concept on paper. You then must take that concept and, through creative and mechanical means, determine how to manifest it.\u0026nbsp; Whether a building or a movie - the process requires both\u0026nbsp;creativity\u0026nbsp;and engineering.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;Phantom \u003C\/em\u003Eis currently playing in theaters nationwide and will be coming to DVD, tv and video-on-demand.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Phantom, a Cold War thriller starring Ed Harris and David Duchovny, in theaters nationwide"}],"uid":"27814","created_gmt":"2013-03-14 11:18:35","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:51","author":"Lisa Herrmann","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"199391":{"id":"199391","type":"image","title":"Julian Adams movie pic","body":null,"created":"1449179934","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:58:54","changed":"1475894851","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:31","alt":"Julian Adams movie pic","file":{"fid":"196524","name":"julianadams.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/julianadams_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/julianadams_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1171555,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/julianadams_0.jpeg?itok=yq33pmO6"}}},"media_ids":["199391"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"42891","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"506","name":"alumni"},{"id":"18651","name":"featured"},{"id":"61471","name":"Julian Adams"},{"id":"2401","name":"movie"},{"id":"14983","name":"newsletter"},{"id":"61481","name":"Phantom"},{"id":"167177","name":"School of Architecture"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["lisa.herrmann@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}