Award-Winning Blind Director Adam Morse Lands at Johnny Foreigner

Adam Morse is the world’s first award-winning blind filmmaker. Adam lost most of his eyesight at the age of 19 when he was diagnosed with an incurable mitochondrial disease called LHON. Since then, Adam has gone against all odds to break barriers in the entertainment business by becoming an industry trailblazer for other differently-abled artists. Adam feeds off his peripheral vision as well as his high sensitivity to people's energies that helps him direct talent. 

Adam’s feature directorial debut ‘LUCID’ (starring Billy Zane), was released on AMAZON in 2020, and it was nominated for the prestigious ‘Michael Powel Award’ at the Edinburgh Film Festival and went on to win ‘BEST DIRECTOR’ at the GOLD MOVIE AWARDS. Adam has also made headlines by becoming a “BLIND ACTION STAR” (NEW YORK POST) after appearing in a recurring role in the APPLE+ series ‘SEE’ (starring Jason Momoa), where he performed his own stunts on screen. Adam is attached to direct a number of major studio movies, including a Sci-Fi Comedy being produced by RADAR PICTURES. 

Adam joined Johnny Foreigner in 2023 after having shot a number of commercials for GSK, Maclaren, Puma and Google. Adam’s unrivalled passion, and fantastic ability to communicate, creates excellent team camaraderie on every project with stunning end products. Adam has experience in shooting live action, CGI, sports choreography, high-speed car sequences, visual FX, models/miniatures, and animation.

Of joining the Johnny Foreigner roster, Adam said, “I am absolutely thrilled to be joining forces with Johnny Foreigner and make commercial films with a company who share my values for storytelling. Meeting Olivia instantly gave me strong belief that her and her team at JF are the right fit to represent me because they truly see me for who I am as an artist. I look forward to all future adventures and experiences working with this fantastic group!” 

Olivia Hirschberg added, “Along with everyone else who I tell I’ve just taken on a blind director, my first reaction was also “well how on earth does that work??”. My curiosity to find out led me to dig deeper and eventually meet up with Adam. Instantly taken by his charm, wit, honesty and acute intelligence, I quickly understood that Adam was an incredibly dedicated film-maker who wouldn’t let his disability stop him from pursuing his career with immense passion. That Adam’s peripheral vision helps him is undeniable but the thing that impresses me the most is his ability to read the energies between his actors, which I suppose a director with vision wouldn’t need to tap into so much. Consequently Adam’s reliance on his other senses is heightened and adds another dimension to his films. It’s clear that clients want to tick their diversity boxes which Adam certainly does, however he also delivers beautiful films to match. Am so excited to have exclusive representation over Adam for commercials in the UK.”