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Adrian Wills
Canadian film director From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Adrian Wills is a Canadian film and television director from Montreal, Quebec,[1] most noted for his documentary films All Together Now[2] and A Quiet Girl.[3]
Born in Newfoundland and Labrador, he was placed for adoption and grew up in Montreal.[1] He directed a number of short films before making his documentary debut with Entre les mains De Michel Tremblay in 2006.[4] He then collaborated with Cirque du Soleil on All Together Now, which was released in 2008.[2] He has since collaborated with Cirque du Soleil on filmed versions of other Cirque shows, including Touch the Sky (Toucher le ciel), Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour, Toruk – The First Flight and Luzia.[5]
In 2017 he was a co-creator of the television series 21 Thunder.[6]
A Quiet Girl, released in 2023, centred on his efforts to find out more information about his adoption and birth family.[1] The film premiered at the 2023 Atlantic International Film Festival.[7]
In 2024 he was co-director with Sylvain Lebel of Leonard Cohen: If It Be Your Will, a television documentary special which blended historical interviews with writer and singer Leonard Cohen with performances of Cohen's songs from the 2017 Tower of Song Cohen tribute concert.[8]
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