From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Daniel Adams is an American feature film director. He wrote and directed The Golden Boys, starring David Carradine, Bruce Dern, Rip Torn, Charles Durning, and Mariel Hemingway, which was released in 2008. Adams grew up in Boston, and matriculated at The Roxbury Latin School, then Harvard College, majoring in history. After working in politics, including two gubernatorial campaigns, a race for attorney general, and a presidential campaign, he also garnered valuable film production experience directing television commercials for a Boston advertising agency, winning several awards. He then co-wrote and directed his first feature film in 1989, A Fool And His Money (originally titled, Religion, Inc.), which starred Sandra Bullock, Jonathan Penner, George Plimpton and Jerzy Kosinski (released through Trimark Pictures - now Lions Gate). He then went on to write and direct his second feature, the critically acclaimed Primary Motive, which starred Judd Nelson, Justine Bateman, Richard Jordan, John Savage and Sally Kirkland, for Twentieth Century Fox. His third feature, which he also wrote and directed, was a comedy entitled, The Mouse, starring Rip Torn and John Savage, and released through Strand Releasing The Mouse also received positive reviews throughout the United States and abroad. His film, The Golden Boys, was released through Roadside Attractions and Lions Gate Films in 2009. Also in 2009, he directed the feature film, The Lightkeepers, from a script he wrote. Lightkeepers was released through New Films Cinema in the spring of 2010. He has currently teamed up with Kate Edelman Johnson, to write and direct the big screen version of the hit 1960s television drama, The Big Valley, which originally starred Barbara Stanwyck, Lee Majors and Linda Evans. Jessica Lange is currently attached play Stanwyck's former role. As a novelist, he conceived, edited and contributed to the serial novel, Out Of The Fog, working with a dozen of the nation's best-selling authors. Also a historian, he is writing a biography of American patriot James Otis. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Adams (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 15, 1956 (69)
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Writer and director
- 4 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
What are Daniel Adams' films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Society.
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Daniel Adams' films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Daniel Adams' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
10 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
The Walk(2022)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Panama(2022)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
An L.A. Minute(2018)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
The Lightkeepers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
The Golden Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
The Mouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
The Erotic Adventures of the Three Musketeers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Primary Motive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
A Fool and His Money(1989)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
The Panic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles, 9 of them dated from 1989 to 2022.
How do Daniel Adams' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 13th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 7th percentile for acclaim.
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 4 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 29/100 and the plot and story 28/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Daniel Adams work with?
People who share at least 2 of Daniel Adams' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alex Nazarenko shares the most, 2.
Producers
- Alex NazarenkoShared titles: The Walk (2022), An L.A. Minute (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Alex Nazarenko
- Hank BlumenthalShared titles: The Walk (2022), A Fool and His Money (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Hank Blumenthal
- Luke TaylorShared titles: Panama (2022), An L.A. Minute (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Luke Taylor
- Matthew HeldermanShared titles: Panama (2022), An L.A. Minute (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Matthew Helderman
