David Adams (photojournalist)


David Alexander Ian Adams is an Australian photojournalist and documentary film maker.

Career

In 1999, the Discovery Channel commissioned the travel adventure series Journeys to the Ends of the Earth, a thirteen-part documentary series which Adams co-produced and presented.
Since 2002 he has produced and directed a series of documentaries through David Adams Films including White LionsKing of Kings, Flight of the Elephants, The Last Mahout, Land of Fear and Burma's Open Road.
In 2013, David Adams's six-part series Alexander's Lost World premiered around the world. In the series, Adams journeys to Central Asia to investigate possible sites of cities which historians say were founded by Alexander the Great, including the fabled Alexandria on the Oxus. The series also explores the pre-existing Oxus civilization which existed by the Amu Darya since the Bronze Age.
In 2019, David Adams produced a series of documentaries for the History Channel entitled End of Empire: The Rise and Fall of Dynasties which featured films about Tamerlane, Charlemagne, Attila the Hun and Edgar the Peaceful.
YearNameNotesDirectorWriterProducerReference
2019End of Empire TV Series DocumentaryYesNoYes
2019Turning Point TV Series DocumentaryNoNoYes
2013Alexander's Lost World TV Mini Series Documentary - 6 episodesYesYesYes
2008Flight of the Elephants TV Movie DocumentaryYesNoYes
2007The last Mahout DocumentaryYesYesYes
2008Burma's Open Road – An insight into Myanmar DocumentaryYesNoYes
2005White Lions – King of KingsDocumentaryYesYesYes