A Twist of Fate with Adam Reist
[Episode 5] Adam Reist always finds a way to make things happen. His story is one about perseverance and positivity. Those two traits, in combination, have allowed him to develop his passions into a personally fulfilling and meaningful career.
His journey may not have been what he initially expected but he always found a path forward and more importantly has always stayed true to himself. You can hear his love of filmmaking and music in the stories he tells. For Adam, the obstacles he faced on his creative journey were embraced as creative challenges. One can’t help but get caught up in his positive energy as he tells us his story about where these new challenges have taken him in life. Listen to this episode and you’ll hear it for yourself. With the right attitude, there is nothing you can’t accomplish.
Episode Book Pairing
Each episode the The Gray Matters podcast is paired with a book that complements the episode’s subject matter.
Directors Close Up: Interviews with Directors Nominated for Best Film by the Directors Guild of America
by Jeremy Kagan
This book is pure gold from beginning to end. It’s an absolute must for any serious filmmaker.–Steven Soderbergh, director of Erin Brockovich and Traffic
These superbly edited interviews put you in intimate touch with some of the film world’s most gifted spirits as they tell, in richly anecdotal and often humorous fashion, how they created their most memorable works.–Richard Schickel, filmmaker, author, and Time Magazine critic
Of all the directors here, it is Spielberg who speaks at greatest length and in most detail, and his remarks alone are worth the price of admission….budding auteurs…stand to learn a great deal from the accumulated wisdom in these pages.–The Hollywood Reporter
…this is the kind of stuff that movie addicts will devour…Crisply edited, this truly has something to fascinate on every page. FOUR STARS–Film Review
…highly entertaining. Whether it’s Peter Jackson discussing how to coax actors into wearing the prosthetic devices they agreed to or Sam Mendes’s comments on incorporating wildly different acting techniques, it all makes for rewarding reading.–Publishers Weekly
…fascinating and insightful…a highly informative and wildly entertaining read.–DGA Quarterly, Spring 2006
Get your copy of Directors Close Up at Bookshop.org.
About Adam Reist
Adam Reist’s career in the entertainment industry has spanned over two and a half decades. He brings a wealth of creative experience and expertise from his film and video production work on projects ranging from documentaries to short films to television commercials and more. He directed and co-produced the women’s rowing documentary Dare to Be which was released in 2017, as well as the critically acclaimed and award winning short films Supertalk, starring Kathleen Chalfant and Billy Crudup, and Back to One.
From 2004 to 2009, he was a Director on CBS’s daytime drama Guiding Light. Prior to that, Adam worked as a Stage Manager on Guiding Light, Another World, ESPN, The Madison Square Garden Network and Telemundo. His career accolades include being a member of the 2004 DGA Award winning Outstanding Drama Series Directing team and 1994 Daytime Emmy winner for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team. Adam is a member of the Directors Guild of America and The University of North Carolina’s Order of the Golden Fleece.
When Adam isn’t creating visually, you’ll find him pursuing his other passion, singing and playing lead guitar for the NY-based band, Twist of Fate.