About

Mr. Theodore A. Adams III is an Engineer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, and Award-Winning Filmmaker. He is President of Unified Industries Incorporated, an engineering services company that was founded in 1970. He is also Founder and President of Red Zeppelin Productions LLC, a film and entertainment company based in Fairfax, Virginia. 

Mr. Adams has a legacy of community service. He is Co-Founder and Chairman of the Stan Lee Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting literacy, arts, and education. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for George Mason University Film School, and the Board of Directors of the DC Black Film Festival and the Chesapeake Film Festival. 

Mr. Adams has had an interest in making movies since he was a child. Literally a rocket scientist, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University and his Masters of Business Administration from UCLA. Mr. Adams also completed post graduate studies at the Yale-China Program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and is a graduate of Harvard Business School. 

Mr. Adams put pen to paper and jotted down a few notes, and started to mold the story that was the genius of the award-winning and best-selling feature film, TRI, and numerous award-winning short films including Othello-san, Sweet Distraction and The Charles Effect. Mr. Adams is a registered member of the Writers Guild of America East and SAG-AFTRA. 

For his latest venture, Mr. Adams has launched his own streaming network called Laurel Channel. The Laurel Channel will provide a platform dedicated to presenting films that have won awards at vetted film festivals from around the world. Film Festivals, Filmmakers, and Actors will be able to showcase their events and work on a unique channel that allows the viewers to discover more information about the productions and artists with access to behind the scenes footage, interviews, reviews and links to filmmaker and actor show reels.

Mr. Adams created Film Fest Magazine to provide tools, resources, and news for filmmakers, festival directors and programmers, actors, and supporters of the independent film community.