Who I Am

Adam Witmer, a man with a beard, blue eyes, and brown hair slicked back, wearing a navy blue shirt, standing in front of a modern building with large windows.

Adam Witmer is a North Carolina-based independent director, cinematographer and editor specializing in dance and documentary.

He has collaborated on dance films with the Merce Cunningham Trust to re-stage the historic work TRAVELOGUE for film, as well as the Dance Theatre of Harlem to create a filmic version of their iconic FIREBIRD ballet’s pas de deux.

He produced and served as director of photography on the 6-episode performing arts documentary series, PREMIER STAGE AT UNCSA, which aired across the PBS-NC viewing area and his dance performance films VOLANT MATTER and THE WAY BACK have been featured in Dance Magazine’s Friday Film Break series.

He has had the privilege of working with dance figures Virginia Johnson, Larry Keigwin, Susan Jaffe, Tom Gold, Endalyn T. Outlaw, Brenda Daniels, Ashley Lindsey and Grady Bowman.

His work has been officially selected and featured in:

  • San Fransisco Dance Film Festival

  • Austin Dance Festival Dance on Film

  • CineVox Dance Film Festival

  • Dance Camera West Festival

  • Dance For Life Festival

  • FilmFest by Rogue Dancer

  • Flatlands Dance Film Festival

  • Rethink Dance Festival

  • PBS-NC

  • Los Angeles Dance Film Festival

  • American Dance Festival’s Movies By Movers

  • Opine Dance Film Festival

  • Dance Magazine Friday Film Break

  • Dance Camera North Festival

  • DanceFilmmaking.com

  • RiverRun International Film Festival

  • Greensboro Dance Film Festival

Black award with a laurel wreath design around the words 'Official Selection Los Angeles Dance Film Festival 2025'.
A black laurel wreath border with the words 'Official Selection Dance Filmmaking | dancefilmmaking.com 2025' in the center.
Black silhouette of a laurel wreath with the words 'Official Selection FilmFest by Rogue Dancer 2021' in the center.
Black award with a laurel wreath border around the words 'Official Selection Greensboro Dance Film Festival 2023'.
Black circular laurel wreath award around text indicating 'Official Selection Austin Dance Festival Dance On Film 2026'.
Award emblem with the text 'Official Selection Opine Dance Film Festival 2025' surrounded by decorative laurel branches.
An artistic black laurel wreath award around the words 'Official Selection FilmFest by Rogue Dancer 2020'.
A black and white laurel wreath award around the text '2025 San Francisco Dance Film Festival Official Selection'.
A black silhouette of a laurel wreath award with the words 'Official Selection Dance Camera West 2025' in the center.
Black and white laurel wreath award surrounding the text 'Official Selection ADF's Movies By Movers 2024'.
A black laurel wreath award surrounding the words 'Official Selection CineVox Dance Film Festival 2025'.
Black award ribbon with laurel wreath award, featuring text 'Official Selection Dance Camera North 2025' in the center.
Black oval-shaped award with a laurel branch border and the words 'Official Selection ADF's Movies By Movers 2020' in the center.
A black award emblem featuring laurel branches surrounding the words 'Official Selection Rethink Dance Festival 2021'.
A female dancer lies on a fallen log over a creek in a forest while being filmed by cinematographer, Adam Witmer.

Graduating from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts with a degree in filmmaking in 2016, he began his career as a film archivist and projectionist, specializing in 16mm, 35mm and 70mm film inspection and projection. He has projected professionally for the Telluride International Film Festival, the RiverRun International Film Festival, as well as the 70mm theatrical releases of THE HATEFUL EIGHT, DUNKIRK and OPPENHEIMER.   

Driven by lifelong fascination with film, Adam Witmer pushes boundaries and explores new ways of manipulating form and aesthetic through the cinematic gaze.

Cinematographer Adam Witmer, with long hair and a beard operating a professional film camera against a dark background.