Adam started his career working as an intern on the Emmy-winning program Bill Nye the Science Guy in 1996.
Since that time Adam has worked with such directors as Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, David O. Russell, Paul Feig, James Toback, Bobby and Peter Farrelly, Peter Hedges, Ben Affleck, Edward Burns, Martin Campbell, and numerous others.
Some of the better known films Adam has worked on are The Departed, Fever Pitch, State and Main, The Perfect Storm, Stuck on You, Camp, Tanner on Tanner, Gone Baby Gone, Dan in Real Life, 27 Dresses, Surrogates, Edge of Darkness, Grown Ups, The Town, The Heat, Ted, American Hustle, The Equalizer, Sex Tape, and Black Mass.
In the summer of 2013 Roffman stepped down as Program Director to focus on his film work, but remained an advisor to the festival.
In 2014, Roffman teamed up with Luke Poling to direct a short documentary, Spearhunter, which focuses on Colonel Gene Morris, "The World's Greatest Living Spear Hunter", and his Spear Hunting Museum in Summerdale, Alabama.