He co-directed the Disney live-action movie Kim Possible, and also co-wrote and directed the award-winning independent film Freaks, working with partner Zach Lipovsky.

[1] Prior to directing, Stein edited several independent features that played at film festivals such as Sundance, Tribeca, and SXSW.

[2][3] Adam Stein was a contestant on On The Lot, the Fox Television reality show produced by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett.

The films that Adam Stein created for On The Lot consistently received the highest reviews from the show's judges.

Director Gary Ross called Stein's filmmaking "charming, unbelievably ambitious, and really really technically proficient."

This music video was first screened at an orchestral performance conducted by Andrea Morricone, with Yo-Yo Ma playing live.