[7] In February 2019, the SEC claimed Adams and his business partner, Michael Flanders, had defrauded investors in connection with the film An L.A.

[8] According to the SEC a fictitious wire transfer confirmation and signature page, forged by Adams, was sent by Flanders to an investor to create the false appearance that investments had already been made in the film.

He then went on to write and direct his second feature, Primary Motive, which starred Judd Nelson, Justine Bateman, Richard Jordan, John Savage and Sally Kirkland, for Twentieth Century Fox.

Also in 2009, he directed the feature film, The Lightkeepers, from a script he wrote that is based on the story The Woman Haters: A Yarn of Eastboro Twin-Lights (1911) by Joseph C. Lincoln.

[8] Adams co-wrote and directed the period drama film The Walk starring Justin Chatwin, Terrence Howard, Malcolm McDowell and Jeremy Piven.

The Walk was released in theaters in the United States through Vertical Entertainment on June 10, 2022[27] His latest film, "The Panic" is a period drama based on a true story set in 1907 New York about real-life bankers J. P. Morgan and Charles Barney as they grapple with a financial crisis sparked by Barney’s failed attempt to manipulate the copper market.

The Panic stars Cary Elwes, Malcolm McDowell, Justin Chatwin, Colm Meaney, Cristiana Dell'Anna and Anastasiya Mitrunen and is set for a theatrical release in early 2025 through Blue Fox Entertainment.