Adam Kane was born in Southern California to a musical family. The son of composer Artie Kane (Looking For Mr. Goodbar, The Eyes of Laura Mars) and studio singer Sara Kane (Andy Williams Show, Perry Como, The Sound of Music), Adam found his personal voice by telling stories with pictures and creating home movies.

Twenty years of filmmaking has made Adam one of the most sought after directors in Hollywood. His family drama, THE FIX won nine major festival awards, including Best Drama, Best of Fest, and Best Director. It qualified for the 2007 Academy Awards.

In television Adam has directed episodes of the hit TV series HEROES, KINGS and MY OWN WORST ENEMY. He was the Producer/Director for the Golden Globe nominated hit PUSHING DAISIES and is currently the Producer/Director on the new NBC medical drama MERCY.

Adam first became enamored with filmmaking at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he discovered cinematography. Adam photographed eight films during his undergraduate career, winning Best Cinematography two years in a row at the NYU Film Festival.

He was then accepted in to the highly competitive and prestigious American Film Institute, where he graduated in the top two of his class. After earning his Masters Degree, Adam continued to work in independent feature films, commercials, infomercials, and low budget television, including the original promo for the MTV series CATWALK. During this time he also worked for the Associated Press Los Angeles-based video news division, covering national news events including the Murrah Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma City.

Over twenty five features later, Adam has worked with such actors as Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Downey, Jr., Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, and numerous others in New Line Cinema's THE MAN, THE BOONDOCK SAINTS, LOVE & SEX, ROMEO MUST DIE and Lion's Gate's SKINWALKERS. His most recent feature, RESURRECTING THE CHAMP (Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris, Alan Alda), premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

Between shooting feature films Adam has shot several Pilots for television such as the Emmy Nominated hit HEROES for NBC, REUNION for Warner Bros./Fox, LEVEL 9 for Paramount Television and SAM'S CIRCUS for Columbia Tri-Star. His television credits include NBC's WAR STORIES and THE WEST WING, CBS's HACK, and ABC's critically acclaimed GREY'S ANATOMY and LINE OF FIRE. His numerous commercial clients include MTV, Philips, Hoover, Skechers, Direct TV, Mail Boxes Etc., Subaru, Infinity, Nissan, Honda and Calvin Klein.

Adam received a 2007 ASC Award nomination for Best Cinematography for his work on the NBC hit HEROES. He has been the recipient of several other awards including the Mobius Award for Best Commercial Work (2002), the Golden Camera at the US International Film & Video Festival (1998), and Telly awards for his commercial work on Mail Boxes Etc. and a documentary for Disney. He also won best film at the Austin Film Festival (1997) for THE CLEARING, special recognition at the New York Film Festival for CONVERSATIONS IN LIMBO, and two best cinematography awards in New York in 1990 and 1991.