NATHAN ADLOFF
Director & Writer
I am Nathan Adloff — a multi-hyphenate Director, Writer, Producer, Actor and Graphic Designer based in Los Angeles.
Nathan Adloff is a Los Angeles based Screenwriter and Director. His most recent semi-autobiographical feature is MILES (Directed/Co-Wrote), starring Molly Shannon, Paul Reiser, Missi Pyle, Tim Boardman, Annie Golden, Andi Matichak, Yeardley Smith and Stephen Root. MILES won the Audience Choice Award in Outfest Los Angeles, received theatrical, digital distribution and Netflix streaming.
Nathan made his feature film debut with NATE & MARGARET (Directed/Co-Wrote/Produced). It sold for worldwide distribution prior to completion. Roger Ebert praised the film as "A smart, observant movie about two very particular people, and its casting is pitch-perfect." The New York Times called it "Fragile and simple in the best possible way." The film is based on his life in Chicago, and has been stamped as a modern HAROLD AND MAUDE.
Nathan acted in Joe Swanberg's early films and IFC series, YOUNG AMERICAN BODIES, starring Greta Gerwig. He co-created and directed a TV pilot, BAD SIDES, which was a finalist in the Chicago Comedy TV Pilot Competition. His award-winning dark comedy short film series, COCK N’ BULL, which he also acts in, screens in festivals around the world and is streaming on multiple platforms, including Amazon.
He just finished co-writing his third semi-autobiographical coming-of-age feature, NAIVE, and is eager for the film’s production on the horizon. Adloff is also developing an original neo-noir crime thriller series with Norman Buckley ("Sweet Magnolias") and Verton Banks ("9-1-1").
WORK EXAMPLES
Director, Co-Writer
MILES [feature]
After discovering his recently deceased father had squandered his tuition fund, a high school senior, desperate to get out of his small town joins the girls volleyball team to earn a college scholarship.
Director, Co-Writer
NATE & MARGARET [feature]
A teenage film student and a 52-year-old spinster share a quirky friendship, until Nate meets a new love interest which puts their friendship in jeopardy, just as Margaret begins her life as a stand-up comedian.
Director, Writer, Producer, Actor
COCK N' BULL 3 [short]
Flight attendants, Chris and Wes, instigate twisted mile-high games with passengers, leading to the unimaginable — trying to make an emergency landing after someone poisoned the pilot.
Director, Writer, Producer, Actor
COCK N' BULL 2 [short]
Wes and Chris, in couples counseling, decide to explore opening the relationship to spice up their sex life.
Director, Writer, Producer, Actor
COCK N' BULL [short]
What cures heartbreak? Drunk dialing the jerk with your BFF into the wee hours, of course.
Director, Co-Writer
NAIVE [feature in development]
An recently out college freshman breaks free from the binds of his controlling family and discovers his place in the world after being taken under the wings of a radio DJ and a nurturing drag queen.
Director, Writer, Producer, Actor
COCK N' BULL 4 [Short In Development]
Chris and his best friend Wes get into a viral brawl at a conservative bar and end up jailed with a mix of locals and LGBTQ+ misfits. Their unapologetic testimony in court bridges unlikely divides.
Co-Creator, Writer
TOY SOLDIERS [series in development]
A prominent movie star is murdered, initiating an investigation centering on a struggling actor turned sex worker. The detective on the case, new to Los Angeles and grappling with his own unethical past, seeks the truth while at the same time becoming infatuated with the suspect.
Awards & Press
Roger Ebert
Review of NATE & MARGARET
"This is a smart, observant movie about two very particular people, and its casting is pitch-perfect." -Roger Ebert
U.S. Narrative Audience Award
Outfest Los Angeles Film Festival
MILES, my semi-autobiographical coming of age feature film, wins the Audience Award.
Cock N' Bull 3
Deadline Article
"The Gay Disaster Movie You Didn’t Know You Needed."
New York Times
Review of NATE & MARGARET
"Fragile and simple in the best possible way..."
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