Adams attended Harvard University, majoring in history. After college, he worked in politics, including two gubernatorial campaigns, a race for attorney general, and two presidential campaigns. He also garnered valuable film production experience directing television commercials for a Boston advertising agency, winning several award s. He then partnered with producer Michael Mailer, co-writing and directing his first feature film, "A Fool And His Money" which starred Sandra Bullock. He then went on to write and direct his second feature, the critically acclaimed "Primary Motive," for Twentieth Century Fox which starred Judd Nelson, Justine Bateman, Richard Jordan, John Savage and Sally Kirkland, and was produced by Don Carmody. Then he directed, to excellent critical acclaim, the film, "The Mouse," a comedy starring Rip Torn and John Savage. He wrote and directed the film, "The Golden Boys" starring David Carradine, Rip Torn, Bruce Dern and Mariel Hemingway. Recently he conceived, edited and contributed to the serial novel, "Out Of The Fog" working with a dozen of the nation's best-selling authors. Also an historian, he is working on a biography of American patriot James Otis.

Sandra Bullock was a waitress in an New York City Italian restaurant when he cast her in her first lead role in his film, "A Fool And His Money" (aka "Religion, Inc.").The musical score to his film, "The Lightkeepers" was named "Best Musical Score for a Comedy Film for 2010" by the International Film Music Critics Association.His film "The Lightkeepers" won the "Golden Angel" award for best film at the 2011 Chinese-American Film Festival in Los Angeles.