13CO has signed Sydney director, Adam Kiers, to its roster of directors for exclusive representation in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

Kiers jumped to prominence in late 2022 with a surreal and exquisitely crafted campaign for Paspaley (72andSunny). His highly stylised narratives are challenging and unconventional. They celebrate movement, light and the individual. Each project invites a viewer to be curious and the power of his storytelling is enhanced by energetic, rhythmical musicality laid under richly emotive depth and powerful graphic storytelling.

To date, Kiers’ portfolio includes commercials, music videos, and promos for a vast range of global brands, networks and artists, including Virgin, Discovery Channel, Fitbit, Hydralyte, Channel Ten, G Flip, No Mono, and Ngaiire.

He was awarded Best Director at the 2022 Sydney Music and Arts Culture Awards and picked up a Gold and two Silver for excellence in Direction at Promax ANZ. He was also chosen as a finalist in the AACTA Elevate competition in 2019.

Kiers is an intersectional artist who seeks out diverse creative collaboration. He often uses beauty, dance and drama as vehicles to explore our common understanding of gender sexuality and masculinity. Through this he highlights our inherent biases prejudices and the behaviours we accept as ‘normal’ with a goal of inspiring new ways of thinking. Kiers’ work has also been featured in OUTFEST LA Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Berlin underground film festival, Junkee, SMH, Clipped Music video festival and Director’s Notes.

“Adam Kiers has an ability to twist vision, audio and choreography into something different is pretty special. A completely unique voice that stood out to me instantly when I saw his work. Intersectional – always tacking stereotypes and inequality – whether that be gender based or other forms of discrimination,” stated Roy De Giorgio, executive producer, 13CO.

“I really admire 13CO’s approach. Roy and Charity have a history of championing raw original and inspirational projects you always remember. To join a roster of such impressive Directors is an honour,” Kiers added.

Kiers is currently developing his first feature film, Pelican Boys, based on the confronting true story of Australia’s dark underbelly of drug smuggling. Watch the Proof Of Concept film here.

Watch more of Adam Kier’s work here.

For all enquiries, contact Charity Downing at charity@13co.io or Roy De Giorgio at roy@13co.io