Adia Ivey is a writer, director and producer based in Chicago, currently living in LA. As a director, they blend genres to explore self-discovery, unexpected connection, and intergenerational healing. As a producer, they guide underrepresented stories from development through distribution while curating an inclusive work environment and maintaining the creative agency of the collaborating storyteller.

In 2017, their short film Down The Rabbit Hole was a finalist in the Sarasota Single Take Competition and screened in Chicago’s (In)Justice For All Film Festival (2018). Interning at Kartemquin in 2019, they grew interested in finding ways to make storytelling a communal and impact-driven experience that lives beyond a traditional theatrical run. Through these filmmaking workshops as well as their fellowship with OpenTelevision in 2021, Adia developed MANIFOLD, a docuseries following the stories of Chicago's Black and Queer artists, organizers and everyday people. The series has screened at Chicago’s Reeling, Black Alphabet, Flip The Script, Gary International Black Film Festival and Irepetra International Documentary Festival. MANIFOLD is available on OTV’s streaming platform.

Adia is continuing their filmmaking journey through AFI’s producing program (Class of ‘25).