Adrian Nieves - Director

Adrian Nieves began his career in television as a freelance operator at a third-world television station in the sultry jungles of South America. Often his days consisted of driving up and down the Essequibo Coast stuffed in a hatchback with a pack of jabbering Guyanese collecting news stories and drinking coconuts, always in sweltering tropical heat. Nieves immersed himself thoroughy into the culture and gained local notoriety through his guest appearances on Birthday Greetings and Death Announcements. His adventures carried him overland into the Guyanese interior, backtracking through pristine rainforest and Amerindian villages, up the Amazon river, and into close contact with bushmen, pork knockers, and holy men alike.

Upon returning to the US, Nieves moved to New York and burrowed his way deep into midtown Manhattan as a communications consultant with Philip Morris Management Corp. He coordinated international satellite broadcasts and wrote position papers concerning internal marketing and communications strategy. Nieves cut his teeth shooting and editing corporate videos as part of the company's rebranding campaign.

During the Manhattan years, his enormous appetites were unleashed upon the city. The 24/7 lifestyle took its toll and he eventually withdrew into the frosty white hills of Middletown, CT.

Nieves began multi-media training which led to full-time work as a studio technician at ESPN. Here he witnessed the full-scope of operations of an international media conglomerate while working third-shift in master control and studio production. Working 12-hour days and weekends, surrounded by monitors and disembodied voices, Nieves chose to end his brief foray into the world of television and made arrangements to move to China (Life on Mars).

It was during this time that he met Lili Kinsman, the producer of Tasty Planet. Despite his imminent departure for China, Lili convinced him to direct the pilot.

Tasty Planet spent ten kamikaze days in Maine in the summer of 2006 and documented their adventure. Stay tuned for further details.