SOME PEOPLE STUDY STORIES TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY WORK. OTHER PEOPLE LIVE THEM. AND THEN, THERE’S COREY ADAMS. HIS FIRST FORAY INTO DIRECTING INVOLVED TWO WEEKS ON A CHICKEN FARM, THE HELL’S ANGELS, AND $15,000 IN UNMARKED CANADIAN BILLS, RESULTING IN A RATHER UNCONVENTIONAL WEB SERIES ABOUT A COUPLE OF CANADA’S MOST ENTREPRENEURIAL HILLBILLIES. HIS SECOND AND THIRD FILMS CAME INTO BEING WHEN COREY WON OVER A MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS IN PRODUCTION MONEY FROM FUEL TV, WHICH HE PROMPTLY CONVERTED INTO A ONE-WAY TICKET TO THAT LIMINAL SPACE WHERE THE SURREAL MEETS THE FAMILIAR. COREY’S SECOND FEATURE, “MACHOTAILDROP,” IS A HAIRY LOVE LETTER TO SKATEBOARDING THAT IS EXCELLED ON THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT. HIS WORK IS JOYFUL, WRY, TRANSGRESSIVE, PARADOXICAL, ABSURDIST, MAGICALLY-REAL, HUMANE, SMART, AND NOT TO MENTION FUNNY,