Adrian Wills

Adrian Wills is a Canadian film and television director from Montreal, Quebec, most noted for his documentary films All Together Now and A Quiet Girl. Early life Born in Newfoundland and Labrador, he was placed for adoption and grew up in Montreal.

Career Wills directed a number of short films before making his documentary debut with Entre les mains De Michel Tremblay in 2006. He then collaborated with Cirque du Soleil on All Together Now, which was released in 2008. He has since collaborated with Cirque du Soleil on filmed versions of other Cirque shows, including Touch the Sky (Toucher le ciel), Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour, Toruk – The First Flight and Luzia.

In 2017 he was a co-creator of the television series 21 Thunder.

A Quiet Girl, released in 2023, centred on his efforts to find out more information about his adoption and birth family. The film premiered at the 2023 Atlantic International Film Festival.

In 2024 he was co-director with Sylvain Lebel of Leonard Cohen: If It Be Your Will, a television documentary special which blended historical interviews with writer and singer Leonard Cohen with performances of Cohen's songs from the 2017 Tower of Song Cohen tribute concert.

Awards Award Date of ceremony Category Work Result Directors Guild of Canada 2024 Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film A Quiet Girl Gémeaux Awards 2009 Best Documentary: Culture All Together Now Grammy Awards 2010 Best Music Film