About |
Adam J. Spencer is an award-winning screenwriter, author, and visual artist based in Carroll County, Southwest Virginia.
His creative work spans feature screenplays, novels, and original animation, exploring themes of grief, memory, ecological change, and the relationship between people and the landscapes they inhabit.
His feature screenplay, A Pale Holler, was named one of three winners of the 2026 Virginia Screenwriting Competition and recognized during the Virginia Film Festival in Charlottesville.
Set in a fictional Southwest Virginia community, A Pale Holler is an ecological folk-horror story drawing on the natural history of the American chestnut and the enduring consequences of family loss.
Spencer has also completed a companion novel and is introducing the project to prospective industry and production partners.
Project website: https://apaleholler.carrd.co