Adia Ivey (they/them) is a producer and director based in Chicago. Adia focuses on underrepresented stories by exploring relationships — with ourselves, our community, and the obstacles that influence how we navigate the world. They explore this through a Black Queer womanist lens using various genres and often shifting between from scripted narrative and documentary.

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. It was through those filmmaking workshops as well as their fellowship with OpenTelevision in 2021 that 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 and Gary International Black festival and Irepetra International Documentary Festival. MANIFOLD will be available on OTV’s streaming platform in 2023.

Beyond documentary, Adia had the joy of ADing for the short film The Funnel, by Charlene Carruthers and is currently producing the upcoming short film, Glo, by Adhana Reid.