Adia Ivey writes intimate stories of connection, self-discovery, and intergenerational healing. They blend visceral textures of sci-fi, horror, and magical surrealism while affirming that we don’t have to face the world alone. Their background in documentary informs their use of storytelling as a means of archiving memories, preserving history, and radical imagining of the future.

Ivey’s fellowship with OpenTelevision in 2021 led to developing 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, Gary International Black Film Festival, and Irepetra International Documentary Festival. MANIFOLD is available on OTV’s streaming platform.

Ivey was invited to GLAAD’s 2025 Black Queer Creative Summit. Through Cinephilia Productions’ Summer 2025 Writer’s Workroom, Ivey developed their magical-surrealist feature, REFLECTIONS. Through PROOF Film Festival, Ivey pitched the proof-of-concept Sci-Fi film and Roy W. Dean grant finalist, When The Porch Light Flickers.

When they aren’t making films, they’re hiking, painting, or learning how to surf (and falling off their board, but that’s okay).