William S. Adams

William S. Adams (1892–1930) was an American cinematographer of the silent era. He was the younger half-brother of J. Stuart Blackton, the British born film pioneer and co-founder of Vitagraph Studios. Adams worked with Blackton several times, but was also employed by other companies. He developed a reputation as a specialist in aerial photography, but his career was cut short when he died of a tropical disease at the beginning of the sound era.

Selected filmography

 * The Juggernaut (1915)
 * My Husband's Other Wife (1920)
 * The Blood Barrier (1920)
 * Man and His Woman (1920)
 * Passers By (1920)
 * Respectable by Proxy (1920)
 * The Forbidden Valley (1920)
 * The House of the Tolling Bell (1920)
 * East Lynne (1921)
 * The Wakefield Case (1921)
 * Destiny's Isle (1922)
 * Tides of Passion (1925)
 * Tricks (1925)
 * Bride of the Storm (1926)
 * Three Miles Up (1927)
 * Sky High Saunders (1927)
 * The American (1927)
 * Won in the Clouds (1928)
 * The Air Patrol (1928)
 * The Cloud Dodger (1928)
 * The Phantom Flyer (1928)
 * Grit Wins (1929)
 * The Smiling Terror (1929)
 * Born to the Saddle (1929)
 * The Sky Skidder (1929)