Biography
Mr. Willy Adkins is an American actor, director and producer. He is the owner of Breaking Fate Entertainment (formerly known as Spook Show Entertainment) and is a "jack of all trades" in the entertainment industry. He is also known for his work in paranormal investigation, founding Illinois Ghost Hunters back in 2006, which has taken him all over the country.
Willy has a lifelong passion of dark arts and photography, founding Deviant Desires Photography in 1996, and also does alternative model portfolio production and horror themed art. Today, Willy stays busy directing, producing, writing and acting in independent film, winning a best actor award in the film Gordon Finn at the Smokey Night Film Festival in 2015.
As producer/director of several film festivals and conventions across the country, including the Chicago Horror Film Festival, Cinema Soup Film Festival, Historic Crimes Convention and Dark Art and Oddities Convention, he prides himself in helping other independent artists get recognized.
Willy resides in Dekalb, Illinois, often traveling to his “home away from home”, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. He is the proud father of two girls, Dixie Belle and Bethany Madison. He spends his free time working on his personal art, collecting weird antiques, oddities, and sideshow memorabilia, as well as touring various shows and conventions.
Actor Resume
| Film / TV Episode | Character | Production Company / Director |
| A Woman And A Gun | Roy | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| What in the Sam Hill | Bacon Burglar | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Sister of the Wolf | Gordon Finn | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Candie's Harem | Rob | Faux Pas Films / Michael Wade Johnson |
| Gordon Finn | Gordon Finn | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Wolf McKinney |
| Incorporeal | Danny Robertson | Faux Pas Films / Michael Wade Johnson |
| Ovulation | Simon | Faux Pas Films / Michael Wade Johnson |
| Separate Checks | Mall Cop | Scotchworthy Productions / Timothy Voelker |
| House of the Degenerate Brain-Eating Mutant Fog Insects | Andy | 4 Lizard Productions / Patrick Love |
| Bacon | Dylan | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| One Afternoon | Tommy | Sweet Berry Wine Productions / Justin R. Romine |
| What Do I Say? | Customer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Vanity | Bar Patron 1 | N'Tense Pictures / Myke Wilson |
| Loving Betrayal | Boyfriend | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Doctor Spine | Bar Patron 1 | Boomstick Films / John Wesley Norton |
| Ghost Humpers | Slice | Fathead Films / Justin R. Romine |
| Broken Vegas: Blame | Bad Day Guy | Paul Sauer II |
| Broken Vegas: Nothing I Can Say | Husband | Paul Sauer II |
Director Resume
Film / TV Episode Production Company
Hill Side Hurt Breaking Fate Entertainment
Infernal Angels Breaking Fate Entertainment
The Greenies Breaking Fate Entertainment
A Woman And A Gun Breaking Fate Entertainment
Did I Scare You Breaking Fate Entertainment
Serenity of the Smokies Breaking Fate Entertainment
What in the Sam Hill Breaking Fate Entertainment
Sister of the Wolf Breaking Fate Entertainment
Spilt Blood Breaking Fate Entertainment
Anxiety Breaking Fate Entertainment
Balloon Feast Breaking Fate Entertainment
Broken Fate Breaking Fate Entertainment
Shayna Breaking Fate Entertainment
Bacon Breaking Fate Entertainment
What Do I Say Breaking Fate Entertainment
Sinister Fate: Drop Dead Goregous Breaking Fate Entertainment
Sinister Fate: Zombie Bomb Breaking Fate Entertainment
In A Hole Breaking Fate Entertainment
Loving Betrayal Breaking Fate Entertainment
Headline News Breaking Fate Entertainment
ProduceR Resume
| Film / TV Episode | Title | Production Company / Director |
| Hill Valley Hurt | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Infernal Angels | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| The Greenies | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| A Woman And A Gun | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Did I Scare You | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Guardianship | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Wolf McKinney |
| A GUNMAN'S CURSE | Associate Producer | Rebel Familia / Ezequiel |
| Serenity of the Smokies | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Idle | Executive Producer | N'Tense Pictures / Myke Wilson |
| What in the Sam Hill | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Sister of the Wolf | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Spilt Blood | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Gordon Finn | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Wolf McKinney |
| Anxiety | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Choose Love | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Ring of Love | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Lucky | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Balloon Feast | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Broken Fate | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Shayna | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Dark Realm | Associate Producer | Vmovies / Vinnie Bilancio |
| Can You Hear Me Now | Producer | Faith Innertainment & Breaking Fate Entertainment / Daryle Moore |
| Bacon | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Fish | Executive Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Jason Sullivan |
| One Afternoon | Executive Producer | Sweet Berry Wine Productions / Justin R. Romine |
| What Do I Say? | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Sinister Fate: Drop Dead Goregous | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Sinister Fate: Zombie Bomb | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| In A Hole | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Loving Betrayal | Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Illusions Fate: The Dying Anthem | Executive Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment & Distract Chicago / Derek Cox |
| What They Say | Producer | Serenity Pictures / Justin R. Romine |
| Ghost Humpers | Producer | Fathead Films / Justin R. Romine |
| Headline News | Executive Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| I Hunt Ghosts | Executive Producer | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Robert Blackburn & Dan Wilcox |
Film Editor Resume
| Film / TV Episode | Production Company / Director |
| A Woman And A Gun | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| What in the Sam Hill | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Sister of the Wolf | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Gordon Finn | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Wolf McKinney |
| One Afternoon | Sweet Berry Wine Productions / Justin R. Romine |
| Loving Betrayal | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Guardianship | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Wolf McKinney |
| Serenity of the Smokies | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Spilt Blood | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Choose Love | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Ring of Love | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Lucky | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Balloon Feast | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Broken Fate | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Shayna | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Headline News | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
Director of Photography Resume
| Film / TV Episode | Production Company / Director |
| A Woman And A Gun | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| What in the Sam Hill | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Sister of the Wolf | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Guardianship | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Wolf McKinney |
| Serenity of the Smokies | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Spilt Blood | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Ring of Love | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Balloon Feast | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Shayna | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Did I Scare You | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Anxiety | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Can You Hear Me Now | Faith Innertainment & Breaking Fate Entertainment / Daryle Moore |
| Fish | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Jason Sullivan |
| Sinister Fate: Drop Dead Goregous | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| Sinister Fate: Zombie Bomb | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| In A Hole | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
Writing Resume
| FILM / TV EPISODE | TITLE | PRODUCTION COMPANY / DIRECTOR |
| WHAT IN THE SAM HILL | WRITER | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| SISTER OF THE WOLF | WRITER | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| GORDON FINN | REVISIONS | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Wolf McKinney |
| BACON | WRITER | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| LOVING BETRAYAL | WRITER | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| CHOOSE LOVE | CO-WRITER | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| IN A HOLE | WRITER | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| HEADLINE NEWS | CO-WRITER | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
| A GREAT BROTHER | WRITER | Breaking Fate Entertainment / Willy Adkins |
EDUCATION
| COURSE / CLASS / PROGRAM / WORKSHOP | INSTRUCTOR OR INSTITUTE |
| FUNDAMENTALS OF DSLR FILMMAKING | VICTOR HA |
| APPLE FINAL CUT PRO X | LARRY JORDAN |
| COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOR FILMMAKERS | RACHEL RODGERS |
| COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS | RACHEL RODGERS |
| ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS CC | CHAD PERKINS |
| ADOBE PREMIERE PRO | ABBA SHAPIRO |
| ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CC | BRIAN WOOD |
| ADOBE INDESIGN CC | ERICA GAMET |
| ESSENTIAL COMPOSITING TECHNIQUES IN ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CC | JESÚS RAMIREZ |
| CREATING A CINEMATIC POSTER | COREY BARKER |
| FATHEAD FILMS ACTING 101 WORKSHOP | JUSTIN ROMINE |
| ACTOR / DIRECTOR FILM LAB | ROBERT MILAZZO |
| ACTING 101 | ACADEMY OF FILM, FASHION AND DESIGN |
| FILMMAKING: WRITING, DIRECTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF FEATURE FILM | ROBERT MILAZZO |
| LAUNCHING A SUCCESSFUL PODCAST | KRIS GILBERTSON |
| POWER YOUR PODCAST WITH STORYTELLING | ALEX BLUMBERG |
| HOW TO GROW A PODCAST AUDIENCE | DAN MISENER |
| BLUEPRINT FOR A STANDOUT PODCAST | JULIE SHAPIRO |
| HOW TO BOOK AND PREP PODCAST GUESTS | JORDAN HARBINGER |
| THE ART OF THE INTERVIEW | TANIA KETENJIAN |
