Gilbert Adair

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Gilbert Adair was born on December 29, 1944 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was a writer and actor, known for The Dreamers (2003), Blind Revenge (2009) and Klimt (2006). He died on December 8, 2011 in London, England. See full bio »

Born:

December 29, 1944 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Died:

December 8, 2011 (age 66) in London, England, UK

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The Dreamers Writer

(2003)

Blind Revenge Writer

(2009)

Klimt Writer

(2006)

The Carer Writer

(2016)

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Writer (6 credits)

2016/I The Carer (written by)

2009 Blind Revenge

2006 Klimt (translation: English)

2003 The Dreamers (based on the novel) / (screenplay)

1997 Love and Death on Long Island (novel)

1981 The Territory (uncredited)

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Actor (4 credits)

2003 The Dreamers
Man in the Louvre (uncredited)

1997 Love and Death on Long Island
Man at Lecture (uncredited)

1979 Écoute voir...
L'orateur de la secte

1977 Les apprentis sorciers

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Producer (1 credit)

2009 Blind Revenge (associate producer)

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Self (6 credits)

2004 Outside the Window: Events in France, May 1968 (Video documentary short)
Himself

2003 Cinema Sex Politics: Bertolucci Makes 'The Dreamers' (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2000 J.M. Barrie, la vérité sur Peter Pan (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1996 François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1996 François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1989 The Late Show (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Presenter

- Truffaut's Letters (1989) ... Himself - Presenter

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Personal Quote:

The real problem with "minimal" art is not that it's minimal, but that it's not. The eye strays. In the cinema, it has been trained to do so, often with aberrant results. Though I doubt if I could coherently relate the plot of "North By Northwest", a movie I must have seen four or five times, I believe I'll remember to my dying day the color of Cary Grant's socks as he flees from the crop-dusting... See more »

Trivia:

Listing his ten favorite British films in 1985, he named "Fahrenheit 451" (1966), "Frenzy" (1972), "Grown-Ups" (a 1980 TV movie), "A King In New York" (1957), "Man Of Aran" (1934), ""Modesty Blaise" (1966), "Moonlighting" (1982), "Peeping Tom" (1960) and "Winstanley" (1975), in that order; he also added, in tenth place, a film that was never completed, the 1937 "I, Claudius", of which only 28 ... See more »