WRITER · FROM EDINBURGH, UK
Gilbert Adair
1944–20117 credits since 1977
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ABOUT GILBERT
Gilbert Adair was a Scottish novelist, poet, film critic and journalist.
He was critically most famous for the "fiendish" translation of Georges Perec's postmodern novel A Void, in which the letter e is not used, but was more widely known for the films adapted from his novels, including Love and Death on Long Island (1997) and The Dreamers (2003)
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born29 December 1944
Died8 December 2011
BirthplaceEdinburgh, UK
Known forWriting
On Cineora6 of 7 titles
Known for
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IMDb rating of each title they made on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 6
- Average IMDb
- 6.2
- Highest rated
- The DreamersIMDb 7.1
- Working since
- 1977
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Filmography
The 2010s
2 titles · IMDb 6.0 on averageMovieWriter
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The 2000s
2 titles · IMDb 6.1 on averageMovieWriter
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The 1990s
1 title · IMDb 6.9 on averageMovieNovel
The 1980s
1 title · IMDb 6.2 on averageMovieWriter
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