Gilbert Adair
- Writing
- December 29, 1944 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- December 8, 2011
Biography
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)
Known for
Filmography
- The Carer · Writer
- A Closed Book · Writer
- Klimt · Writer
- Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’ · Self
- The Dreamers · Screenplay, Author
- Love and Death on Long Island · Novel
- François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death · Self
- The Territory · Writer
- The Sorceror's Apprentice
- Film '72 · Self