Person
Gilbert Adair
Writing · 1944–2011 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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
The Dreamers
Screenplay
Klimt
Writer
The Carer
Writer
Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’
Self
Love and Death on Long Island
Novel
A Closed Book
Writer
The Sorceror's Apprentice
1977
The Territory
Writer
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
Self
Filmography
- 2016The CarerWriter
- 2012A Closed BookWriter
- 2006KlimtWriter
- 2004Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’Self
- 2003The DreamersScreenplay
- 1998Love and Death on Long IslandNovel
- 1996François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & DeathSelf
- 1981The TerritoryWriter
- 1977The Sorceror's Apprentice
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