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Gilbert Adair

Writing

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Acting credits

2

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

0.4

Low visibility

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Movies: 8Series: 0Crew credits: 6

TMDB ID: 16333

IMDb ID: nm0010434

Known for: Writing

Born: December 29, 1944

Died: December 8, 2011

Age: 66

Place of birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1981 - 2016

Years active: 36

Average TMDB rating: 6.15

Wikidata: Q1366759

Other jobs

Writer (4)Novel (1)Screenplay (1)

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)