Sandra Adair | |
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Born | Sandra B. Estrin 1952 (age 71–72) |
Occupation | film editor |
Spouse |
Dwight Adair (m. 1978) |
Sandra Adair (born 1952) is an American film editor who has worked with director Richard Linklater since 1993.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Sandra B. Adair (born Estrin) was born in Carlsbad, New Mexico, the daughter of Rachel and Herman Estrin. Her family moved to Las Vegas in the early 1960s.[1]
Adair later lived in Los Angeles. In 1978, she married television director and filmmaker Dwight R. Adair (Dallas; Dynasty).[2] In the beginning of her career, she often worked as assistant editor for her brother, Robert Estrin.[1] Together, they worked on films and documentary features such as Desert Hearts (1985), Creation of the Universe (1985), What Happened to Kerouac? (1986) or Internal Affairs (1990). In 1991, she moved to Austin, Texas. Since 1993, she has edited all of Richard Linklater's films,[3] and has co-produced some of them.
Adair received the ACE Eddie Award for her editing of Boyhood (directed by Richard Linklater - 2014). She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the film.
Adair is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, of American Cinema Editors (A.C.E.) and Austin Film Society.
Selected filmography
[edit]Year | Film | Director | Notes |
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1988 | The Telephone | Rip Torn | |
1990 | Smoothtalker | Tom Milo | |
1993 | Dazed and Confused | Richard Linklater | First collaboration with Richard Linklater |
1994 | The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Kim Henkel | |
1995 | Before Sunrise | Richard Linklater | Second collaboration with Richard Linklater |
1996 | SubUrbia | Third collaboration with Richard Linklater | |
1998 | The Newton Boys | Fourth collaboration with Richard Linklater | |
They Come at Night | Lindy Laub | ||
2001 | Waking Life | Richard Linklater | Fifth collaboration with Richard Linklater |
Tape | Sixth collaboration with Richard Linklater | ||
2003 | Rolling Kansas | Thomas Haden Church | |
Sexless | Alex Holdridge | ||
School of Rock | Richard Linklater | Seventh collaboration with Richard Linklater | |
2004 | Before Sunset | Eighth collaboration with Richard Linklater | |
2005 | Bad News Bears | Ninth collaboration with Richard Linklater | |
2006 | Fast Food Nation | Tenth collaboration with Richard Linklater | |
A Scanner Darkly | Eleventh collaboration with Richard Linklater | ||
2007 | Elvis and Anabelle | Will Geiger | |
2008 | Me and Orson Welles | Richard Linklater | Twelfth collaboration with Richard Linklater |
2010 | Everything Must Go | Dan Rush | |
2011 | Bernie | Richard Linklater | Thirteenth collaboration with Richard Linklater |
2013 | Before Midnight | Fourteenth collaboration with Richard Linklater | |
2014 | Boyhood | Fifteenth collaboration with Richard Linklater | |
2015 | Tumbledown | Sean Mewshaw | |
2016 | Everybody Wants Some!! | Richard Linklater | Sixteenth collaboration with Richard Linklater |
2017 | Last Flag Flying | Seventeenth collaboration with Richard Linklater | |
2019 | Where'd You Go, Bernadette | Eighteenth collaboration with Richard Linklater | |
2021 | Blue Miracle | Julio Quintana | |
2022 | Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood | Richard Linklater | Nineteenth collaboration with Richard Linklater |
Alone Together | Katie Holmes | ||
2023 | Hit Man | Richard Linklater | Twentieth collaboration with Richard Linklater |
TBA
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Merrily We Roll Along | Twenty-first collaboration with Richard Linklater |
Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
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1974 | The Swinging Cheerleaders | Jack Hill | Assistant editor | |
1976 | Pipe Dreams | Stephen Verona | ||
Mansion of the Doomed | Michael Pataki | |||
1977 | Outlaw Blues | Richard T. Heffron | Uncredited
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1980 | The Hollywood Knights | Floyd Mutrux | ||
1981 | True Confessions | Ulu Grosbard | First assistant editor | |
1982 | Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again | Jerry Belson | Assistant film editor | |
1985 | Desert Hearts | Donna Deitch | Assistant editor | |
1990 | Internal Affairs | Mike Figgis | Additional editor | |
2015 | The Teller and the Truth | Andrew Shapter | Supervising editor | |
2021 | Blue Miracle | Julio Quintana | Editor |
Year | Film | Director | Credit |
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2014 | Boyhood | Richard Linklater | Co-producer |
- Documentaries
Year | Film | Director |
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2008 | Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach | Richard Linklater |
2011 | Sushi: The Global Catch | Mark Hall |
2012 | Shepard & Dark | Treva Wurmfeld |
2015 | A Single Frame | Brandon Dickerson |
2016 | At the Fork | John Papola |
2017 | The Secret Life of Lance Letscher | Herself |
2020 | Take Pains, Be Perfect | Kristi Frazier |
2021 | Without Getting Killed or Caught |
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Year | Film | Director | Role |
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1986 | What Happened to Kerouac? |
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Assistant editor |
2008 | Tattooed Under Fire | Nancy Schiesari | Editing consultant |
Year | Film |
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2017 | The Secret Life of Lance Letscher |
Year | Film | Director | Credit |
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2008 | Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach | Richard Linklater | Associate producer |
2012 | Shepard & Dark | Treva Wurmfeld | |
2017 | The Secret Life of Lance Letscher | Herself | Producer |
Year | Film | Director | Role |
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2014 | 21 Years: Richard Linklater |
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Special thanks |
2019 | Running with Beto | David Modigliani | Thanks |
- Shorts
Year | Film | Director |
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2003 | Live from Shiva's Dance Floor | Richard Linklater |
2019 | Another Day at the Office |
- TV documentaries
Year | Film | Director |
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1992 | Laurel & Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys |
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Year | Film | Role |
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1985 | Creation of the Universe | Assistant editor |
- TV movies
Year | Film | Director |
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1986 | Maricela | Christine Burrill |
2004 | $5.15/Hr. | Richard Linklater |
Year | Film | Director | Role |
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1978 | King | Abby Mann | Assistant editor |
1979 | Anatomy of a Seduction | Steven Hilliard Stern |
- TV series
Year | Title | Notes |
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1991 | American Playhouse | 1 episode |
2000 | Dream House | |
2022 | LBJ: Triumph and Tragedy | 2 episodes |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1978 | King | Assistant editor | 3 episodes |
2010 | Independent Lens | Consulting editor | 1 episode |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | Up to Speed | Curry House | 1 episode |
- TV shorts
Year | Film | Director |
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1991 | The Hollow Boy | Noel Black |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c England, Katie (January 17, 2015). "Carlsbad native nominated for Academy Award for film editing of 'Boyhood'". Current-Argus. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015.
- ^ Jones, Kimberly (May 13, 2011). "The Cutup: Sandra Adair's rhythm method". The Austin Chronicle.
- ^ Alter, Ethan (July 17, 2014). "How 'Boyhood' Editor Sandra Adair Helped Shape The Film's 12-Year Evolution". indiewire.com. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
Further reading
[edit]- Desowitz, Bill (May–June 2013). "Romancing a Trilogy: Sandra Adair Edits Before Midnight". Editors Guild Magazine. 2 (3). Motion Picture Editors Guild.
External links
[edit]- Sandra Adair at IMDb