Sandra Adair

American film editor

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

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

  • 1986: Maricela (TV movie)
  • 1988: The Telephone
  • 1990: Smoothtalker
  • 1993: Dazed and Confused
  • 1994: The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
  • 1995: Before Sunrise
  • 1996: SubUrbia
  • 1998: The Newton Boys
  • 1998: They Come at Night
  • 2001: Waking Life
  • 2001: Tape
  • 2003: Rolling Kansas
  • 2003: Sexless
  • 2003: School of Rock
  • 2004: Before Sunset
  • 2004: $5.15/Hr. (TV movie)
  • 2005: Bad News Bears
  • 2006: Fast Food Nation
  • 2006: A Scanner Darkly
  • 2007: Elvis and Anabelle
  • 2008: Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach (documentary)
  • 2008: Me and Orson Welles
  • 2010: Everything Must Go
  • 2011: Bernie
  • 2012: Sushi − The Global Catch (documentary)
  • 2012: Shepard & Dark (documentary)
  • 2013: Before Midnight
  • 2014: Boyhood
  • 2016: Everybody Wants Some!!
  • 2017: Last Flag Flying
  • 2019: Where'd You Go, Bernadette
  • 2022: Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Jones, Kimberly (May 13, 2011). "The Cutup: Sandra Adair's rhythm method". The Austin Chronicle.
  3. ^ 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

  • Desowitz, Bill (May–June 2013). "Romancing a Trilogy: Sandra Adair Edits Before Midnight". Editors Guild Magazine. 2 (3). Motion Picture Editors Guild.

External links

  • Sandra Adair at IMDb
Awards for Sandra Adair
Best Edited Feature Film
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