Gilbert Adler (born in

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, February 14, 1946) is an American film producer who has collaborated with several notable filmmakers including

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, and

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Career

Adler's career spans several decades, film genres, and jobs. He began as a producer and helped shepherd Brian De Palma's low-budget family comedy feature ''Home Movies'' to the screen. The next few years weren't particularly auspicious; Adler continued working in the modest-budget sphere. In 1985 he produced the

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thriller ''Certain Fury,'' and the military comedy ''Basic Training''. Over the next decade Adler found more work as he branched out into other film jobs and also found work in TV. For example, in addition to producing over 40 episodes of the horror anthology ''Freddy's Nightmares'' (1998), he directed one and wrote four of the episodes. He repeated this trifecta soon afterwards in a new job, the similar ''Tales From the Crypt'' (1991). In 1998, Adler directed one episode of the teen witch series ''Charmed,'' and for the re-imagining of the tropics-set drama ''Fantasy Island''. It is in movies that Alder generally has concentrated his efforts, however. Working often, he's received producer credit on a raft of features, including the '06 superhero reboot "Superman Returns" and "Valkyrie," a biopic about would-be Hitler assassin Colonel

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Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

;As writer ;As director ;As an actor

Television

;As writer ;As director ;Miscellaneous crew ;As an actor ;Second unit director or assistant director

References

External links

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