Sandra Adair (born 1952) is an

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who has worked with

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Richard Linklater Richard Stuart Linklater (; born July 30, 1960) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for films that revolve mainly around suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. His films include the comedies '' ...

since 1993.

Life and career

Sandra B. Adair (born Estrin) was born in

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, the daughter of Rachel and Herman Estrin. Her family moved to

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in the early 1960s. Adair later lived in

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. In 1978, she married television director and filmmaker Dwight R. Adair (

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;

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). In the beginning of her career she often worked as assistant editor for her brother,

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. Together they worked on films and documentary features such as ''

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'' (1985), ''Creation of the Universe'' (1985), ''What Happened to Kerouac?'' (1986) or '' Internal Affairs'' (1990). In 1991 she moved to

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. Since 1993 she has edited all of Richard Linklater's films, and has co-produced some of them. Adair received the

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for her editing of '' Boyhood'' (directed by Richard Linklater - 2014). She was also nominated for the

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for the film. Adair is a member of the

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, of

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(A.C.E.) and

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Selected filmography

* 1986: ''Maricela'' (TV movie) * 1988: ''

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'' * 1990: ''Smoothtalker'' * 1993: '' Dazed and Confused'' * 1994: ''

The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre ''The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' (also known as ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation'') is a 1995 American black comedy slasher film written, co-produced, and directed by Kim Henkel. It serves as the direct sequel to ' ...

'' * 1995: ''

Before Sunrise ''Before Sunrise'' is a 1995 romantic drama film directed by Richard Linklater and co-written by Linklater and Kim Krizan. The first installment in the ''Before'' trilogy, it follows Jesse ( Ethan Hawke) and Céline ( Julie Delpy) as they mee ...

'' * 1996: ''

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'' * 1998: ''

The Newton Boys ''The Newton Boys'' is a 1998 American Western crime film directed by Richard Linklater, who co-wrote the screenplay with Claude Stanush and Clark Lee Walker. It is based on Stanush's 1994 book of the same name, which tells the true story of the N ...

'' * 1998: ''They Come at Night'' * 2001: ''

Waking Life ''Waking Life'' is a 2001 American experimental adult animated film written and directed by Richard Linklater. The film explores a wide range of philosophical issues, including the nature of reality, dreams and lucid dreams, consciousness, th ...

'' * 2001: ''

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'' * 2003: ''

Rolling Kansas ''Rolling Kansas'' is a 2003 independent film directed and co-written by Oscar-nominated actor Thomas Haden Church. Plot Rolling Kansas is about five men (a T-shirt salesman, his two brothers, a large narcoleptic nursing student, and a dim-wit ...

'' * 2003: ''Sexless'' * 2003: ''

School of Rock ''School of Rock'' (titled onscreen as ''The School of Rock'') is a 2003 comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, produced by Scott Rudin, and written by Mike White. The film stars Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, and Sarah Silverman. ...

'' * 2004: ''

Before Sunset ''Before Sunset'' is a 2004 American romantic drama film directed by Richard Linklater, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, from a story by Linklater and Kim Krizan. The sequel to ''Before Sunrise'' (1995) and the sec ...

'' * 2004: ''$5.15/Hr.'' (TV movie) * 2005: ''

Bad News Bears ''Bad News Bears'' is a 2005 American sports comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, written by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa and starring Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden, Sammi Kane Kraft and Jeffrey Tedmori. It is a remake ...

'' * 2006: ''

Fast Food Nation ''Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal'' is a 2001 book by Eric Schlosser. First serialized by '' Rolling Stone'' in 1999, the book has drawn comparisons to Upton Sinclair's 1906 muckraking novel '' The Jungle''. The book ...

'' * 2006: ''

A Scanner Darkly ''A Scanner Darkly'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, published in 1977. The semi- autobiographical story is set in a dystopian Orange County, California, in the then-future of June 1994, and includes an extensive ...

'' * 2007: ''

Elvis and Anabelle ''Elvis and Anabelle'' is an American romantic drama film written and directed by Will Geiger. It stars Blake Lively, Max Minghella, Joe Mantegna, Mary Steenburgen, and Keith Carradine. The film premiered on March 10, 2007, at the South by South ...

'' * 2008: ''Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach'' (documentary) * 2008: ''

Me and Orson Welles ''Me and Orson Welles'' is a 2008 period drama film directed by Richard Linklater and starring Zac Efron, Christian McKay, and Claire Danes. Based on Robert Kaplow's novel of the same name, the story, set in 1937 New York, tells of a teenager hir ...

'' * 2010: '' Everything Must Go'' * 2011: '' Bernie'' * 2012: ''Sushi − The Global Catch'' (documentary) * 2012: ''Shepard & Dark'' (documentary) * 2013: ''

Before Midnight ''Before Midnight'' is a 2013 American romantic drama film directed by Richard Linklater, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. The sequel to ''Before Sunrise'' (1995) and ''Before Sunset'' (2004), it is the third install ...

'' * 2014: '' Boyhood'' * 2016: '' Everybody Wants Some!!'' * 2017: ''

Last Flag Flying ''Last Flag Flying'' is a 2017 American war comedy-drama film directed by Richard Linklater with a screenplay by Linklater and Darryl Ponicsan, based upon the latter's 2005 novel of the same name. It stars Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, and Laure ...

'' * 2019: ''

Where'd You Go, Bernadette ''Where'd You Go, Bernadette'' is a 2012 epistolary comedy novel written by Maria Semple. The plot revolves around an agoraphobic architect and mother named Bernadette Fox, who goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica. It is narrat ...

'' * 2022: '' Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adair, Sandra 1952 births Living people American Cinema Editors American film editors American women film editors People from Carlsbad, New Mexico 21st-century American women

Life and career

Selected filmography

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