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Carine Adler

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The Lady Reid of Cardowan
Born1948 (age 75–76)
OccupationFilm director
Years active1994–present
Known forA female perspective on sexuality
Notable workUnder the Skin

Carine Adler, Baroness Reid of Cardowan (born 1948) is a Brazilian screenwriter and film director.

Career

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Adler's break came when the British Film Institute asked her to develop her short film Touch and Go into a full-length feature.[1] The result was Under the Skin, the screenplay for which took her two years to write.[2] According to Richard Armstrong in The Rough Guide to Film, "What distinguishes her small oeuvre is the fusion of her protagonists' desire and their sense of inferiority."[3]

Personal life

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Adler is the second wife of former British government minister Dr John Reid, Baron Reid, whom she married in 2002.[4] She has a son, Hal, from a previous marriage, and two stepsons with Reid.

Filmography

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Feature films

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Shorts

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  • Contrechamps - 1979, writer/director
  • Pianists - 1980, writer/director
  • Jamie - 1982, writer/director. A short film made at the National Film and Television School
  • Touch and Go - 1993, writer/director
  • Edward's Flying Boat (doc) - 1995, writer/director
  • Fever - 1995, writer/director

References

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  1. ^ Fowler, Claire. "Under the Skin, Interview with Carine Adler". Filmwaves (29). Retrieved 13 May 2015.[dead link]
  2. ^ David Stratton interviews Carine Adler (25 March 1998). The Movie Show (Television production). Sydney, Australia: Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). Event occurs at 0:26 minutes in. Retrieved 13 May 2015. The screenplay took about two years to write, I wrote about 14 drafts.
  3. ^ Armstrong, Richard; Charity, Tom; Hughes, Lloyd; Winter, Jessica (2007). The Rough Guide to Film. London: Rough Guides. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-84353-408-2.
  4. ^ "Wedding bells beckon for NI secretary". BBC News. 5 February 2002.
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