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Gilbert Adler

Highest Rated: 74% Superman Returns (2006)

Lowest Rated: 5% Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011)

Birthday: Feb 14, 1946

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

The varied and busy career of Gilbert (or Gil) Adler spans several decades, film genres, and jobs. Starting out as a producer, he helped shepherd Brian De Palma's low-budget family comedy feature "Home Movies" to the screen. The next few years weren't particularly auspicious, as Adler continued to work in the modest-budget sphere. In 1985 he produced both the Stephen Gyllenhaal thriller "Certain Fury" and the military sex comedy "Basic Training," which was very poorly received. The following decade was busier for Adler, who branched out into other film jobs and also found work in TV. In addition to producing over 40 episodes of the horror anthology "Freddy's Nightmares" ('98), for example, he directed one and wrote four. He repeated this trifecta soon afterwards in a new job, the similar "Tales From the Crypt" ('91). In '98, he sat on the director's chair for one episode apiece 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 got producer credit on a raft of features, including the '06 superhero reboot "Superman Returns" and "Valkyrie," a biopic about would-be Hitler assassin Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, starring Tom Cruise.

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Highest rated movies

74% 60% Superman Returns Watchlist
62% 65% Valkyrie
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52% 74% The Fountain
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46% 72% Constantine Watchlist
42% 65% Tales From the Crypt Presents Demon Knight
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40% 35% Buckley's Chance Watchlist
31% 42% House on Haunted Hill
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19% 49% Thirteen Ghosts
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14% 37% Ghost Ship
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14% 31% Tales From the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
40% 35% Buckley's Chance Producer - 2021
5% 29% Dylan Dog: Dead of Night Producer $1.2M 2011
62% 65% Valkyrie Producer $83.1M 2008
52% 74% The Fountain Producer $10.1M 2006
74% 60% Superman Returns Producer $200.1M 2006
46% 72% Constantine Executive Producer $75.5M 2005
14% 37% Ghost Ship Producer $30.1M 2002
19% 49% Thirteen Ghosts Producer $41.9M 2001
31% 42% House on Haunted Hill Producer $40.8M 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Double Tap Producer - 1997
14% 31% Tales From the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood Director,
Writer,
Producer
$5.6M 1996
42% 65% Tales From the Crypt Presents Demon Knight Producer $20.9M 1995
No Score Yet 43% Certain Fury Producer - 1985
No Score Yet 20% Basic Training Producer - 1985
No Score Yet 39% Home Movies Producer - 1980

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 90% Charmed Director 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perversions of Science Director,
Writer
1997
82% 90% Tales From the Crypt Director 1992-1993