Adler, Gilbert 1946- (Gil Adler)

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Adler, Gilbert 1946- (Gil Adler)

PERSONAL

Born February 14, 1946, in New York, NY.

Addresses:

Agent—United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Producer, director, writer, and actor.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Producer, Home Movies, 1979.

Producer, Certain Fury, New World, 1985.

Producer, Basic Training (also known as Up the Military), Moviestore Entertainment, 1985.

Director of Crypt Keeper sequences and producer, Demon Knight (also known as Demon Keeper and Tales from the Crypt Presents: "Demon Knight"), Universal International Pictures, 1995.

Director and producer, Bordello of Blood (also known as Tales from the Crypt Presents: "Bordello of Blood"), Universal, 1996.

Producer, Double Tap, New City Releasing, 1997.

Producer, House on Haunted Hill, Warner Bros., 1999.

Producer, Thir13en Ghosts (also known as 13 fantomes), Warner Bros., 2001.

Producer, Ghost Ship, Warner Bros., 2002.

Executive producer, Starsky & Hutch, Warner Bros., 2004.

Executive producer, Constantine, Warner Bros., 2005.

Producer, Superman Returns, Warner Bros., 2006.

Producer and line producer, Valkyrie (also known as Operation Walkure-das stauffenberg-attentat), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2008.

Film Appearances:

(As Gil Adler) Security guard, Basic Training (also known as Up the Military), Moviestore Entertainment, 1985.

Himself, Requiem for Krypton: Making "Superman Returns " (documentary), Warner Home Video, 2006.

Himself, Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman (documentary), Warner Bros., 2006.

Television Work; Series:

Producer and Crypt Keeper sequences director, Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"), HBO, 1991-96.

Co-executive producer, The Strip, UPN, 1999.

Television Work; Movies:

Co-executive producer, W.E.I.R.D. World, Fox, 1995.

Television Work; Pilots:

Producer, Two-Fisted Tales, Fox, 1992.

Television Work; Specials:

Producer, Real Ghosts II, UPN, 1996.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Funhouse," Freddy Nightmares (also known as Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series), syndicated, 1989.

"What's Cookin'," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"), HBO, 1992.

"Death of Some Salesman," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"), HBO, 1993.

"Anatomy Lesson," Perversions of Science, HBO, 1997.

"Estrogen," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1998.

"The Fourth Sister," Charmed, The WB, 1998.

Television Producer; Episodic:

"Dead Heat," The Hitchhiker (also known as Deadly Nightmares and Le voyageur), 1987.

"The Bride Wore Red," Freddy Nightmares (also known as Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series), syndicated, 1988.

"Killer Instinct," Freddy's Nightmares (also known as Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series), syndicated, 1988.

"Anatomy Lesson," Perversions of Science, HBO, 1997.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Gil Adler) Max's dad, "Love Stinks," Freddy's Nightmare (also known as Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series), 1989.

"Superman Returns: The Journey Continues," HBO First Look, HBO, 2006.

At the Movies, 2006.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (also known as Children of the Corn: Deadly Harvest), Paramount, 1993.

Bordello of Blood (also known as Tales from the Crypt Presents: "Bordello of Blood"), Universal, 1996.

Television Movies:

W.E.I.R.D. World, Fox, 1995.

Television Specials:

"The Legend of Kate Morgan," Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories, CBS, 1991.

Yellow, HBO, 1991.

Television Episodes:

(As Gil Adler) "Funhouse," Freddy's Nightmares (also known as Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series), syndicated, 1989.

"Bloodlines," Freddy's Nightmares (also known as Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series), syndicated, 1989.

"Welcome to Springwood," Freddy's Nightmares (also known as Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series), syndicated, 1989.

"Dead Wait," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"), HBO, 1991.

"This'll Kill Ya," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"), HBO, 1992.

"Death of Some Salesman," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"), HBO, 1993.

"Two for the Show," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"), HBO, 1993.

"Whirlpool," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"), HBO, 1994.

"Fatal Caper," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"), HBO, 1996.

"Escape," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"), HBO, 1996.

"About Face," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"), HBO, 1996.

"Ultimate Weapon," Perversions of Science, HBO, 1997.