---
name: "Sandra Adair"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sandra-adair"
fi1m_id: "sandra-adair"
imdb_id: "nm0010471"
tmdb_id: 580
wikidata_id: "Q3948147"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T20:46:10.343499+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sandra Adair

## Identity

Sandra Adair

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sandra-adair
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sandra-adair
- **IMDb ID:** nm0010471
- **TMDB ID:** 580
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3948147
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Adair, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3948147, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010471/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/580

Producer. Born 1 January 1952 in Carlsbad, New Mexico, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1952, Carlsbad, New Mexico, U.S.
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Also known as:** Sandra Estrin
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 9: 1 producing, 8 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Richard Linklater](https://film.one/person/richard-linklater.md), [Ethan Hawke](https://film.one/person/ethan-hawke.md), [Anne Walker-McBay](https://film.one/person/anne-walker-mcbay.md), [Julie Delpy](https://film.one/person/julie-delpy.md), [Rory Cochrane](https://film.one/person/rory-cochrane.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (2), 2000s 80 (4), 2010s 88 (1), 2020s 76 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Adair, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3948147, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010471/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/580

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Before Sunset*](https://film.one/film/before-sunset.md) (91), [*Before Sunrise*](https://film.one/film/before-sunrise.md) (89)
- **Netflix:** [*Blue Moon*](https://film.one/film/blue-moon.md) (78), [*Hit Man*](https://film.one/film/hit-man.md) (74)
- **AMC+:** [*Boyhood*](https://film.one/film/boyhood.md) (88)
- **Apple TV:** [*The School of Rock*](https://film.one/film/the-school-of-rock.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Sandra Adair is an American film editor. She is also credited as Sandra Estrin. Since 1993 she has edited more than twenty feature films directed by Richard Linklater, beginning with *Dazed and Confused* (1993) and including *Before Sunrise* (1995), *School of Rock* (2003), *Boyhood* (2014) and *Hit Man* (2024).

Adair was born Sandra B. Estrin in Carlsbad, New Mexico, in 1952. Early in her career she worked as an assistant editor to her brother, Robert Estrin. She moved to Austin, Texas, in 1991 and has edited most of Linklater’s films there. She received an Academy Award nomination and an ACE Eddie Award for her work on *Boyhood*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, cinemontage.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Boyhood* (2014), Fi1m 88, Co-Producer, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/boyhood.md)

### Crew (8)

- *Blue Moon* (2025), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-moon.md)
- *Hit Man* (2024), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/hit-man.md)
- *Me and Orson Welles* (2008), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/me-and-orson-welles.md)
- *A Scanner Darkly* (2006), Fi1m 73, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-scanner-darkly.md)
- *Before Sunset* (2004), Fi1m 91, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/before-sunset.md)
- *The School of Rock* (2003), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-school-of-rock.md)
- *Before Sunrise* (1995), Fi1m 89, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/before-sunrise.md)
- *Dazed and Confused* (1993), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dazed-and-confused.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Due West* (2026), Co-Producer, Editor
- *40 Dates and 40 Nights* (2026), Editor
- *Blue Moon* (2025), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-moon.md)
- *The 8th Day* (2025), Editor
- *Hit Man* (2024), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/hit-man.md)
- *Rare Objects* (2023), Editor
- *Alone Together* (2022), Editor
- *Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood* (2022), Editor
- *Without Getting Killed or Caught* (2021), Story Editor, Editor
- *Another Day at the Office* (2019), Editor
- *Where'd You Go, Bernadette* (2019), Editor
- *Amanda & Jack Go Glamping* (2017), Thanks
- *Last Flag Flying* (2017), Editor
- *The Secret Life of Lance Letscher* (2017), Director, Producer
- *At the Fork* (2016), Editor
- *Everybody Wants Some!!* (2016), Editor
- *Tumbledown* (2016), Editor
- *Boyhood* (2014), Editor, Co-Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/boyhood.md)
- *Before Midnight* (2013), Editor
- *Shepard & Dark* (2012), Associate Producer, Editor
- *Bernie* (2012), Editor
- *Everything Must Go* (2011), Editor
- *Me and Orson Welles* (2008), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/me-and-orson-welles.md)
- *Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach* (2008), Editor, Associate Producer
- *Elvis & Anabelle* (2007), Editor
- *Fast Food Nation* (2006), Editor
- *A Scanner Darkly* (2006), Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/a-scanner-darkly.md)
- *Bad News Bears* (2005), Editor
- *Before Sunset* (2004), Editor — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/before-sunset.md)
- *The School of Rock* (2003), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-school-of-rock.md)
- *Rolling Kansas* (2003), Editor
- *Live from Shiva's Dance Floor* (2003), Editor
- *Tape* (2001), Editor
- *Waking Life* (2001), Editor
- *The Newton Boys* (1998), Editor
- *SubUrbia* (1997), Editor
- *The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre* (1995), Editor
- *Before Sunrise* (1995), Editor — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/before-sunrise.md)
- *Dazed and Confused* (1993), Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/dazed-and-confused.md)
- *Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys* (1992), Editor
- *The Telephone* (1988), Editor
- *Maricela* (1986), Editor
- *What Happened to Kerouac?* (1986), Assistant Editor
- *Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again* (1982), Assistant Editor
- *Mirrors* (1978), Associate Editor
- *Mansion of the Doomed* (1976), Assistant Editor
- *The Swinging Cheerleaders* (1974), Assistant Editor
- *Merrily We Roll Along*, Editor
- *Armadillo Man: The Trips of Jim Franklin*, Executive Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2015: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Boyhood*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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