Name	Joe Adler
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Naionality	American
Date of Birth	5-October-1940
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Famous for	Acting

Joe Adler is a Miami, Florida based theatre and film director. He was born in Brooklyn, New York but has lived most of his life in Miami. Adler studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and graduated from the Film Department at New York University. Adler was married to Joan Murphy Adler until her death, and they had one son, Noah Adler. His parents were Benjamin Adler and Lila Dubrow. He is also the grandson of Benjamin Dubrow, who started and managed Dubrow's Cafeteria in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Miami Beach.

Prior to becoming Producing Artistic Director at GableStage in Coral Gables, FL, he was a little known writer and director whose last cinematic feature was the video version of the Broadway hit comedy film Doubles (1991), for which he was the director. Prior to that he was the writer and director for the 1978 film Convention Girls and 1971 film Revenge is my Destiny.

Active in South Florida's film and theatre community for many years, he has directed hundreds of television commercials and industrial films. He has won many awards, including the Clio. Since Adler became Producing Artistic Director, GableStage has been the recipient of 30 Carbonell Awards and 135 Carbonell Nominations. He has been nominated nineteen times (twelve at GableStage) and eight times won the Carbonell Award for Best Director: The Shadow Box (Coconut Grove Playhouse); The Killing of Sister George (Players Theatre); A Lesson Before Dying, James Joyce's The Dead, Edward Albee's The Goat, Frozen, The Pillowman and Lieutenant of Inishmore (GableStage).