Peter R. Adam

{{Short description|German film editor (1957–2023)}}

{{other people||Peter Adam (disambiguation)}}

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| birth_name = Peter Adam

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1957|05|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Pirmasens, West Germany

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|12|04|1957|05|29|df=y}}

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| occupation = Film editor

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| awards = German Film Award

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Peter Adam{{cite web |title=Peter R. Adam im Interview – auf deutsch natürlich! |url=http://europenroll.free.fr/index.php?2007/07/10/72-peter-r-adam |website=Europe N'Roll |access-date=9 December 2023}} (29 May 1957 – 4 December 2023), better known by his professional name Peter R. Adam, was a German film editor. He worked on such films as An American Werewolf in Paris, Good Bye, Lenin!, and Anonymous. Adam was one of the first to use digital editing tools.{{cite web|title=Peter R. Adam|url=http://www.insightout-training.net/trainer.html?&tx_tktrainer_pi1%5bshowUid%5d=189|publisher=Insight Out|accessdate=25 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128191902/http://www.insightout-training.net/trainer.html?&tx_tktrainer_pi1%5bshowUid%5d=189|archive-date=28 January 2019|url-status=usurped}} He won the Deutscher Filmpreis for editing in 1998 for his work on Comedian Harmonists.

Adam was a founding member of the Deutsche Filmakademie. He died on 4 December 2023, aged 66.{{cite web |title=Die Deutsche Filmakademie nimmt Abschied von Peter R. Adam |url=https://www.deutsche-filmakademie.de/meldungen/die-deutsche-filmakademie-nimmt-abschied-von-peter-r-adam/ |publisher=Deutsche Filmakademie |access-date=6 December 2023 |language=de |date=5 December 2023}}