{{Short description|American director}} {{For|the book publisher|Devin-Adair Publishing Company}} {{Infobox person | name = Devin Adair | image = Devin Adair Napa Interview.jpg | caption = Adair in 2018 | citizenship = American | occupation = Writer, director, producer }}
'''Devin Adair''' is an American writer, director and producer. She has produced three independent films: ''Break Point'' (2014), ''Betting on Zero'' (2016) and ''Grace'' (2018).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lowe |first=Justin |date=2018-11-30 |title='Grace': Film Review {{!}} Napa Valley 2018 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/grace-napa-valley-2018-1165176/#! |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> Adair wrote, directed and produced ''Grace'', which was acquired by Showtime and Fox International and won numerous awards in a limited festival run, including Best First Time Director at the London Independent Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |title=From Harvard Heavyweight Crew to the Boston Film Festival {{!}} Arts {{!}} The Harvard Crimson |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/10/3/devin-adair-interview/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref>
Adair is best known as the author of ''The Challenge'', her memoir about her experiences as the first female coxswain on the Harvard Men’s Heavyweight Crew team.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=The Challenge by Devin Mahoney, Devin Mahony |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780809245956 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref> While at Harvard, Adair coxed one of the greatest crews in Harvard's history, winning The Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta, a feat that has not been accomplished by a college crew since. She and her crew have been inducted into the Harvard Varsity’s Club Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Devin-Adair Mahony '86 – Harvard Varsity Club |url=https://harvardvarsityclub.org/hall-of-fame/devin-adair-mahony/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |language=en-US}}</ref> Adair is a trustee of the USRowing Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=USRowing |url=https://usrowing.org/ |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=USRowing |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life == Adair grew up in Boston and first starting coxing crew in high school at Phillips Academy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Juul |first=Matt |date=2018-10-01 |title=Katie Cassidy, Tate Donovan bring a little Grace to Boston – Metro US |url=https://www.metro.us/katie-cassidy-tate-donovan-bring-a-little-grace-to-boston/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=www.metro.us |language=en-US}}</ref> Her junior year, she switched from coxing from the girls to the boys' team. Harry Parker, the legendary Men's Crew Coach at Harvard, recruited Adair, assuring her she would be welcome on the Men’s team, an unusual move at a time when most men’s crew teams did not allow women coxswains.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Devin Mahony {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1984/10/20/devin-mahony-pbibts-no-accident-that/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref> Her freshman year at Harvard, Adair coxed the First Frosh crew to an undefeated season culminating in winning The Ladies Plate at the Henley Royal Regatta. Adair coxed the Varsity crew her sophomore year, junior and senior year. Adair majored in English at Harvard, and in her senior year, starting writing about her experiences on the crew team as an independent study.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How Grand! {{!}} Sports {{!}} The Harvard Crimson |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1985/9/18/how-grand-pon-july-7-the/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref>
== Career == Adair produced ''Break Point'', starring Jeremy Sisto, J. K. Simmons and Amy Smart, which premiered at SXSW.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-01 |title=SXSW Exclusive: Jeremy Sisto Wants To Be A Better Tennis {{!}} The Playlist |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/sxsw-exclusive-jeremy-sisto-wants-to-be-a-better-tennis-partner-in-clip-from-comedy-break-point-20140306 |access-date=2024-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150301152453/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/sxsw-exclusive-jeremy-sisto-wants-to-be-a-better-tennis-partner-in-clip-from-comedy-break-point-20140306 |archive-date=2015-03-01 }}</ref> Next, she produced ''Betting on Zero'' with Glen Zipper, directed by Ted Braun, which premiered at Tribeca<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scheck |first=Frank |date=2017-03-22 |title='Betting on Zero': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/betting-zero-film-987923/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> and then wrote, directed and produced ''Grace''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lowe |first=Justin |date=2018-11-30 |title='Grace': Film Review {{!}} Napa Valley 2018 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/grace-napa-valley-2018-1165176/#! |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Producer !Writer !Director !Thanks |- |2010 |Growth |{{No}} |{{Yes}} |{{No}} |{{No}} |- |2014 |Break Point |{{Yes}} |{{No}} |{{No}} |{{No}} |- |2014 |Emoticon ;) |{{Yes}} |{{No}} |{{No}} |{{No}} |- |2016 |Betting on Zero |{{Yes}} |{{No}} |{{No}} |{{No}} |- |2018 |Grace |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |{{No}} |- |2024 |Exhibiting Forgiveness |{{No}} |{{No}} |{{No}} |{{Yes}} |}
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