Adam's two Oscars were earned for his work on Kubrick's Barry Lyndon in 1975, and in 1994 for Nicholas Hytner’s The Madness of King George. Born in Germany in 1921, Adam emigrated with his family to England as the Nazis rose to power. There, he studied architecture and flew for the RAF during the war, where he was known for his feats of daring as a pilot. He worked on films during the 1950s, including Ben-Hur, but it was his contribution to Stanley Kubrick's 1964 dark comedy Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb that made his mark on history.
In an interview in 2003, Adam recalled an encounter he had with Steven Spielberg:
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