Brian Gilbert

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   Brian Gilbert is a film director Born in England he spent much of his childhood in Australia where he was a child actor of film television and radio Returning to England at the age of fourteen he completed his education at Oxford University He continued working as a professional actor until 1979 when he joined the National Film and Television School as a directing student So wellreceived was his graduation film The Devotee that producer David Puttnam immediately commissionedcitation needed him to write and direct a feature length film for the Channel Four First Love series back in the 80s From there he went on to direct The Frog Prince 1984 film French Lessons US title a FrenchEnglish coproduction Subsequently he has worked in both Hollywood and the UK directing Vice Versa in 1988 and in 1990 Not Without My Daughter the adaptation of the controversial bestseller of the same name which starred Sally Field as Betty Mahmoody Four years later came Tom amp Viv starring Willem Dafoe and Miranda Richardson the story of poet T S Eliots first marriage nominated for two Academy Awards This was eventually followed by the 1997 production Wilde starring Jude Law and Stephen Fry based on the Richard Ellmann biography of Oscar Wilde In 2002 he directed The Gathering starring Christina Ricci He wrote and directed the documentary Lord HawHaw Portrait of a Fanatic for UK and Irish television and in 2006 directed the stage version of Mary Kennys play Allegiance starring Mel Smith and produced by Daniel Jewel at the Edinburgh Festival He is currently a regular guest tutor at the National Film and Television School Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Gilbert  licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia