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 attended the Harrow County Grammar School for Boys and completed his education at Oxford University .
5-408: Brian Gilbert may refer to: Brian Gilbert (director) , English film director Brian Gilbert (tennis) (1887–1974), English tennis player Brian David Gilbert , American performer, musician, and comedian; former video producer for Polygon [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
10-511: A French-English co-production. Subsequently, he has worked in both Hollywood and the UK, directing Vice Versa in 1988, and in 1991 - Not Without My Daughter , the adaptation of the controversial best-seller of the same name, which starred Sally Field as Betty Mahmoody . Four years later came Tom & Viv starring Willem Dafoe and Miranda Richardson , the story of poet T. S. Eliot 's first marriage, nominated for two Academy Awards. This
15-534: A professional actor until 1979, when he joined the National Film and Television School as a directing student. So well-received was his graduation film, The Devotee that producer David Puttnam immediately commissioned him to write and direct a feature-length film for the Channel Four First Love series in the 1980s. From there, he went on to direct The Frog Prince ( French Lessons US title),
20-493: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brian_Gilbert&oldid=1236880185 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Brian Gilbert (director) He continued working as
25-521: Was eventually followed by the 1997 production Wilde , starring Jude Law and Stephen Fry , based on the Richard Ellmann biography of Oscar Wilde . In 2003, he directed The Gathering , starring Christina Ricci . He wrote and directed the documentary Lord Haw-Haw: Portrait of a Fanatic for UK and Irish television, and in 2006, directed the stage version of Mary Kenny 's play Allegiance , starring Mel Smith , and produced by Daniel Jewel , at
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