Gary Gilbert Biography

Fast Facts

• One of the films he produced, "The Kids Are All Right," won him an AFI Award for Movie of the Year in 2011 along with Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte and Celine Rattray
• Won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature along with the other producers and the writer and director of "Garden State․"
• Graduated from the Ross School of Business at University of Michigan with a degree in business administration
• Founded a residential mortgage banking company with his brother in 1985, and the 1999 sale of the company allowed him to pursue filmmaking
• Produced "The Kids Are All Right," which was purchased by Focus Features shortly after premiering at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival
• Founded Gilbert Films, a production company that aims to produce and finance both independent and studio films
• Became co-owner of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers along with his brother