After training at the Mountview Theatre School (graduated 1981 – alumni), Gilbert became a founding member of the original Odyssey Theatre Company touring London schools with productions of contemporary classics. This was followed by seasons at the Dundee Repertory Theatre and the Library Theatre, Manchester.   He has made over 50 commercials including one for Lee Jeans called Mean Jeans, directed by Willi Patterson, which won the best cinema commercial award in 1986.   Gilbert also runs his own film production company, Touch The Sky Productions, and while making a documentary about his climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in 2004 he visited the Arusha Children’s Trust in Tanzania and filmed an appeal for the trust.   Living near Croydon, Surrey with his wife and two children. Spends time now, making films on mountain expeditions. [January 2008]