---
name: "Gary Gilbert"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gary-gilbert"
fi1m_id: "gary-gilbert"
imdb_id: "nm1344784"
tmdb_id: 5371
wikidata_id: "Q5525133"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T15:56:48.819101+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gary Gilbert

## Identity

Gary Gilbert

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gary-gilbert
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gary-gilbert
- **IMDb ID:** nm1344784
- **TMDB ID:** 5371
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5525133
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gilbert, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5525133, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1344784/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5371

Producer. Born 1 January 2000 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- **Active:** 2004–2016
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 acting, 3 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Mark Ruffalo](https://film.one/person/mark-ruffalo.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 71 (1), 2010s 80 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 77 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $544m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gilbert, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5525133, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1344784/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5371

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Margaret*](https://film.one/film/margaret.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Gary Gilbert is an American film producer. He financed and produced the 2004 feature *Garden State*, written and directed by Zach Braff, and also appeared in a small acting role in the film. He founded Gilbert Films, a production and financing company based in Los Angeles.

Gilbert began his career in the mortgage industry as a co-founder of Rock Financial, which later became part of Quicken Loans and Rocket Mortgage. He holds a BBA from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and is a co-owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA team alongside his brother Dan Gilbert. His other producing credits include *The Kids Are All Right* (2010) and *La La Land* (2016).

In 2005, Gilbert and Braff received an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature for *Garden State*. Gilbert was among the producers of *La La Land*, which received 14 Academy Award nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikiwand.com, en.wikipedia.org, crainsdetroit.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (1)

- *Garden State* (2004), Fi1m 71, as Young Hollywood Guy — [page](https://film.one/film/garden-state.md)

### Produced (3) — the average rests on these

- *La La Land* (2016), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/la-la-land.md)
- *Margaret* (2011), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/margaret.md)
- *The Kids Are All Right* (2010), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-kids-are-all-right.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Stamp Thief* (2025), Producer
- *If Anything Happens I Love You* (2020), Producer
- *Adam* (2020), Producer
- *Counterpart* (2017), series, Executive Producer
- *Little Boxes* (2017), Executive Producer
- *La La Land* (2016), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/la-la-land.md)
- *Miss Stevens* (2016), Producer
- *The Keeping Room* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Are You Here* (2013), Producer
- *Margaret* (2011), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/margaret.md)
- *From Prada to Nada* (2011), Producer
- *The Kids Are All Right* (2010), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-kids-are-all-right.md)
- *Meet Monica Velour* (2010), Producer
- *Henry Poole Is Here* (2008), Producer
- *Garden State* (2004), as Young Hollywood Guy · Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/garden-state.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2011: Best Picture (nominated), for *The Kids Are All Right*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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