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Christopher Gilbert

Boston's North Shore

Producer/Director/Editor

Tags: short documentaries  

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Title/Occupation:  Producer 

Services Provided:  Post Production Facility 

Gender: Male

Race: Caucasian/White

Citizenship: Australian/US

Languages Spoken: English

Biography: From trucking, farm laboring and slaughterhouse work in the outback of Australia, youth work among detention center parolees, pastoral care of church community in Manhattan, or more recent video documentary projects in Philadelphia, New York City, Central Europe, Denmark, India, and Boston, Chris Gilbert’s experiences of diverse people and places has equipped him well in his major life interest – telling stories that dignify the human spirit.

 From the age of 19 his travel experiences confronted him with the complexities of culture: Diverse societies of the Middle East, Europe and South East Asia in 1973, Marxist Leninists in Siberia & Moscow, and the modernity of Japan in 1975; and in the past 15 years, Canada, the US, India and post-Soviet Central Europe. 

Resident in the US and married to Jo, a US native-born, since 2002 Chris has completed a Master of Arts in Religion degree in Philadelphia, and produced 36 short film stories for European and US Colleges, a Seminary, two schools in New York State, corporations, non profit agencies like the American-Italian Cancer Foundation, national sporting body – USFooty, Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. His documentary short (29mins) on 200 years of historic Park Street Church is now a Boston Freedom Trail experience. A Television one hour version of his independent documentary: "Beyond Empires: the hidden tale of Bartholomaus Ziegenbalg," will be released to global distribution after its television premiere in Australia in the last half of 2012. Lamp Post Media was born while living in Harlem for five years. Chris had the good fortune to be mentored by his neighbor, Irish documentarian Liam McGrath and Brooklyn based producer, Bradley Toms. He assisted in a documentary of New York City life for Australian network television by Sydney producers Mark & Maia Hadley, and during four years until August 2006, developed a video production department for a Manhattan church of more than 4000 people. He also worked as a camera operator for Ireland’s Setanta production house on a Liam McGrath documentary for European television. In 2004 and 2005 he moonlighted by teaching journalism and rhetoric at The College of New Jersey. In August 2006, Chris and Jo relocated their home and Lamp Post Media to Beverly, Massachusetts. Chris teaches video production and journalism from time to time as an adjunct professor at Gordon College. He is also working on a written memoir set in Australia entitled: "Music from a Hollow Log," sails a JY15, and kayaks on Salem Sound early mornings April through November. Please contact him at cgilbertlpm@comcast.net