British director Lewis Gilbert, the man behind the camera on over 40 films, has passed away just a couple of weeks shy of his 98th birthday according to THR. Gilbert was born March 6, 1920 in Hackney London. His parents were both music hall performers and Gilbert spent his childhood on the road with them while they toured, being hidden in the luggage racks of trains to save his parents buying him a ticket.
At the age of five Gilbert was tasked with driving a trick car on stage for one show, and audiences were so delighted that Gilbert and his car became the regular end of his parent’s act. Only two years later, when Gilbert was seven, his ...
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