Joel Gilbert
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joel Gilbert (from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, born on April 15, 1964) is an American film director, writer, and musician. Through his production company, Highway 61 Entertainment, Gilbert directed and produced four documentary feature films on Bob Dylan’s music and career, including Bob Dylan World Tour 1966, The Home Movies, and Bob Dylan 1975-1981: Rolling Thunder and The Gospel Years. Gilbert appears in his films as interviewer, and performs on the film soundtracks. In 2007, Gilbert released a controversial political documentary called Farewell Israel: Bush, Iran and the Revolt of Islam, a history of Islamic-Jewish relations from the 7th Century to today. Gilbert's 2009 film was Bob Dylan Never Ending Tour Diaries: Drummer Winston Watson's Incredible Journey. His February 23, 2010 release entitled Atomic Jihad: Ahmadinejad's Coming War for Islamic Revival and Obama's Politics of Defeat was featured at the CPAC Conference in Washington D.C. and was a winning film at the Hudson Institute Film Festival in New York City on May 31, 2010. Gilbert's newest releases are Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison," and "Bob Dylan Revealed" to coincide with Bob Dylan's 70th birthday in May of 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joel Gilbert, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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