Alan Gilbey is a screenwriter, show developer and script consultant specialising in animation.
Projects he scripted have won many awards, including two Baftas, two Royal Television Society awards, a British Animation Award and a Leo, the Canadian equivalent of an Emmy.
He has created original content for major studios on both sides of the Atlantic, including Aardman, Cosgrove Hall, The Disney Channel, Universal Pictures and Fox, as well as co-producing several series of his own.
Well known in the U.K. industry, he was screenwriting consultant to Channel Four’s ‘Animator In Residence’ scheme and ‘MESH’ schemes and runs regular screenwriting workshops at the National Museum Of Film, Photography and Television and for many festivals.
Prior to his TV work he was a cartoonist, a stand-up comic and radio dramatist. He still performs regularly leading acclaimed comedy history walks around his native East End in the pouring rain.