Andrew S Gilbert

Bio

Andrew is a veteran award-winning actor who has been a familiar face on Australian television and film screens for over three decades. He has appeared in twenty-five Australian feature films including The Dish, Mullet, Rabbit Proof Fence, Kiss or Kill, and has credits in a long list of Australia’s favourite television shows. He has received AFI nominations for his work as best supporting actor in Mullet and Paperback Hero, along with nominations for Kiss or Kill and Paperback Hero from the Film Critics Circle Australia Awards. He won the 1997 AFI Award for Best Actor in a Supporting role for Kiss or Kill and in 2001 the Film Critics Circle Australia Award for Best Supporting Actor in Mullet. Andrew has worked extensively in live theatre as an actor, writer and director. He is a widely experienced teacher, lecturer and facilitator in drama and screen, specialising in the Australian industry. He has lectured and tutored as an Industry expert for Flinders University, Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), Victorian College Arts (VCA), University New England (UNE) and University of Canberra and Boston University’s study abroad program. He has served as a judge for the ACCTA Film and Television awards and on selection panels for the Melbourne International Film Festival.

Recently, Andrew has specialised in story and narrative techniques, working with at risk youth in the Juvenile system, coaching and facilitating with NIDA Corporate’s media training and presenting programs and as a facilitator in Men’s’ Behaviour change programs for Relationships Australia.

Andrew is an acting graduate from the Western Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). He has a MA in Applied Theatre Studies (UNE) and Graduate Certificate in Narrative Therapy and Community Work (La Trobe) and a Graduate Certificate in Client Assessment and Case Management (Swinburne).