Craig Gilbert Gilbert was born in New York City; his father was a copyright lawyer who worked with songwriters including Irving Berlin. He started his film and TV career at WNET-TV, in New York. He produced documentaries about anthropologist Margaret Mead and Christy Brown, a disabled Irish artist. Daniel Day-Lewis, in preparation for his Oscar-winning role as Brown for the 1989 movie My Left Foot, consulted Gilbert. Gilbert and his wife, Suzanne Stater, separated in the early 1970s shortly before filming began (incidentally, Bill and Pat announce their separation on camera in an episode of the series). "The idea for the series was something out of my own life," Gilbert said to The Washington Post in 1973.
Craig Gilbert Gilbert was born in New York City; his father was a copyright lawyer who worked with songwriters including Irving Berlin He started his film and TV career at WNET-TV in New York He produced documentaries about anthropologist Margaret Mead and Christy Brown a disabled Irish artist Daniel Day-Lewis in preparation for his Oscar-winning role as Brown for the 1989 movie My Left Foot consulted Gilbert Gilbert and his wife Suzanne Stater separated in the early 1970s shortly before filming began (incidentally Bill and Pat announce their separation on camera in an episode of the series) "The idea for the series was something out of my own life" Gilbert said to The Washington Post in 1973