Gary Gilbert (born 1965) is an American film producer and businessman. He is the founder and CEO of Gilbert Films, a media production and financing company based in

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. He is also a co-founder of Rocket Mortgage, as well as a co-owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA team.

Biography

Gilbert was born in 1965 to a

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family and received a business administration degree (BBA) from the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

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. Gilbert was one of the producers of ''

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'' (2016), which matched the record of 14

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nominations. Gilbert began his career when he financed and produced the 2004 feature film '' Garden State'' starring

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and

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. In 2005, Gilbert, along with Braff, won an

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for Best First Feature Film. In 2010, Gilbert produced '' The Kids Are All Right'', which after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival was acquired by Focus Features (Universal Studios). The film won two

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in 2011. Gilbert also produced ''

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'', starring

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and

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. Gilbert is also a co-owner of the

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team the Cleveland Cavaliers, along with Usher and his brother,

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, chairman of

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. Gilbert founded Rock Financial in 1985 with his older brother Dan, Ron Berman and Lindsay Gross. After a series of mergers, the company, through

, has become one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders.

Partial filmography as producer

* 2020: ''

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'' * 2016: ''

'' * 2011: '' Margaret'' * 2011: ''

From Prada to Nada ''From Prada to Nada'' is a 2011 American romantic comedy film directed by Angel Gracia, loosely based on Jane Austen's 1811 novel '' Sense and Sensibility''. The screenplay was adapted by Fina Torres, Luis Alfaro, and Craig Fernandez to be a L ...

'' * 2010: '' The Kids Are All Right'' * 2004: '' Garden State''

References

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* 1965 births Living people Cleveland Cavaliers owners Film producers from Michigan Golden Globe Award-winning producers National Basketball Association owners People from Oakland County, Michigan Ross School of Business alumni 20th-century American Jews 21st-century American Jews {{US-film-producer-stub