Joanne Lesley Gilbert (7 June 1955 – 15 September 2018) was an English film producer and casting director based in Holywood, near

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, Northern Ireland, and ran Real Holywood Productions.

Career

Producing

At the time of her death, Jo Gilbert was in pre-production with the movie ''The Ribbon'' with Ed Burns and starring Julia Stiles ,and was producing the 40-part documentary series '' Great West End Theatres'' for

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. In their review of the series, the ''British Theatre Guide'' said "This film is as close as one can get to standing on the stage taking an ovation. This series is beautifully filmed and gets the balance exactly right between classy camera work, history, reminiscence and gossip." She produced the film '' Closing the Ring'', the last film directed by

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, which was shot in and around

and released in 2007. Her previous film credits as associate producer are '' Puckoon'' (2002), directed by Terence Ryan; '' Darkness Falls'' (1999) directed by Gerry Lively; '' The Brylcreem Boys'' (1998) directed and produced by Terence Ryan and ''

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'' (1993). She was also instrumental in originally creating the Paint Hall Film Studios in Belfast, now known as the Titanic Studios, in the Titanic Quarter, Belfast.

Casting Director

As Casting Director, her credits included '' The Jungle Book 2'' (2003); '' The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo'' (1997) and ''

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'' (1997). As a casting director working on the 1997 film '' The Brylcreem Boys'' for the Producer/Director Terence Ryan, they were the first film to choose the

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as a location since the 1936 film '' No Limit'' starring

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. Ryan based his movie there and used various locations on the island to stand-in for Ireland. On 15 September 2018, she died of a brain tumour.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilbert, Jo 1955 births 2018 deaths 20th-century English businesspeople 21st-century English businesspeople British casting directors English film producers People from Leicester Sinden family