Josh Gilbert (1962 – November 26, 2016) was an American screenwriter and documentary filmmaker, best known for producing and directing '' a/k/a Tommy Chong'' in 2006, a documentary about comedy legend, Tommy Chong, one half of the duo

Cheech & Chong Cheech & Chong are a comedy duo founded in Vancouver and consisting of American Cheech Marin and Canadian Tommy Chong. The duo found commercial and cultural success in the 1970s and 1980s with their stand-up routines, studio recordings, and fea ...

. The documentary premiered at the

Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the most prestigious and largest publicly attended film festivals in the world. Founded in 1976, the festival takes place every year in early September. The organi ...

before playing the

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is the world's largest documentary film festival held annually since 1988 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Description IDFA is an independent, international meeting place for audiences ...

and winning Audience Awards At the San Francisco Independent Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, and the Jury Prize for Best Documentary a
The U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado
The film premiered theatrically in June, 2006, a

and its worldwide broadcast premiere on Showtime Networks in 2008. Additionally, Gilbert garnered acting credits in short films and was the star of the indie dram
ALMOST FAMILY
(2014). Before his death,''Flaunt Magazine'' reported that Gilbert was in the process of making a new documentary about a young autistic man name
Jake
who aspires to become a professional filmmaker. Josh Gilbert died on November 26, 2016, after a long battle with cancer.

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External links

a/k/a Tommy Chong Official Website

Jake The Film Official Website
1962 births Living people Filmmakers from California People from Hollywood, Los Angeles Film directors from Los Angeles Place of death missing Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-film-director-1960s-stub