Josh Gilbert is a screenwriter and documentary filmmaker, best known for producing and directing a/k/a Tommy Chong

A/k/a Tommy Chong

a/k/a Tommy Chong, written, produced, and directed by Josh Gilbert, is a documentary film that chronicles the Drug Enforcement Administration raid on comedian Tommy Chong's house and his subsequent jail sentence for trafficking in illegal drug paraphernalia...

in 2006, a documentary about comedy legend, Tommy Chong, one half of the duo Cheech & Chong. The documentary premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival

The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...

 before playing the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and winning Audience Awards At the San Francisco Independent Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, and the Jury Prize for Best Documentary at The U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado. The film premiered theatrically in June, 2006, at the Film Forum in New York City and its worldwide broadcast premiere on Showtime Networks in 2008. Flaunt Magazine reports that Gilbert is currently making a new documentary about a young autistic man named Jake, who aspires to become a professional filmmaker.

EXTERNAL LINKS

a/k/a Tommy Chong Official Website

Jake The Film Official Website