Known for Visual Effects
Born in 1950, Warwick Gilbert is a native of Sydney, Australia and worked in the animation industry as a director, animator and storyboard artist for such companies as Burbank Films, Hanna Barbera and Walt Disney from 1968 to 2006. During this period Warwick had a dual career as a graphic designer, and as bass player in the bands The Hitmen, The Raouls, Nitebeat, and Radio Birdman (inducted into the Aria Hall of Fame in 2007). Following the closure of Walt Disney's Australian studio in 2006, and after a successful joint exhibition called The Art of Radio Birdman in Sydney's Double Bay, Warwick moved to Coffs Harbour with his wife Julie Mostyn, to focus on his art.
Born
January 1, 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Filmography
62 films, 8 shows


The Odyssey
1991 · 55m · AU
After the Trojan War a legendary hero Odysseus makes his valiant voyage at sea, trying to reach the shores of his beloved home. While he and his crew are protected by the goddess Athena, the sea god Poseidon is avenging the harm done to his son, the giant Cyclops, by inflicting such wrathful enemies as Circe and Scylla upon the men.


Prisoner of Zenda
1988 · 48m · AU
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.


Treasure Island
1987 · 49m · AU
Young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of the buried treasure of the buccaneer Captain Flint, in this adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.


Don Quixote of La Mancha
1987 · 50m · AU
Don Quixote is a middle-aged gentleman from the region of La Mancha in central Spain. Obsessed with the chivalrous ideals touted in books he has read, he decides to take up his lance and sword to defend the helpless and destroy the wicked.


The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
1986 · 52m · AU
This is an adaptation of the novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" by Victor Hugo, produced by Burbank Films Australia.


The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1986 · 51m · AU
In the 1840s, two boys get mixed up with an Indian accused of stealing money and rescue a pretty girl who is trapped in a cave.


Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1986 · 50m · AU
This is a animated adaptation of the famous novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.


The Man in the Iron Mask
1985 · 54m · AU
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.


20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1985 · 50m · AU
This is an Australian made-for-television animated film from Burbank Films Australia. The film is an adaptation on Jules Verne's classic French novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).


Robin Hood
1985 · 52m · AU
With good King Richard away at war, the greedy Sheriff has forced the residents of Nottingham to pay all their money to him. But Robin Hood, with the help of his friend Maid Marion, a spy in the Sheriff's castle, is out to thwart the evil Sheriff and return the Kind to his rightful throne.


The Pickwick Papers
1985 · 1h 11m · AU
An animated version of Dickens' novel


The Old Curiosity Shop
1984 · 1h 12m · AU
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.