Bertie Gilbert

Bertie Gilbert is an English actor and filmmaker, a rising talent he has continued to draw attention in the British film industry.
== Biography ==
Gilbert was born in London, England, to Christopher Gilbert, a travel press reporter (died 21 September 2004), and Melinda Libby, a Conservative member of parliament. Gilbert has an older sister, Genevieve. Gilbert studied at the Sylvia Young Theater School.
A child actor, Gilbert is best known for his role as Scorpius Malfoy, son of Draco Malfoy, in the eighth Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2. He also appeared in four episodes of the television series Horrible Histories from 2009 to 2011. Among other roles, he played Fleance on stage in "Macbeth" (2010).
In 2011, Gilbert played the role of The Boy alongside David Tennent in the Radio 4 adaption of Robert Browning's poem, Pied Piper of Hamelin.
Following his debut as an actor, Gilbert found an audience on YouTube, appearing regularly on his channel, BertieB, with over 300,000 subscribers. He also collaborated with fellow students Roy Arvatz, Harrison Webb & Dom Herman-Day in comedic vlogs on other channels.
In 2013, he announced his intentions to stop making vlogs and that he was turning his attention to making higher quality short films. He released his first short film Stray Dog, and has since continued his ambition to write and direct.
In 2014 Gilbert was one of a number of YouTube creators turned filmmakers to receive funding and backing from New Form Digital, an online studio joint venture of Discovery Communications, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and others. 
In 2015 Gilbert released Blue Sushi a short film that explores what it's like to be Transgender. In order to write the script with friend and filmmaker, Sammy Paul, they embarked on a thorough research mission with real Transgender individuals. 
Gilbert has since written and directed further short films in Partnership with New Form Digital, Playground (2017) and Stomping Grounds (2018), which won the First Flights Young Talent Award at the New Renaissance Film Festival.
In late 2020, Guilbert announced a crowdfunding campaign to fund his latest short film, Please Care which is being produced by Chris Overton's production company Slick Films. The fund was successful and the film has started pre-production.
== Filmography ==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Functioned as	Functioned as	Functioned as	Functioned as	Functioned as	Role 	Notes
Year	Title 	Actor 	Director 	Producer 	Writer 	Editor 	Role 	Notes
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	 	 	 	 	 	Scorpius Malfoy 	
2013	Stray Dog 	 	 	 	 	 	Milo 	Short Film(s)
2014	The 56 year old boy 	 	 	 	 	 	Patrick 	Short Film(s)
2014	Tick Where It Hurts 	 	 	 	 	 	Guy 	Short Film(s)
2014	Grey Area 	 	 	 	 	 	Charlie 	Short Film(s)
2014	Killed The Cat 	 	 	 	 	 	John 	Short Film(s)
2014	Gone Ghastly - Empathy 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Short Film(s)
2014	What Have We Done 	 	 	 	 	 	Himself 	Short Film(s)
2015	Kintsugi 	 	 	 	 	 	Jesus Christ 	Short Film(s)
2015	Blue Sushi 	 	 	 	 	 	Ben 'Starky' Stark	Short Film(s)
2015	Let It Be 	 	 	 	 	 	Carl 	Short Film(s)
2016	Friend Like Me 	 	 	 	 	 	Toby 	Short Film(s)
2016	The Crookes: Roman Candle 	 	 	 	 	 	Bully 	Short Film(s)
2017	Playground 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Short Film(s)
2018	Stomping Grounds 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Short Film(s)
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===Televison and radio===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2010 	Macbeth 	Fleance 	1 Episode 'Macbeth' (televised stage play)
2010 	Pied Piper of Hamelin 	Boy 	(Radio Drama)
2009–2011	Horrible Histories (2009 TV series) 	Actor 	4 Episodes
2012 	Dickens in London 	Alexander	(Radio Drama)
2016 	Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures	Stan 	2 Episodes
2017 	Prank Me 	Edward 	1 Episode
Category:English actors
Category:English filmmakers
Category:English people