Editing An American Family (section)

== Craig Gilbert ==
Gilbert was born in New York City; his father was a copyright lawyer who worked with songwriters including Irving Berlin. He started his film and TV career at WNET-TV, in New York. He produced documentaries about anthropologist [[Margaret Mead]] and Christy Brown, a disabled Irish artist. [[Daniel Day-Lewis]], in preparation for his Oscar-winning role as Brown for the 1989 movie ''[[My Left Foot]]'', consulted Gilbert.<ref name="Yardley"/> Gilbert and his wife, Suzanne Stater, separated in the early 1970s shortly before filming began (incidentally, Bill and Pat announce their separation on camera in an episode of the series).<ref name="Yardley"/><ref name="lens"/> "The idea for the series was something out of my own life," Gilbert said to ''[[The Washington Post]]'' in 1973.