Ebbe Gilbe

{{Short description|Swedish documentary filmer and director}}

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| nationality = Swedish

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Ebbe Einar Gilbe (12 February 1940 – 29 April 2008) was a Swedish documentary filmer and director.{{cite web|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/familj/dodsfall/ebbe-gilbe-dod/|title=Ebbe Gilbe död|work=Sydsvenskan|accessdate=16 March 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/ebbe-gilbe-ar-dod/|title=Ebbe Gilbe är död|date=2 May 2008|work=Dagens Nyheter|access-date=16 March 2016}} He had previously worked as a gardener and psychiatric nurse in Vipeholm.

In 1970, he was employed at Sveriges Television. In 1988, he made the documentary called Så går ett år, about Sjöbo in Skåne, a municipality which during the duration of filming became known for holding a referendum to decide what to do with the refugees that came to the town.{{cite web|url=http://www.sagarettar.se/|title=Så går ett år – Tiden i Sjöbo|accessdate=16 March 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://nyheter24.se/filmtipset/film/sa-gar-ett-ar---tiden-i-sjobo.html|title=Så går ett år Tiden i Sjöbo|work=filmtipset.se|accessdate=16 March 2016}} After twenty years at SVT Gilbe became a freelance filmer. In 1996 he made Liten mässa för svinen along with filmer Thomas Frantzén. In 1999, he completed a documentary series called I en annan värld that consisted of three films about autism called Tommy och katastrofen, Kennie och människovärdet and Fredrik och verkligheten.{{cite web|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/familj/minnesord/ebbe-gilbe-respektfulla-filmer-om-utanforskap/|title=Ebbe Gilbe: Respektfulla filmer om utanförskap|work=Sydsvenskan|accessdate=16 March 2016}}

His last film was Drömmen om det goda livet (2007) about the German vacation island Rügen.{{cite web|url=http://nyheter24.se/filmtipset/film/drommen-om-det-goda-livet.html|title=Drömmen om det goda livet|work=filmtipset.se|accessdate=16 March 2016}}