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Bio
Documentary Producer / Director / Writer / Cameraman / Editor
David L. Brown is a three-time Emmy Award-winning San Francisco documentary filmmaker / producer, who has produced, written and directed over 80 productions and 16 broadcast documentaries on social, nuclear, health, technology, peace and environmental issues. His documentaries have received over 80 international awards and have been broadcast on PBS and in 15 countries.
Recent Documentaries
His recent work as director/producer includes KEEPER OF THE BEAT: A WOMAN’S JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF DRUMMING, an hour-long documentary on the life and music of acclaimed and pioneering drummer, Barbara Borden. It was awarded the Runner-Up for the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2013 Mill Valley Film Festival. National PBS broadcast in 2017.
GOING THE DISTANCE: JOURNEYS OF RECOVERY, an hour-long documentary on survivors of traumatic brain injury, was awarded “Most Inspirational Film” at the 2017 Oregon Documentary Film Festival. National PBS broadcast beginning September, 2018.
RUNNING Film producer David Brown (1916-2010) began his career in 1951 heading the story department at Twentieth Century Fox. His success began early through his involvement with The Robe, an American Biblical epic film that received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture in 1953. All through the 1970’s Brown made a name for himself, founding a film production company with Richard D. Zanuck and producing one of the highest-grossing films of all time, Jaws. In 1973, he hired Steven Spielberg to direct Spielberg’s inaugural film The Sugarland Express. At the end of filming, Spielberg noticed a copy of the novel Jaws by Peter Benchley in the producers’ office. He asked to borrow it, read it, and was so captivated that he asked to direct the movie. Before the release of The Sugarland Express, he was hired to direct Jaws. Press release announcing the hire of Steven Spielberg as director of Jaws. David Brown papers, Collection #5574, Box 23, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming. The filming of Jaws had many complications. It went over budget and past schedul David Brown New York City, New York, U.S. Manhattan, New York, U.S. David Brown (July 28, 1916 – February 1, 2010)[1] was an Americanmovie producer. Brown and business partner Richard D. Zanuck were one of the most successful producers in Hollywood in the 1960s and in the 1970s. Brown was born in New York City, the son of Lillian (née Baren) and Edward Fisher Brown.[2] He was best known as the producing partner of Richard D. Zanuck. They were jointly awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1990 for their achievements in producing. Among their
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David Brown
Born (1916-07-28)July 28, 1916 Died February 1, 2010(2010-02-01) (aged 93) Cause of death Renal failure Alma mater Stanford University,
Columbia University Graduate School of JournalismOccupation(s) Producer, author, journalist Years active 1973-2002 Spouse(s) Helen Gurley
(m. 1959-2010; his death)Children Bruce Brown Awards Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1991)
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