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Tom's feature debut, ''Pushing Dead'', was a Sundance Institute/Rockefeller Foundation-supported feature starring
Tom's feature debut, ''Pushing Dead'', was a Sundance Institute/Rockefeller Foundation-supported feature starring
[[James Roday]], [[Robin Weigert]], and [[Danny Glover]].<ref name=“PD1”>{{cite web|url=https://www.sundance.org/projects/pushing-dead/ |title=Pushing Dead at Sundance Institute}}</ref><ref name=“PD2”>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2000/05/daily-news-sundance-labs-2000-rising-secured-tv-deals-miramax-cannes-buy-81626/ |title=Pushing Dead at IndieWire|date=16 May 2000}}</ref> ''Pushing Dead'' screened at over 50 film festivals, garnering awards for all three main actors and 10 best-feature audience and jury awards.<ref name="PD3">{{cite news |title=Seeing The Comedy in an AIDS Nightmare |author=Pam Grady |url=https://www.sfgate.com/homes/movies/article/Pushing-Dead-at-Frameline-a-San-Francisco-8202395.php?ipid=articlerecirc |work=SF Gate |date=16 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="PD4">{{cite news |title=Pushing Dead: A Film by Tom E. Brown Explores Long-Term Surviving—With a Sense of Humor |author=Hank Trout |url=https://aumag.org/2018/04/04/pushing-dead/ |work=Art and Understanding Magazine |date=4 April 2018}}</ref><ref name=“PD5”>{{cite web|url=https://2016austinfilmfestivalandconfere.sched.com/speaker/tom_brown.1vqdbvz0 |title=Pushing Dead at Austin Film Festival}}</ref><ref name="PD6">{{cite news |title=Making AIDS Something We Can Laugh About |author=Catalina Sofia Dansberger Duque |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/making-aids-something-we-can-laugh-about-an-interview_b_583340e5e4b0eaa5f14d48f6|work=Huff Post |date=16 June 2016}}</ref> ''Pushing Dead'' was released in North America in 2018 and is currently available on most digital platforms. Tom's latest project, ''American Dog'', features a vigilante lefty lesbian police-officer protagonist. The feature is being produced by Brown, James Roday, and Frazer Bradshaw.
[[James Roday]], [[Robin Weigert]], and [[Danny Glover]].<ref name=“PD1”>{{cite web|url=https://www.sundance.org/projects/pushing-dead/ |title=Pushing Dead at Sundance Institute}}</ref><ref name=“PD2”>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2000/05/daily-news-sundance-labs-2000-rising-secured-tv-deals-miramax-cannes-buy-81626/ |title=Sundance Invites 13 Projects to June 2000 Lab|work=IndieWire|date=16 May 2000}}</ref> ''Pushing Dead'' screened at over 50 film festivals, garnering awards for all three main actors and 10 best-feature audience and jury awards.<ref name="PD3">{{cite news |title=Seeing The Comedy in an AIDS Nightmare |author=Pam Grady |url=https://www.sfgate.com/homes/movies/article/Pushing-Dead-at-Frameline-a-San-Francisco-8202395.php?ipid=articlerecirc |work=SF Gate |date=16 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="PD4">{{cite news |title=Pushing Dead: A Film by Tom E. Brown Explores Long-Term Surviving—With a Sense of Humor |author=Hank Trout |url=https://aumag.org/2018/04/04/pushing-dead/ |work=Art and Understanding Magazine |date=4 April 2018}}</ref><ref name=“PD5”>{{cite web|url=https://2016austinfilmfestivalandconfere.sched.com/speaker/tom_brown.1vqdbvz0 |title=Pushing Dead at Austin Film Festival}}</ref><ref name="PD6">{{cite news |title=Making AIDS Something We Can Laugh About |author=Catalina Sofia Dansberger Duque |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/making-aids-something-we-can-laugh-about-an-interview_b_583340e5e4b0eaa5f14d48f6|work=Huff Post |date=16 June 2016}}</ref> ''Pushing Dead'' was released in North America in 2018 and is currently available on most digital platforms. Tom's latest project, ''American Dog'', features a vigilante lefty lesbian police-officer protagonist. The feature is being produced by Brown, James Roday, and Frazer Bradshaw.


==Personal Life==
==Personal Life==

Revision as of 21:18, 21 June 2020


Tom E. Brown (born March 2, 1967) is an American director, screenwriter, producer, and actor.

Career

Tom's short film Don't Run, Johnny was acquired by IFC after its screening at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998.[1] IFC also acquired his next two short films, Rubber Gloves (Golden Spire winner) and Das Clown (Sundance 2000). [2] [3] In addition to hundreds of festival screenings, Tom's films have been featured at the American Museum of Natural History, the Walker Art Center and The Guggenheim.

Tom's feature debut, Pushing Dead, was a Sundance Institute/Rockefeller Foundation-supported feature starring James Roday, Robin Weigert, and Danny Glover.[4][5] Pushing Dead screened at over 50 film festivals, garnering awards for all three main actors and 10 best-feature audience and jury awards.[6][7][8][9] Pushing Dead was released in North America in 2018 and is currently available on most digital platforms. Tom's latest project, American Dog, features a vigilante lefty lesbian police-officer protagonist. The feature is being produced by Brown, James Roday, and Frazer Bradshaw.

Personal Life

Tom lives in San Francisco’s Tenderloin with his scrappy little dog, Charlie.

References

  1. ^ Mark Rabinowitz and Eugene Hernandez (11 December 1997). "Don't Run, Johnny at IndieWire". IndieWire.
  2. ^ "Rubber Gloves at SFFS".
  3. ^ Jill Feiwell and Joshua Ratcliffe (10 December 1999). "Thesps among filmmakers on Sundance shorts list". Variety.
  4. ^ "Pushing Dead at Sundance Institute".
  5. ^ "Sundance Invites 13 Projects to June 2000 Lab". IndieWire. 16 May 2000.
  6. ^ Pam Grady (16 June 2016). "Seeing The Comedy in an AIDS Nightmare". SF Gate.
  7. ^ Hank Trout (4 April 2018). "Pushing Dead: A Film by Tom E. Brown Explores Long-Term Surviving—With a Sense of Humor". Art and Understanding Magazine.
  8. ^ "Pushing Dead at Austin Film Festival".
  9. ^ Catalina Sofia Dansberger Duque (16 June 2016). "Making AIDS Something We Can Laugh About". Huff Post.