Barry Alexander Brown
Barry Alexander Brown (born November 28, 1960 in Warrington , Cheshire ) is a British- born American film director and film editor .
life and work
Brown's first directorial work was to co-direct the documentary The War at Home (1979) with Glenn Silber . Both directors were nominated for an Oscar in the category of best documentary ; this made Brown, at the age of 19, one of the youngest nominees for this category. He also led directing in The Who's Tommy, the Amazing Journey (1993), a documentary about the album Tommy by The Who , and the movie Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind Control (2002), in which Bronson Pinchot played the leading role.
Brown gained fame through his longstanding collaboration with director Spike Lee . He edited some of Lee's best-known films, including Do the Right Thing (1989), Malcolm X (1992), Spike Lee's Game of Life (1998), 25 Hours (2002) and Inside Man (2006). He was nominated for an Oscar for editing Lee's film BlacKkKlansman (2018).
In addition to his work in documentary, television and feature film productions, Brown also edited music videos, e.g. B. for Michael Jackson , Prince , Stevie Wonder , Public Enemy and Arrested Development as well as trailers and commercials .
Brown was a private lecturer in film studies at Columbia University .
Filmography (selection)
As a film editor
- 1984: High Wire (short documentation)
- 1986: Verdict: The Wrong Man (TV documentary)
- 1988: Salaam Bombay!
- 1988: School Daze (comedy)
- 1989: Do the Right Thing
- 1991: In Bed with Madonna (documentary)
- 1992: Malcolm X
- 1994: Crooklyn (comedy film)
- 1998: cousin Bette
- 1998: Freak (TV movie)
- 1998: Spike Lee's Game of Life (He Got Game)
- 1999: Summer of Sam
- 2000: The Original Kings of Comedy (documentary)
- 2001: A Huey P. Newton Story (TV documentary)
- 2001: The Laughing Club of India (TV documentary)
- 2002: Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
- 2002: 25 hours
- 2004: She Hate Me
- 2004: Sucker Free City (TV movie)
- 2005: All the Children of the World (episode film)
- 2005: Racket (short film)
- 2006: Shark (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2006: Inside Man
- 2007: MONY (TV movie)
- 2007: When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (documentary series, 1 episode)
- 2008: Buffalo Soldiers '44 - The Miracle of St. Anna
- 2008: Migration (short film)
- 2009: Great Performances (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2009: Kobe Doin 'Work (TV documentary)
- 2010: Festival of Lights (film drama)
- 2010: Red Dead Redemption: The Man from Blackwater (short film)
- 2011: Detachment
- 2011: Somewhere Tonight
- 2012: Bad 25 (documentary)
- 2012: NYC 22 (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2013: Oldboy
- 2014: Keepers of Memory - The Giver (The Giver)
- 2016: Queen of Katwe
- 2018: BlacKkKlansman
As a director
- 1979: The War at Home (documentary) (co-director)
- 1990: Lonely in America (comedy)
- 1993: The Who's Tommy, the Amazing Journey (documentary)
- 2002: Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind Control (Comedy)
- 2003: Straight No Chaser (documentary)
- 2008: Last Looks (horror comedy)
- 2010: Sidewalk (documentary)
Individual evidence
- ^ The-War-at-Home - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com . Movies.nytimes.com. November 28, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
- ↑ DETACHMENT - The Film | Official Site . Detachment-film.com. February 14, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
- ↑ a b fresh karma communications inc .: A Huey P. Newton Story - Barry Alexander Brown . PBS. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
Web links
- Barry Alexander Brown in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brown, Barry Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warrington , Cheshire , England, UK |