David Brown (producer)

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David Brown (born July 28, 1916 in New York City , † February 1, 2010 ibid) was an American film producer and journalist .

Life

David Brown was born in New York City to Lillian Baren and Edward Fisher Brown. He graduated from Stanford University and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism . He then worked as a journalist for The Saturday Evening Post , Harper's Magazine , Collier’s and Cosmopolitan . There he met the later editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, Helen Gurley Brown . Both married in 1959.

1951 hired Darryl F. Zanuck Brown for his studio 20th Century Fox as director of script development. Together with Darryl's son, Richard D. Zanuck , he left Fox again in 1971 to start his own production company. Together they produced with Sugarland Express and Jaws two feature films of Steven Spielberg . For the latter, they were honored with a nomination for Best Picture at the 1976 Academy Awards . It was his first of four nominations. There should be three more episodes for the films The Verdict - The Truth and Nothing But Truth (1982), A Question of Honor (1992) and Chocolat - A Small Bite Enough (2000). Zanuck and Brown parted ways in 1988 when he founded his own production company, The Manhattan Project Ltd. They only worked together again for the production of the 1998 disaster film Deep Impact .

On February 1, 2010, David Brown died of kidney failure at the age of 93 . His wife died on February 13, 2012. Their marriage, which lasted over five decades, was childless. David had a son from a previous marriage. The Brown Institute for Media Innovation , founded in 2012, was the result of their initiative. With a donation of US $ 30 million , they donated the institute, which deals with journalism in the new media, which is affiliated to both the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the Stanford University School of Engineering .

Filmography (selection)

Awards (selection)

Oscar

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bruce Weber, "David Brown, Film and Stage Producer, this at 93" . The New York Times
  2. ↑ Cosmo editor ponies up $ 30 million for the future of news . In: CNET , January 30, 2012. Archived from the original on August 13, 2012. Retrieved on January 30, 2012. 
personal data
SURNAME Brown, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , United States
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 2010
Place of death New York City , United States