Jim Brown (director)
James Bradford Brown is an American film director, primarily known for his work in documentary film. He has won four Emmys, most recently for Pete Seeger: The Power of Song. He has directed and produced four feature documentaries that received theatrical distribution. He heads Jim Brown Productions, LLC and Ginger Group Productions, Inc., production companies specializing in cultural and social documentaries and music concerts.
He studied film at Tisch School of the Arts, and is an associate professor at New York University's Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at Tisch School of the Arts.
Brown has also produced and directed works for film and television, most notably We Shall Overcome, narrated by Harry Belafonte, Peter Seeger: The Power of Song; 50 Years with Peter, Paul and Mary; Free to Rock; ''Billy Joel - A Matter of Trust: The Bridge to Russia; Alice's Restaurant 50th Anniversary Concert; Peter, Paul, and Mary: Carry It on - A Musical Legacy; Don McLean: An American Troubadour; Legends of Folk: The Village Scene; American Roots Music, a four-part series that aired on PBS; Songs of the Civil War, a PBS special co-produced by Ken Burns; In the Hank Williams Tradition, a musical tribute co-produced by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum; and A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly'', a Showtime and PBS special. He has also directed and produced shows for the Travel Channel and Sesame Street.
List of work
Television
- Free to Rock
- Alice's Restaurant 50th Anniversary Concert
- 50 Years with Peter, Paul and Mary
- Billy Joel - A Matter of Trust: The Bridge to Russia
- Woody Guthrie at 100! Live from the Kennedy Center
- Don McLean: An American Troubadour
- Legends of Folk: The Village Scene
- Luxury Yachts
- American Roots Music: Chicago
- Great American Lake Homes
- Great American Ranches
- Outrageous Beach Homes
- Fantastic Houseboats
- Super Yachts
- Outrageous Trucks
- Luxurious Log Homes
- Peter, Paul and Mary: Carry It On – A Musical Legacy
- The Three Pickers
- American Roots Music: A Portrait of Ann and Marc Savoy
- American Roots Music
- An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends
- In The Spotlight: Mary Chapin Carpenter at Wolf Trap
- Child of Mine
- Sesame Street: Big Bird Postcards
- Songs of the Civil War
- Pete Seeger's Family Concert
- Sesame Street: Cuban American Segments
- A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly
- Sesame Street: The Navajo Segments
- In the Hank Williams Tradition
- We Shall Overcome
- Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
- Woody Guthrie All Star Tribute Concert for P.B.S.
Feature films
- Holly Near: Singing For Our Lives
- Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
- Isn't This a Time!
- A Musical Passage
- ''The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!''