Directing
Jim Brown
EN cinema · 17 credits
Born
7 June 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Jim Brown is a four-time Emmy Award winning American director/producer known primarily for his work in musical documentaries. He heads Jim Brown Productions, LLC and Ginger Group Productions, Inc. He specializes in social, cultural and musical documentaries with an emphasis on how the power of music can create change. He has one of the largest archives of American folk and roots music from the last 4 decades of his life's work. Brown is a recently retired professor at New York University's Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at Tisch School of the Arts. He taught at New York University for 35+years. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and a retired member of the International Cinematographers Guild. Brown is also an avid hiker, skier and loves gardening, filmmaking and photography.
Known for
Filmography

A Royal Grand Design
Director, Writer

Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
Director, Producer

Free to Rock
Director

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Producer, Director

Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
Director, Producer

Mostly Sondheim
Director, Producer

Appalachian Journey
Cinematography

We Shall Overcome
Director, Director of Photography

A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly
Director, Producer, Cinematography









