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Jim Brown(II)

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Cinematographer
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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.
BornJune 7, 1950
BornJune 7, 1950
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 4 wins & 5 nominations total

    Known for

    We Shall Overcome
    8.7
    • Director
    • 1989
    Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, and Pete Seeger in The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time (1981)
    The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
    8.2
    • Director
    • 1981
    American Masters (1985)
    American Masters
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    Child of Mine: Songs to Our Children (1992)
    Child of Mine: Songs to Our Children
    TV Special
    • Director
    • 1992

    Credits

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    Director



    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2019
    • Peter, Paul and Mary at Newport 1963-65
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Holly Near in Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives (2018)
      Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
      7.6
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Free to Rock (2017)
      Free to Rock
      6.9
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Jim Brown, N. Paul Stookey, and Betty Stookey in One Light, Many Candles (2015)
      One Light, Many Candles
      Video
      • Director
      • 2015
    • 50 Years with Peter Paul and Mary (2014)
      50 Years with Peter Paul and Mary
      7.9
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Sir Ivan: I Am Peaceman (2013)
      Sir Ivan: I Am Peaceman
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Don McLean: American Troubadour
      • Director
      • 2012
    • A Tribute to the Teachers of America
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Pete Seeger in Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007)
      Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
      8.4
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Grand Castles of America
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Fantastic Houseboats
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2004
    • Peter, Paul, and Mary: Carry It on - A Musical Legacy
      8.3
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2004
    • Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal (2004)
      Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
      9.2
      • Director
      • 2004
    • Great Performances (1971)
      Great Performances
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2003

    Producer



    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2016–2019
    • Holly Near in Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives (2018)
      Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
      7.6
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Free to Rock (2017)
      Free to Rock
      6.9
      • producer
      • 2017
    • 50 Years with Peter Paul and Mary (2014)
      50 Years with Peter Paul and Mary
      7.9
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2014
    • Sir Ivan: I Am Peaceman (2013)
      Sir Ivan: I Am Peaceman
      • producer
      • 2013
    • Concert for Newtown
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 2013
    • Sing Your Song (2011)
      Sing Your Song
      7.5
      • producer
      • 2011
    • Pete Seeger in Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007)
      Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
      8.4
      • producer
      • 2007
    • Grand Castles of America
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2005
    • Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal (2004)
      Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
      9.2
      • producer
      • 2004
    • Great Performances (1971)
      Great Performances
      7.9
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2003
    • American Roots Music (2001)
      American Roots Music
      7.5
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2001
    • Kevin Clash in Elmo's World: The Wild Wild West (2001)
      Elmo's World: The Wild Wild West
      5.5
      Video
      • producer: live action film
      • 2001
    • Keeping the Music Alive
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1999
    • Harry Belafonte in An Evening with Harry Belafonte & Friends (1997)
      An Evening with Harry Belafonte & Friends
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 1997

    Cinematographer



    • Holly Near in Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives (2018)
      Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
      7.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Sir Ivan: I Am Peaceman (2013)
      Sir Ivan: I Am Peaceman
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013
    • We Shall Overcome
      8.7
      • Cinematographer
      • 1989
    • A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly (1988)
      A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly
      7.6
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 1988
    • A Musical Passage (1984)
      A Musical Passage
      • Cinematographer
      • 1984

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      • Jim Brown Productions
      • New York University: Department of Film and Television
    • Born
      • June 7, 1950
      • New York City, New York, USA

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