Bill Brown (filmmaker)

Bill Brown is a "nomadic"[3] filmmaker, photographer, and author from Lubbock, Texas.

Bill Brown
Born
William Brown

Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationCalifornia Institute of the Arts (MFA)[1]
Harvard University (BFA)[2]
Known forDocumentary film, Photography
AwardsNew York Underground Film Festival Award (2002)
USA Film Festival Texas Award (2000)
Websitewww.heybillbrown.com

Style, output and other projects

Brown has produced films on the United States–Mexico border, North Dakota missile silos, the Trans-Canada Highway, among other places. The films have been exhibited at numerous film festivals and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York.[4][5] He describes his films as postcards with a pretty picture but instead of words on the back, his films are narrated with voiceover[6].

Brown is also the author of a zine called Dream Whip[7] which currently has 15 issues, and the book Saugus to the Sea (ISBN 978-0968974407). In 2001 Brown received the Creative Capital Award in the Discipline of Moving Image.[8]

Films
  • Roswell (1994)[9]
  • Hub City (1996) [10]
  • Confederation Park (1999)[9]
  • Buffalo Common (2001)[9]
  • Mountain State (2003)[9]
  • The Other Side (2006)[10]
  • Chicago Corner (2009)
  • Document (2012)
  • Memorial Land (2012)
  • Speculation Nation (2014) co-directed by Sabine Gruffat
  • Amarillo Ramp (2017) co-directed by Sabine Gruffat
  • XCTRY (2018)
  • Life on the Mississippi (2018)

References
  1. Notable alumni | california institute of the arts Archived August 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Project Page | Mountain State - Essay Archived October 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. The Copyist Conspiracy
  4. "MoMA.org | Film Exhibitions | 2003 | MediaScope: Bill Brown and Bjorn Melhus". Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  5. "MoMA.org | Film Exhibitions | 2006 | TOMORROWLAND: CalArts in Moving Pictures". Archived from the original on 2008-02-15. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  6. Interview with Bill Brown
  7. Bill Brown
  8. http://creative-capital.org/projects/view/148
  9. Peripheral Produce | Catalog Archived January 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  10. Catalog | Homeland Insecurity DVD: Films by Bill Brown | Microcosm Publishing
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