Jim Brown
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 7, 1950 (age 76)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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

Peter, Paul & Mary: Carry It On

The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

Free to Rock

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

Appalachian Journey

Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives

Billy Joel: A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

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

We Shall Overcome

A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly

American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America
Filmography

A Royal Grand Design
Movie · Director

Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
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Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
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Free to Rock
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The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End
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Billy Joel: A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia
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Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
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Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
Movie · Director

Peter, Paul & Mary: Carry It On
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Mostly Sondheim
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The Singing Kettle: World Tour
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In the Hank Williams Tradition
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We Shall Overcome
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A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly
Movie · Director

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Movie · Director

The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
Movie · Director