Clarence Brown
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 10, 1890
- Died
- August 17, 1987 (aged 97)
- Birthplace
- Clinton, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
Clarence Leon Brown (May 10, 1890 – August 17, 1987) was an American film director. After serving as a fighter pilot and flight instructor in the United States Army Air Service during World War I, Brown was given his first co-directing credit (with Tourneur) for The Great Redeemer (1920). Later that year, he directed a major portion of The Last of the Mohicans after Tourneur was injured in a fall. Brown moved to Universal in 1924, and then to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he remained until the mid-1950s. At MGM he was one of the main directors of their major female stars, he directed Joan Crawford six times and Greta Garbo seven. Brown was nominated five times for six films (see below) for an Academy Award as a director, but he never received an Oscar. However, he won Best Foreign Film for Anna Karenina, starring Garbo at the 1935 Venice International Film Festival. Brown's films gained a total of 38 Academy Award nominations and earned nine Oscars. Brown himself received five Academy Award nominations for six films and in 1949, he won the British Academy Award for the film version of William Faulkner's Intruder in the Dust. In 1957, Brown was awarded The George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film. Brown retired a wealthy man due to his real estate investments, but refused to watch new movies, as he feared they might cause him to restart his career. The Clarence Brown Theater, on the campus of the University of Tennessee, is named in his honor. He holds the record for most nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director without a win, with six.
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Filmography
Plymouth Adventure
Movie · Director
When in Rome
Movie · Director
Angels in the Outfield
Movie · Director
It's a Big Country
Movie · Director
To Please a Lady
Movie · Director
Intruder in the Dust
Movie · Director
Song of Love
Movie · Director
The Yearling
Movie · Director
National Velvet
Movie · Director
The White Cliffs of Dover
Movie · Director
The Human Comedy
Movie · Director
Come Live with Me
Movie · Director
They Met in Bombay
Movie · Director
Edison, the Man
Movie · Director
Idiot's Delight
Movie · Director
The Rains Came
Movie · Director
Of Human Hearts
Movie · Director
Conquest
Movie · Director
Wife vs. Secretary
Movie · Director
The Gorgeous Hussy
Movie · Director
Anna Karenina
Movie · Director
Ah, Wilderness!
Movie · Director
Sadie McKee
Movie · Director
Chained
Movie · Director
Night Flight
Movie · Director
Looking Forward
Movie · Director
Emma
Movie · Director
Letty Lynton
Movie · Director
The Son-Daughter
Movie · Director
Inspiration
Movie · Director
Possessed
Movie · Director
A Free Soul
Movie · Director
Anna Christie
Movie · Director
Romance
Movie · Director
Wonder of Women
Movie · Director
Navy Blues
Movie · Director
A Woman of Affairs
Movie · Director
The Trail of '98
Movie · Director
Flesh and the Devil
Movie · Director
Kiki
Movie · Director
Smouldering Fires
Movie · Director
The Eagle
Movie · Director
The Goose Woman
Movie · Director
The Signal Tower
Movie · Director
Butterfly
Movie · Director
Don't Marry for Money
Movie · Director
The Acquittal
Movie · Director
The Light in the Dark
Movie · Director
The Foolish Matrons
Movie · Director
The Great Redeemer
Movie · Director
The Last of the Mohicans
Movie · Co-Director
The Pride of the Clan
Movie · Assistant Director
The Closed Road
Movie · Assistant Director
The Rail Rider
Movie · Assistant Director
The Velvet Paw
Movie · Assistant Director