Barry Alexander Brown

Barry Alexander Brown ( born November 28, 1960 in Warrington, Cheshire ) is a born in Britain American film director and editor.

Life and work

Brown's first directorial effort was the co-director of the documentary The War at Home (1979 ) together with Glenn silver. Both directors were nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary; so that Brown was a 19 -year-old one of the youngest nominees for that category. He also directed in The Who's Tommy, the Amazing Journey ( 1993), a documentary about the album Tommy by The Who, and the feature film Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind Control (2002 ), in which Bronson Pinchot played the lead role.

Brown gained fame by his longtime collaboration with director Spike Lee. He worked on some of the most famous films Lee, including Do the Right Thing (1989 ), Malcolm X ( 1992), He Got Game ( 1998), 25 hours (2002) and Inside Man (2006).

Besides his work in documentary, television and feature film productions Brown also worked on music videos, for example, Michael Jackson, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Public Enemy and Arrested Development, as well as trailers and commercials.

Brown worked as a lecturer in film studies at Columbia University.

Filmography

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