Bill Brown (filmmaker)

Bill Brown
Born
William Brown

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

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

Style, output and other projects

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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][1].

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

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  • 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)
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References

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  1. ^ "Notable alumni | california institute of the arts". Archived from the original on August 7, 2008.
  2. ^ "Project Page | Mountain State - Essay". Archived from the original on October 6, 2008.
  3. ^ "The Copyist Conspiracy". www.needles-pens.com.
  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". www.heybillbrown.com.
  8. ^ "Bill Brown - Mountain State Description". creative-capital.org. Creative Capital. Archived from the original on June 9, 2009.
  9. ^ a b c d "Peripheral Produce | Catalog". Archived from the original on January 23, 2008.
  10. ^ a b "Catalog". Microcosm Publishing.