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David Brown Biography (1916-)
Born July 28, 1916, in New York, NY; son of Edward Fisher and Lillian (maidenname, Baren) Brown; married Liberty LeGacy, April 15, 1940 (divorced, 1951);married Wayne Clark, May 25, 1951 (divorced, 1957); married Helen Gurley (anauthor and editor), September 25, 1959; children: (first marriage) Bruce LeGacy. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.; Office: Manhattan Project, 1775 Broadway,Suite 410, New York, NY 10019.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Film producer, writer, journalist
- Birth Details
- July 28, 1916
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
- Producer, The Sting, Universal, 1973
- Executive producer, SSSSSSS (also known as SSSSnake), Universal, 1973
- Producer, The Sugarland Express, Universal, 1974
- Executive producer, The Black Windmill, Universal, 1974
- Producer, Willie Dynamite, Universal, 1974
- Producer, The Girl from Petrovka, Universal, 1974
- Producer, Jaws, Universal, 1975
- Executive producer, The Eiger Sanction, Universal, 1975
- Producer, MacArthur, Universal, 1977
- Producer, Jaws 2, Universal, 1978
- Producer, The Island, Universal, 1980
- Producer, The Verdict, Warner Bros., 1982
- Assistant director, The Killing Fields, Warner Bros., 1984
- Producer, Neighbors, Warner Bros., 1985
- Production manager, Defence of the Realm, Warner Bros., 1985
- Producer, Cocoon, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
- Producer, Target, Warner Bros., 1985
- Producer, Cocoon: The Return, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
- Executive producer, Driving Miss Daisy, Warner Bros., 1989
- Associate producer, Hear My Song, Miramax, 1991
- Producer, The Player, Fine Line, 1992
- Producer, A Few Good Men, Columbia, 1992
- Coproducer, Rich in Love, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1992
- Executive producer, Watch It, Skouras, 1993
- Producer, The Cemetery Club (also known as Looking for a Live One), Buena Vista, 1993
- Producer, Canadian Bacon, Gramercy Pictures, 1994
- Producer, Kiss the Girls, Paramount, 1997
- Producer, The Saint, Paramount, 1997
- Producer, Deep Impact, Paramount, 1998
- Producer, Angela's Ashes, Paramount, 1999
- Producer, Chocolat, Miramax, 2000
- Producer, Along Came a Spider (also known as Im netz der spinne and Le masque de l'araignee), Paramount, 2000
- Producer, The Ninth Man, DreamWorks, 2005
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The Last Mogul: Life and Times of Lew Wasserman (documentary; alsoknown as The Last Mogul), ThinkFilm, 2005
- Producer, Peace Like a River, Warner Bros., 2006
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Film Appearances
- Himself, The Making of Steve Spielberg's "Jaws" (documentary), Universal Home Video, 1995
- Himself, Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (documentary), Northern Arts Entertainment, 1997
- (Uncredited) Man in photo, Chocolat, Miramax, 2000
- Himself, The Making of "Jaws 2" (documentary), Universal Studios Home Video, 2001
- (Uncredited) Himself, John Williams: The Music of "Jaws 2" (documentary short), Universal Studios Home Video, 2001
- Himself, The Making of "Along Came a Spider" (documentary short),Paramount, 2001
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Final Cut: The Making of "Heaven's Gate" and the Unmaking of a Studio, Trio, 2004
- Himself, The Last Mogul: Life and Times of Lew Wasserman (documentary; also known as The Last Mogul), ThinkFilm, 2005
- Himself, The Shark Is Still Working (documentary), 2006
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Television Executive Producer
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Miniseries
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A Season in Purgatory, CBS, 1996
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Television Producer
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Movies
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Women and Men (also known as Women and Men: Stories of Seduction,
The Art of Seduction, and Women & Men 2), HBO, 1990
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Women and Men II (also known as Women and Men II: In Love ThereAre No Rules), HBO, 1991
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Television Executive Producer
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Movies
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Framed, 2002
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Pilots
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Barrington, CBS, 1987
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Television Work
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Pilots
- Stage producer, Tru, PBS, 1992
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Television Appearances
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Specials
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The 63rd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1991
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20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years, AMC, 1997
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Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults,AMC, 1997
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20th Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years, AMC, 2000
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What is a Producer?, E! Entertainment Television, 2001
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Intimate Portrait: Raquel Welch, Lifetime, 2001
- (Uncredited) Himself, Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (documentary), AMC, 2001
- Himself, Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (documentary), AMC, 2001
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Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection (documentary), Fox Movie Channel, 2001
- "M*A*S*H," History Vs. Hollywood (documentary), History Channel, 2001
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Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (documentary; also known as Hello, He Lied), AMC, 2002
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Guilty Pleasures: The Dominick Dunne Story, 2002
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Episodic
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American Cinema, PBS, 1995
- Himself, "Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker," A&E Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1995
- "Gentleman's Agreement," Backstory, AMC, 1999
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At Home With ... , HGTV, 1999
- Himself, "Jaws," The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2002
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Stage Producer
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Tru, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1989-90
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A Few Good Men, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1989-91
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The Cemetery Club, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1990
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Sweet Smell of Success, Chicago, IL, 2001, then Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 2002
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Imperial Theatre, New York City, 2005
- Also produced Vanilla, London.
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WRITINGS
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Nonfiction
- (Editor) I Can Tell It Now, Dutton, 1964
- (Editor with W. Richard Bruner) How I Got That Story, Dutton, 1967
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Brown's Guide to Growing Gray, Delacorte, 1987, revised and published as The Rest of Your Life is the Best of Your Life: David Brown's Guideto Growing Gray Disgracefully, Barricade Books, 1991
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Let Me Entertain You, Morrow, 1990
- Contributor to books, including Journalists in Action, Channel Press, 1963, and periodicals, including American Magazine,
Collier's,
Harper's,
Readers Digest,
American Mercury,
The Saturday Evening Post,
Saturday Review of Literature,
The New Yorker, and Cosmopolitan.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books
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Contemporary Authors, Volumes 13-16, first revision, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1975
Periodicals
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Publishers Weekly, October 16, 1995, p. 17
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