Robert Latham Brown
American film producer
Robert Latham Brown
Robert Brown - Rise of Skywalker 2019
Born Occupation(s) Film producer, line producer, author, USC film and television adjunct professor Years active 1979–present
Robert Latham Brown (born June 20, 1947) is a film producer, line producer , production manager , author,[ 1] and University of Southern California film and television adjunct professor.[ 2] In his more than 30-year film career Brown has worked with George Lucas , Paul Verhoeven , Steven Spielberg ,[ 3] and others. His expertise in budgeting and line producing inspired Mel Brooks , his multi-feature boss at the time, to nickname Brown "Mr. On-Budget" .[ 4]
Career
Robert Latham Brown has worked in production capacity on more than 40 feature films, including the very small (the Ray Liotta /Ron Perlman film Local Color ,[ 5] along with drama The Anarchist Cookbook )[ 6] and also the very large (Blues Brothers ,[ 7] Starship Troopers ,[ 8] and the Kevin Bacon film Hollow Man ).[ 9]
Robert Latham Brown spent most of his early career at Universal Studios . After his work with John Carpenter on The Thing ,[ 10] [ 11] the invitation of Lucasfilm producer/vice president Howard Kazanjian sent Brown to begin work on Return of the Jedi .[ 12] [ 13] Afterward Brown's career took a freelance aspect that allowed him to work on an eclectic list of films with some of the top individuals in the business, including Michael Douglas ,[ 14] Harrison Ford ,[ 15] and Samuel L. Jackson .[ 16]
Author and teacher
Robert Latham Brown authored the long acclaimed book Planning the Low-Budget Film ,[ 17] [ 18] [ 19] and has been an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts since 1996. Additionally, Brown is a former contributing writer to Indie Slate Magazine , writing a series of reviews on film production software.[ 20]
Writing awards
Brown's book, Planning the Low-Budget Film was a finalist for the 2007 Benjamin Franklin Awards,[ 21] and that same year was a first-place winner in the Hollywood Book Festival.[ 22]
In 2002, his screenplay Keats was named a semi-finalist in the 9th Annual Writer's Network Screenplay and Fiction Competition.[ 23] In 2020, his screenplay Xena & Jonny [ 24] was named a finalist in the ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition.[ 25]
Partial filmography
References
^ Author: Robert L. Brown , AuthorsDen, retrieved January 24, 2024
^ USC Cinematic Arts: Directory Profile , University of Southern California Film and Television, retrieved January 24, 2024
^ Full Cast and Crew For Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , The Raider, retrieved January 30, 2024
^ Planning the Low-Budget Film (Paperback) With Mel Brooks Quote , Boswell Book Company, retrieved January 30, 2024
^ Local Color - Full Cast & Crew , TV Guide, 2006, retrieved January 30, 2024
^ The Anarchist Cookbook (2002) , Box Office Mojo, retrieved January 30, 2024
^ The Blues Brothers (1980) , The Numbers, retrieved January 30, 2024
^ Robert Latham Brown , All About Artists, retrieved January 30, 2024
^ Robert Latham Brown - Producer, Production Manager, Assistant Director, Miscellaneous , AV Club, retrieved January 30, 2024
^ AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Thing (1982) , American Film Institute Catalogue, 2006, retrieved January 30, 2024
^ The Ketchikan Harbor Incident , Lance Mazmanian: Internet Archive, June 26, 2023, retrieved January 30, 2024
^ Return of the Jedi: Shooting Script With Full Credits , Bournemouth University: The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice, retrieved January 30, 2024
^ Return of the Jedi Production Manager Spills the Beans On Unruly Ewoks, Leia Costume Worries, and More , Yahoo!, May 25, 2023, retrieved January 30, 2024
^ Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood (2020) , All About Artists, retrieved January 30, 2024
^ Temple of Doom Cast & Crew , The Indy Experience, retrieved January 30, 2024
^ AFI Conservatory Films , American Film Institute, retrieved January 30, 2024
^ CTPR 425 Production Planning , University of Southern California, retrieved February 4, 2024
^ Front Cover Image For Planning the Low-Budget Film (Includes the Complete Production Board and Budget From The Anarchist Cookbook) , WorldCat, retrieved January 30, 2024
^ From Script To Production , FS2P, 2023, retrieved January 30, 2024
^ Indie Slate magazine , vol. 12, Issue 55, p19.
^ "IBPA, the Independent Book Publishers Association" . IBPA. Retrieved 2012-05-13 .
^ "Hollywood Book Festival" . Hollywood Book Festival. Retrieved 2012-05-13 .
^ "FADE IN Awards" . Fadeinonline.com. Retrieved 2012-05-13 .
^ Xena & Jonny, by Robert Latham Brown , CoverFly, retrieved January 24, 2024
^ "ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Finalists" . ScreenCraft . April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021 .
^ Holdings: Child's Play 3 (Universal) , Michigan State University, retrieved January 24, 2024
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