Bill Brown (filmmaker)

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Bill Brown
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William Brown

NationalityAmerican
Education California Institute of the Arts (MFA) [1]
Harvard University (BFA) [2]
Known for Documentary film, Photography
Awards New York Underground Film Festival Award (2002)
USA Film Festival Texas Award (2000)
Website www.heybillbrown.com

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

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Style, output and other projects

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] [usurped] .

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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