Jim Brown
Jim Brown is a four-time Emmy Award winning American director/producer known primarily for his work in musical documentaries. He heads Jim Brown Productions, LLC and Ginger Group Productions, Inc. He specializes in social, cultural and musical documentaries with an emphasis on how the power of music can create change. He has one of the largest archives of American folk and roots music from the last 4 decades of his life's work.
Brown is a recently retired professor at New York University's Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at Tisch School of the Arts. He taught at New York University for 35+years.
He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and a retired member of the International Cinematographers Guild.
Brown is also an avid hiker, skier and loves gardening, filmmaking and photography.
Crew
Movie
Peter, Paul & Mary: Carry It On
Director
2004
Movie
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
Director
1982
Movie
Free to Rock
Director
2017
Movie
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Producer
2007
Movie
Appalachian Journey
Cinematography
1991
Movie
Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
Director
2019
Movie
Billy Joel: A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia
Director
2014
Movie
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Director
1984
Movie
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
Director
2004
Movie
We Shall Overcome
Director
1989
Movie
A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly
Director
1988
Movie
Mostly Sondheim
Director
2003