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David Brown is a Producer American born on 28 july 1916 at New York City (USA)

David Brown

David Brown
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Nationality USA
Birth 28 july 1916 at New York City (USA)
Death 1 february 2010 (at 93 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

David Brown (July 28, 1916 – February 1, 2010) was an American film and theatre producer; he was also a writer.

Best films

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
(Production Supervisor)
Jaws (1975)
(Producer)
Deep Impact (1998)
(Producer)
A Few Good Men (1992)
(Producer)
Jaws 2 (1978)
(Producer)
The Sting (1973)
(Executive Producer)

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Filmography of David Brown (43 films)

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Producer

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, 1h49
Directed by Susanna White
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Children's films
Actors Emma Thompson, Rhys Ifans, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Asa Butterfield, Ewan McGregor, Maggie Smith
Roles Producer
Rating61% 3.0540553.0540553.0540553.0540553.054055
On a farm during World War II, while her husband is away at war, Isabel Green is driven to her wits end by her hectic life. Between trying to keep the family farm up and running and her job in the village shop, run by the slightly mad Mrs. Docherty, she also has three boisterous children to look after, Norman, Megsie, and Vincent. When her children's two wealthy cousins, Cyril and Celia, also then come to live with them, Isabel requires childcare help.
Flyboys
Flyboys (2006)
, 2h19
Directed by Tony Bill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors James Franco, Martin Henderson, Jean Reno, Augustin Legrand, Abdul Salis, Jennifer Decker
Roles Executive Producer
Rating65% 3.2502653.2502653.2502653.2502653.250265
Prior to America's entrance into World War I, a group of young Americans go to France, for different personal reasons, to fight in the French Air Service, L'Aéronautique militaire. One of them, Blaine Rawlings, faced with the foreclosure of his family ranch in Texas, decides to enlist after seeing a newsreel of aerial combat in France. Dilettante Briggs Lowry joins because of his overbearing father. African-American boxer Eugene Skinner, who had been accepted as an athlete in France, was motivated to "pay back" his adopted country. Beagle, a notorious thief, burglar and mugger, evades capture due to a tip off about his arrest and leaves America for France, believing that even criminals are forgiven if he registers in the French Army. Porter, a former Church pastor suffering dwindling churchgoers, decides to enlist to become a chaplain, and Jamie, frustrated by American neutrality, decides to join the war. These American recruits are under the command of French Captain Georges Thenault, while the veteran fighter ace Reed Cassidy, a fellow American, a womanizer, drunkard and traumatized ace pilot, takes over as their mentor.
The Importance of Being Earnest, 1h37
Directed by Oliver Parker
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O'Connor, Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench, Anna Massey
Roles Producer
Rating68% 3.400033.400033.400033.400033.40003
The story revolves around two men in Victorian England, John "Jack" Worthing (Colin Firth) and Algernon "Algy" Moncrieff (Rupert Everett). Whenever Jack travels to London from his Hertfordshire estate, he says he is going to see his (fictitious) wayward brother, Ernest. Once in London, he keeps his privacy by calling himself Ernest. This tactic is especially important as his beloved, Gwendolen (Frances O'Connor), declares that she could love only a man named Ernest. Her cousin, Algy, is the one person who knows Jack's secret and one day he travels down to the estate, announcing himself to Jack's attractive ward, Cecily (Reese Witherspoon), as the infamous Ernest. Cecily is enamoured of him and his name, but upon Jack's return home and Gwendolen's unexpected arrival, it becomes clear there are both too many and too few Ernests.
Along Came a Spider, 1h40
Directed by Lee Tamahori
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter, Michael Wincott, Dylan Baker, Mika Sue Boorem, Anton Yelchin
Roles Producer
Rating63% 3.19943.19943.19943.19943.1994
After Washington, D.C. detective, forensic psychologist and author Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) loses control of a sting operation, resulting in the death of his partner, he opts to retire from the force. He finds himself drawn back to police work when Megan Rose (Mika Boorem), the daughter of a United States senator, is kidnapped from her exclusive private school by computer science teacher Gary Soneji (Michael Wincott). U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Jezzie Flannigan (Monica Potter), held responsible for the breach in security, joins forces with Cross to find the missing girl.
Chocolat
Chocolat (2000)
, 2h1
Directed by Lasse Hallström
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Carrie-Anne Moss, Lena Olin, Johnny Depp
Roles Producer
Rating72% 3.647413.647413.647413.647413.64741
Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche), an expert chocolatier, drifts across Europe with her daughter Anouk (Victoire Thivisol), following the north wind. In the beginning of the Lenten season in 1959, "fifteen years after the War," they travel to a quiet French village that closely adheres to tradition, as led by the village mayor, the Comte de Reynaud (Alfred Molina). Just as the villagers begin observing the forty days of Lent, Vianne opens a chocolate shop, much to Reynaud's displeasure.
Up at the Villa, 1h55
Directed by Philip Haas
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft, James Fox, Jeremy Davies, Roger Hammond
Roles Co-Producer
Rating59% 2.997612.997612.997612.997612.99761
The action takes place in the late 1930s. 30-year-old Mary Panton, whose extraordinary beauty has always been one of her greatest assets, has been a widow for one year. Her late husband Matthew, whom she married at 21 because she loved him, turned out to be an alcoholic, a gambler, a womaniser, and a wife-beater. Mary endures all the hardship and pain inflicted on her by her husband (including his having sex with her while drunk). When he drinks and drives, he has a car accident. A few hours later, he dies in Mary's arms. This, she concludes, is a blessing for both of them.
Up at the Villa, 1h55
Directed by Philip Haas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft, James Fox, Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Davies
Roles Co-Producer
Rating59% 2.997612.997612.997612.997612.99761
En 1938, à Florence, Mary Panton, une veuve anglaise fauchée par la mort de son mari, est demandée en mariage par sir Edgar Swift, le gouverneur du Bengale. Elle accepte mais, lors d'une soirée chez la princesse San Ferdinando, elle fait la connaissance de Rowley Flint, un aventurier américain et séducteur invétéré, qui tente de la séduire mais elle repousse ses avances. Elle préfère passer la nuit avec le jeune violoncelliste Karl Richter. Mais le lendemain matin, alors qu'il lui déclare son amour, elle le repousse et ce dernier se suicide. Paniquée, elle demande à Rowley de se débarrasser du corps ce qu'il fait aussitôt. Mais il est retrouvé en possession de l'arme et aussitôt jeté en prison.
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, 2h16
Directed by George Lucas
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Space adventure films, Seafaring films, Monde imaginaire, Transport films, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Terence Stamp
Roles Production Supervisor
Rating65% 3.2503453.2503453.2503453.2503453.250345
In response to taxation on trade routes in the Galactic Republic, the Trade Federation organizes a blockade of battleships around the planet Naboo. Supreme Chancellor Valorum dispatches Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi to negotiate with the Trade Federation leadership to end the blockade. Darth Sidious, a Sith Lord and the Trade Federation's secret adviser, orders Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray to kill the Jedi and invade Naboo with an army of battle droids. The Jedi flee to Naboo, where Qui-Gon saves Gungan outcast Jar Jar Binks from being killed during the invasion. Indebted to the Jedi, Jar Jar leads them to an underwater Gungan city. There the Jedi try but fail to persuade the Gungan leader, Boss Nass into helping the people of Naboo, though they are able to obtain transportation to Theed, the capital city on the surface. They rescue Queen Amidala, the ruler of the Naboo people, and escape the planet on her royal starship, which is damaged as they pass the Federation blockade.
Angela's Ashes, 2h25
Directed by Alan Parker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about children
Actors Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Michael Legge, Devon Murray, Kerry Condon, J.J. Murphy
Roles Producer
Rating72% 3.648973.648973.648973.648973.64897
Angela's Ashes tells the story of Frank McCourt and his childhood after his family are forced to move from America back to Ireland because of financial difficulties and family problems derived from his father's alcoholism. The film chronicles young McCourt's life in Limerick, Ireland, during his childhood in the 1930s and 1940s, the difficulties that ensued, and finally Frank's way of earning enough money to return to the land of his dreams: America. Michael Legge was praised for his portrayal of the adolescent Frank. In particular, he was said to excel in his role as an innocent teenager growing up with typical coming of age rites involving sexuality, maturity and peer pressure in a Catholic Irish setting.
Deep Impact, 2h
Directed by Mimi Leder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Space adventure films, La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Politique, Films about religion, Transport films, Dans l'espace, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Impact events in fiction, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films, American disaster films, White House in fiction
Actors Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Leelee Sobieski, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell
Roles Producer
Rating62% 3.100143.100143.100143.100143.10014
On May 10, 1998, teenage amateur astronomer Leo Biederman discovers an unusual object near the stars Mizar and Alcor at a star party in Richmond, Virginia with his school's astronomy club. His teacher alerts astronomer Dr. Marcus Wolf, who realizes that the object is a comet on a collision course with Earth. Wolf dies in a car accident before he can alert the world.
Creature
Creature (1998)

Directed by Stuart Gillard, Jeff Bleckner
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about sharks, Natural horror films
Actors Craig T. Nelson, Ronald Guttman, Kim Cattrall, Colm Feore, Karen Sillas, Cress Williams
Roles Producer
Rating50% 2.5007152.5007152.5007152.5007152.500715
The film starts with Richland (Feore), who was sent to visit a government facility on a remote island. He follows Peniston (Esposito) into the facility. The head scientist Dr.Bishop (Reineke) shows them the projects he is working on, including a shark and dolphin hybrid with the ability to adapt to any environment, as well as a human and shark hybrid (the creature). It breaks free from its tank and kills Dr. Bishop. Richland orders Peniston to kill it, but Peniston instead traps the Creature in a containment unit and dumps it in the sea.
Kiss the Girls, 1h51
Directed by Gary Fleder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, Jumeaux ou jumelles
Actors Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Tony Goldwyn, Jay O. Sanders, Brian Cox
Roles Producer
Rating65% 3.299213.299213.299213.299213.29921
Washington, D.C. detective and forensic psychologist Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) heads to Durham, North Carolina when his niece Naomi (Gina Ravera), a college student, is reported missing. He learns from the local police, including Detective Nick Ruskin (Cary Elwes), that Naomi is the latest in a series of young women who have vanished. Soon after his arrival, one of the missing women is found dead, bound to a tree in a desolate forest, and shortly after that, intern Kate McTiernan (Ashley Judd) is kidnapped from her home.
The Saint
The Saint (1997)
, 1h56
Directed by Phillip Noyce
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy, Romance
Themes Spy films
Actors Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Šerbedžija, Alun Armstrong, Henry Goodman, Michael Byrne
Roles Producer
Rating61% 3.099263.099263.099263.099263.09926
At the Saint Ignatius Orphanage, a rebellious boy named John Rossi refers to himself as "Simon Templar" and leads a group of fellow orphans as they attempt to run away to escape their harsh treatment. When Simon is caught by the head priest, he witnesses the tragic death of a girl he had taken a liking to when she accidentally falls from a balcony.
The Beast
The Beast (1996)
, 2h56
Directed by Jeff Bleckner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films, Films about cephalopods
Actors William Petersen, Karen Sillas, Charles Martin Smith, Ronald Guttman, A.J. Johnson, Larry Drake
Roles Producer
Rating59% 2.966722.966722.966722.966722.96672
The film begins when a couple disappear while having a romantic night out on a yacht near the Pacific Northwest resort community, Grave's Point. The next day, local fisherman Whip Dalton (William Petersen) finds the empty lifeboat from the missing yacht and finds a large claw stuck into the boat. Whip sends the claw to a university to be analyzed and it ends up in the hands of marine biologist Dr. Herbert Talley (Ronald Guttman), who comes to Grave’s Point claiming it is from the tentacle of a Giant squid. The island harbor master Schuyler Graves (Charles Martin Smith) tries to hire Whip to kill the squid, but he refuses, so Graves sends out Lucas Coven (Larry Drake) instead. Coven succeeds in slaying the squid and the carcass is promptly sold by Graves to Sea Land Texas owner Osborne Manning (Denis Arndt) then unknown to the fishermen the sonar that isn't being watched detects another squid. It turns out the squid is much bigger than the one they killed and instead of following the boat or attacking, it resubmerges.