David Brown (producer)
| David Brown | |
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| Born |
July 28, 1916 New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | February 1, 2010 (aged 93) Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States |
| Cause of death | Renal failure |
| Alma mater |
Stanford University Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism |
| Occupation | Film producer, author, journalist |
| Years active | 1973–2002 |
| Spouse(s) |
Helen Gurley Brown (m. 1959–2010; his death) |
| Children | Bruce Brown |
| Awards | Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1991) |
David Brown (July 28, 1916 – February 1, 2010) was an American film and theatre producer and writer who was best knowed for coproducing the 1975 film Jaws.
He was born in New York City, New York, the son of Lillian (née Baren) and Edward Fisher Brown.
Brown was a graduate of Stanford University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
He began his professional career as a journalist, contributing to magazines including The Saturday Evening Post, Harper's and Collier's, before becoming an editor himself. He was a managing editor of Cosmopolitan before his wife, Helen Gurley Brown, joined the magazine.
In 1951, the producer Darryl F. Zanuck hired Brown to head the story department at Zanuck's studio, 20th Century-Fox. Brown eventually rose to become executive vice president of creative operations. He and Richard D. Zanuck, Darryl's son, left Fox in 1971 for Warner Bros., but the following year they set out to form their own production company.
The caper film The Sting (1973) starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford was a Zanuck/Brown "presentation". Thereafter, the pair were credited as producers or executive producers of more than a dozen films, including the courtroom drama The Verdict (1982), directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Paul Newman; the science-fiction Cocoon (1985), directed by Ron Howard; and the comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy (1989), directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman. Driving Miss Daisy won four Academy Awards, including the Best Picture award.
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