Robert Latham Brown | |
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Born |
Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. |
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]
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]
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]
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]
Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
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1979 | The Concorde ... Airport '79 | Unit Production Manager | Credited as "Bob Brown." |
1980 | The Nude Bomb | Unit Production Manager | |
The Blues Brothers | Unit Production Manager | ||
1981 | All Night Long | Unit Production Manager | |
Bustin' Loose | Unit Production Manager | ||
Ghost Story | Production Manager | ||
1982 | The Thing | Production Manager | Shot in the U.S. and Canada. |
1983 | Return of the Jedi | Production Executive | U.S. filming. |
Iceman | Production Manager | Shot in the U.S. and Canada. | |
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Production Manager | U.S. filming. | |
Best Defense | Unit Production Manager | Shot in the U.S. and Israel. | |
1984 | The Goonies | Unit Production Manager | Second unit, uncredited. |
1985 | Warning Sign | Associate Producer Unit Production Manager |
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1986 | Blue City | Unit Production Manager | |
One Crazy Summer | Unit Production Manager | ||
Howard the Duck | Co-Producer Production Manager |
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1987 | Spaceballs | Production Manager | |
1988 | Clean and Sober | Unit Production Manager | |
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark | Production Manager | Additional scenes. | |
Child's Play | Unit Production Manager | ||
1989 | The War of the Roses | Unit Production Manager | |
1990 | Child's Play 2 | Executive Producer | |
1991 | Child's Play 3 [26] | Producer | |
1993 | Babylon 5: The Gathering | Producer | Pilot telefilm |
Robin Hood: Men in Tights | Executive in Charge of Production Production Manager |
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1995 | Dracula: Dead and Loving It | Associate Producer Production Manager |
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Showgirls | Unit Production Manager | ||
1997 | Starship Troopers | Production Manager | |
1998 | The Parent Trap | Unit Production Manager | |
2000 | Hollow Man | Production Manager | |
2001 | Ali | Production Manager | Uncredited. Prep period only. |
2002 | Spider-Man | Unit Production Manager | Additional scenes and post production. Uncredited. |
Vampires: Los Muertos | Line Producer Unit Production Manager |
U.S. filming. | |
The Anarchist Cookbook | Producer | ||
2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Unit Production Manager | Additional scenes. Uncredited. |
S.W.A.T. | Unit Production Manager | ||
2005 | A Lot Like Love | Unit Production Manager | |
Lords of Dogtown | Unit Production Manager | Additional scenes. Uncredited. | |
2006 | Local Color | Co-producer Unit Production Manager |
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The Holiday | Unit Production Manager | Additional scenes. Uncredited. | |
2009 | Hard Breakers | Producer Production Manager |