Kevin Brownlow


Film Historian

About

Birth Place
Sussex, England, GB
Born
June 02, 1938

Biography

Best known for his work in restoring, and bringing to the screen, Abel Gance's classic "Napoleon" (1927). Also the author of several noted books on the cinema, including "The Parade's Gone By," a study of silent film....

Bibliography

"David Lean: A Biography"
Kevin Brownlow, St. Martin's Press (1996)
"The Parade's Gone By"
Kevin Brownlow, Alfred A. Knopf (1968)

Biography

Best known for his work in restoring, and bringing to the screen, Abel Gance's classic "Napoleon" (1927). Also the author of several noted books on the cinema, including "The Parade's Gone By," a study of silent film.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Universal Horror (1998)
Director
D.W. Griffith: Father of Film (1993)
Director
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1989)
Director
It Happened Here (1966)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)
Himself
The Race to Save 100 Years (1998)

Cinematography (Feature Film)

It Happened Here (1966)
Addl Photographer

Writer (Feature Film)

D.W. Griffith: Father of Film (1993)
Writer
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1989)
Writer
Unknown Chaplin (1986)
Writer
It Happened Here (1966)
Screenwriter
It Happened Here (1966)
Original idea

Producer (Feature Film)

D.W. Griffith: Father of Film (1993)
Producer
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1989)
Producer
Unknown Chaplin (1986)
Producer
It Happened Here (1966)
Producer

Editing (Feature Film)

Universal Horror (1998)
Editor
No Surrender (1986)
Editor Supervisor
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
Film Editor
It Happened Here (1966)
Film Editor

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)
Other
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
Advisor

Director (Special)

Garbo (2005)
Director
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (Part 1) (2004)
Director
Buster Keaton: So Funny It Hurt! (2004)
Director
The Tramp and the Dictator (2002)
Director
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)
Director
Hollywood: The Pioneers (1980)
Director

Cast (Special)

How Chaplin Became the Tramp (2014)
Himself
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies (2001)
Without Lying Down (2000)

Writer (Special)

Garbo (2005)
Writer
The Tramp and the Dictator (2002)
Screenplay

Editing (Special)

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)
Editor

Special Thanks (Special)

Garbo (2005)
Writer
The Tramp and the Dictator (2002)
Screenplay

Misc. Crew (Special)

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
Consultant
100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994)
Film Clips

Life Events

Bibliography

"David Lean: A Biography"
Kevin Brownlow, St. Martin's Press (1996)
"The Parade's Gone By"
Kevin Brownlow, Alfred A. Knopf (1968)