Bill Brown (filmmaker) explained

Bill Brown
Birth Name:	William Brown
Birth Place:	Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Nationality:	American
Field:	Documentary film, Photography
Training:	California Institute of the Arts (MFA)^[1] Harvard University (BFA)^[2]
Awards:	New York Underground Film Festival Award (2002) USA Film Festival Texas Award (2000)

Bill Brown is a "nomadic"^[3] filmmaker, photographer, and author from Lubbock, Texas.

Style, output and other projects

Brown has produced films on the United States–Mexico border, North Dakota missile silos, the Trans-Canada Highway, among other places. The films have been exhibited at numerous film festivals and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York.^{[4] [5]} He describes his films as postcards with a pretty picture but instead of words on the back, his films are narrated with voiceover^[6] http://www.bloggernews.net/114313 .

Brown is also the author of a zine called Dream Whip^[7] which currently has 15 issues, and the book Saugus to the Sea . In 2001 Brown received the Creative Capital Award in the Discipline of Moving Image.^[8]

Films

• Roswell (1994)^[9]
• Hub City (1996) ^[10]
• Confederation Park (1999)^[9]
• Buffalo Common (2001)^[9]
• Mountain State (2003)^[9]
• The Other Side (2006)^[10]
• Chicago Corner (2009)
• Document (2012)
• Memorial Land (2012)
• Speculation Nation (2014) co-directed by Sabine Gruffat
• Amarillo Ramp (2017) co-directed by Sabine Gruffat
• XCTRY (2018)
• Life on the Mississippi (2018)

External links

• Bill Brown's website
• Youtube films
  • Dream Whip Zine
• Samples and Collections from Dream Whip
• Cosmic Rays Experimental Film Festival
• Zine Machine: Durham Printed Matter Festival
• Vimeo page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Notable alumni | california institute of the arts. https://web.archive.org/web/20080807174405/http://www.calarts.edu/filmvideo/notablealumni. dead. August 7, 2008.
2. Web site: Project Page | Mountain State - Essay. https://web.archive.org/web/20081006000150/http://channel.creative-capital.org/project_417.html. dead. October 6, 2008.
3. Web site: The Copyist Conspiracy. www.needles-pens.com.
4. Web site: MoMA.org Film Exhibitions 2003 MediaScope: Bill Brown and Bjorn Melhus . 2008-02-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080516114657/http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/film/2003/mediascope_nov_2003.html . 2008-05-16 . dead .
5. Web site: MoMA.org Film Exhibitions 2006 TOMORROWLAND: CalArts in Moving Pictures . 2008-02-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080215064314/http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/film/2006/CalArts.html . 2008-02-15 . dead .
6. Interview with Bill Brown
7. Web site: Bill Brown. www.heybillbrown.com.
8. Web site: Bill Brown - Mountain State Description . https://web.archive.org/web/20090609163011/http://creative-capital.org/projects/view/148 . Creative Capital . creative-capital.org . June 9, 2009.
9. Web site: Peripheral Produce | Catalog. https://web.archive.org/web/20080123101047/http://www.peripheralproduce.com/catalog.php#nextbestplace. dead. January 23, 2008.
10. Web site: Catalog. Microcosm Publishing.