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Kevin Brownlow (born Robert Kevin Brownlow; 2 June 1938) is a British film historian, television documentary-maker, filmmaker, author, and film editor. [1] [2] He is best known for his work documenting the history of the silent era, having become interested in silent film at the age of eleven.
Kevin Brownlow was born on 2 June 1938 in Crowborough, Sussex, England, UK. He is a producer and director, known for It Happened Here (1964), American Masters (1985) and Unknown Chaplin (1983). He has been married to Virginia Keane since August 1969.
Jun 14, 2018 · A game called Six Degrees of Kevin Brownlow would cover movie history in its entirety. The groundbreaking silent-film historian and preservationist has connected with scores of cinematic giants during a seven-decade career that began with him collecting films at age 11.
Apr 26, 2019 · Kevin Brownlow has been the voice for silent films and their preservation and restoration for six decades. In fact, the 80-year-old British filmmaker, historian and author earned an...
Jul 30, 2018 · The debut film by Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo, It Happened Here was eight years in the making. The idea first came to Brownlow in May 1956, when he was 17 years old and working as a trainee assistant editor at World Wide Pictures.
Apr 20, 2019 · Kevin Brownlow Thinks a Treasure Trove of ‘Lost’ Silent Films Is Collecting Dust in Cuba. At 80, silent film’s most influential preservationist gives advice to his successors on where and how...
Kevin Brownlow was born on 2 June 1938 in Crowborough, Sussex, England, UK. He is a producer and director, known for It Happened Here (1964), American Masters (1985) and Unknown Chaplin (1983). He has been married to Virginia Keane since August 1969.
Few film historians have received Oscar® recognition – but then again, few have done as much for film history as Kevin Brownlow. Did You Know? At age 15, Brownlow discovered a 9.5mm roll of film at a Parisian market that contained two reels of Abel Gance’s silent masterpiece “Napoléon” (1927).
Feb 10, 2012 · If you love silent movies, Kevin Brownlow should be your hero. He was recognized with an honorary Oscar in 2010 for decades of pioneering work, including The Parade’s Gone By, a definitive...
Kevin Brownlow's activities as a film historian and television documentary-maker have tended to erase both memory and recognition of the two extraordinary features he made in collaboration with Andrew Mollo.
