Robert Latham Brown | |
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 Robert Brown in 2000. | |
| 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 |
