Jim Brown

Biography

Jim Brown is a four-time Emmy Award winning American director/producer known primarily for his work in musical documentaries. He heads Jim Brown Productions, LLC and Ginger Group Productions, Inc. He specializes in social, cultural and musical documentaries with an emphasis on how the power of music can create change. He has one of the largest archives of American folk and roots music from the last 4 decades of his life's work. Brown is a recently retired professor at New York University's Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at Tisch School of the Arts. He taught at New York University for 35+years. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and a retired member of the International Cinematographers Guild. Brown is also an avid hiker, skier and loves gardening, filmmaking and photography.

Directed

1. Peter, Paul & Mary: Carry It On (2004) — Director
2. The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time (1982) — Director
3. Free to Rock (2017) — Director
4. Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007) — Director
5. Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives (2019) — Director
6. Billy Joel: A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia (2014) — Director
7. Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' (1984) — Director
8. Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal (2004) — Director
9. We Shall Overcome (1989) — Director
10. A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly (1988) — Director
11. Mostly Sondheim (2003) — Director
12. The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End (2016) — Director
13. Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970 (2019) — Director
14. A Royal Grand Design (2022) — Director
15. In the Hank Williams Tradition (1989) — Director
16. The Singing Kettle: World Tour (1994) — Director