Kirk Browning

Biography

Kirk Browning (March 28, 1921 – February 10, 2008) was an American television director and producer who had hundreds of productions to his credit, including 185 broadcasts of Live from Lincoln Center. Born in New York City, Browning dropped out of Cornell University after attending for only one month and moved to Waco, Texas, where he was hired as a newspaper reporter. Because of a childhood injury, he was rejected by the United States Army when he tried to enlist during World War II, so he worked as an ambulance driver in England and France. In the late 1940s, he was a chicken farmer operating an egg route in Ridgefield, Connecticut when one of his customers offered him a job in the music library at NBC. The clerical position led to his directing live televised performances by the NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini. Soon after he was made a stage manager of the network's newly formed opera company, and he later became its Director. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Directed

1. Great Performances (1971) — Director
2. American Playhouse (1982) — Director
3. Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) — Director
4. Mayerling (1957) — Director
5. The Taming of the Shrew (1976) — Director
6. Alice in Wonderland (1983) — Director
7. The United States Steel Hour (1953) — Director
8. Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958) — Director
9. Turandot (1987) — Director
10. New York City Opera: A Little Night Music (1990) — Director
11. Working (1982) — Director
12. Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992) — Director
13. Producers' Showcase (1954) — Director
14. Startime (1959) — Director
15. Snow White Live (1981) — Director
16. Our Town (1989) — Director
17. Death of a Salesman (2000) — Director
18. Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci (1978) — Director
19. The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center (2006) — Director
20. Damn Yankees (1967) — Director
21. Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951) — Director
22. Tosca (1985) — Director
23. NET Playhouse (1966) — Director
24. The Royal Family (1977) — Director
25. Rigoletto (1977) — Director
26. Idomeneo (1982) — Director
27. Amahl and the Night Visitors (1963) — Director
28. A Walk in the Woods (1988) — Director
29. Big Blonde (1980) — Director
30. Samson et Dalila (1981) — Director
31. The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni (1978) — Director
32. La Bohème (1977) — Director
33. The House of Blue Leaves (1987) — Director
34. The Grapes of Wrath (1991) — Director
35. New York City Opera: The Barber of Seville (1976) — Director
36. Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare (1982) — Director
37. Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (1975) — Director
38. The Time of Your Life (1976) — Director
39. La Forza del Destino (1984) — Director
40. A Touch of the Poet (1974) — Director