Bill Brown is a "nomadic"

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, and

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from

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Style, output and other projects

Brown has produced films on the

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missile silos, the

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, among other places. The films have been exhibited at numerous film festivals and museums, including the

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in New York. He describes his films as postcards with a pretty picture but instead of words on the back, his films are narrated with voiceov

Brown is also the author of a

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called ''Dream Whip'' which currently has 15 issues, and the book ''Saugus to the Sea'' (). In 2001 Brown received the

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Award in the Discipline of Moving Image.http://creative-capital.org/projects/view/148

Films

* ''Roswell'' (1994)Peripheral Produce , Catalog
* ''Hub City'' (1996) Catalog , Homeland Insecurity DVD: Films by Bill Brown , Microcosm Publishing
/ref> * ''Confederation Park'' (1999) * ''Buffalo Common'' (2001) * ''Mountain State'' (2003) * ''The Other Side'' (2006) * ''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)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Bill Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Lubbock, Texas American documentary filmmakers 21st-century American novelists Harvard University alumni American male novelists 21st-century American male writers

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