Paul Brownstein is a director, writer,

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, and

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, working in the fields of television, music, recording, radio, concert touring, and

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. Brownstein’s company owns worldwide TV and digital distribution rights to more than 4,000 hours of classic TV comedy and variety series and specials, for clients like ''

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'',

Cher Cher ( ; born Cheryl Sarkisian, May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress and television personality. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Goddess of Pop", she is known for her Androgyny, androgynous contralto voice, Music an ...

Don Rickles Donald Jay Rickles (May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was known primarily for his insult comedy. His film roles include ''Run Silent, Run Deep (film), Run Silent, Run Deep'' (1958), ''Enter Laughing ...

, and The

Robin Williams Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and comedie ...

Trust. Brownstein lives in

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Executive producer

Brownstein was executive Producer with Carl Reiner and George Shapiro for three annual CBS specials featuring

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episodes of ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', entitled ''The Dick Van Dyke Show: Now in Living Color''. Paul Brownstein Productions distributes the original series. A prolific DVD producer, his most recent release is ''Robin Williams: Comic Genius'', a 22 disc DVD set for

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. As an executive producer for

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, he created special features for the 50th Anniversary of ''

Gunsmoke ''Gunsmoke'' is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It centered on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central charact ...

,'' ''

The Phil Silvers Show ''The Phil Silvers Show'', originally titled ''You'll Never Get Rich'', is a sitcom which ran on the CBS Television Network from 1955 to 1959. A pilot titled "Audition Show" was made in 1955, but it was never broadcast. 143 other episodes wer ...

,'' and ''

Perry Mason Perry Mason is a fictional character, an American criminal defense lawyer who is the main character in works of detective fiction written by Erle Stanley Gardner. Perry Mason features in 82 novels and four short stories, all of which involve a ...

,'' the 40th Anniversary of ''

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'' and ''

Hogan's Heroes ''Hogan's Heroes'' is an American television sitcom created by Bernard Fein and Albert S. Ruddy which is set in a Prisoner-of-war camp, prisoner-of-war (POW) camp in Nazi Germany during World War II, and centers around a group of Allied prisoner ...

,'' and full season DVDs of '' The Odd Couple,'' ''

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,'' '' Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,'' and ''

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''. For

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, he was an executive producer for 19 seasons of the ''My Music'' series of Pledge break specials with the original artists of

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, Soul, Disco,

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, and the popular music hits of legendary artists like

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and

Dionne Warwick Marie Dionne Warwick ( ; born Marie Dionne Warrick; December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television host. During her career, Warwick has won many awards, including six Grammy Awards. She has been inducted into the Hollywood Wa ...

. Brownstein was an executive producer of VH1’s ''The Best of

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''. He also produced the highly rated ''

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Archives'' series of episodes from the

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David Frost Sir David Paradine Frost (7 April 1939 – 31 August 2013) was an English television host, journalist, comedian and writer. He rose to prominence during the satire boom in the United Kingdom when he was chosen to host the satirical programme ...

, and

Dick Cavett Richard Alva Cavett (; born November 19, 1936) is an American television personality and former talk show host. He appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States from the 1960s through the 2000s. In later years, Cave ...

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s with artists like

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, and

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. Brownstein was executive producer with Jeff Margolis for ''

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50th Anniversary Celebration'', and appeared as a guest on ''

Larry King Live ''Larry King Live'' is an American television talk show broadcast by CNN from June 3, 1985 to December 16, 2010. Hosted by Larry King, it was the network's most watched and longest-running program, with over one million viewers nightly. Ma ...

''. Brownstein also supervised the digital remastering of the "Classic 39" ''Honeymooners'' episodes for

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. Other TV credits include executive producer of ''VH1 Goes Inside the

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'', and consulting producer on ''CBS…50 Years From

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.''

TV's supersleuth

Variety once called him "TV’s supersleuth", for his unique role as "Raider of the Lost Archives". For all of his DVDs, Brownstein has digitally remastered the original negatives and master tapes and tracked down never before seen outtakes, promos, behind the scenes footage, and rare clips from other programs as DVD bonus footage, plus recording audio commentary. As executive producer for the revival of the original ''

Smothers Brothers The Smothers Brothers were the American duo of brothers Tom Smothers, Tom and Dick Smothers, who performed folk singer, folk singing, music, and comedy. The brothers' trademark double act was performing folk songs (Tommy on Steel-string guitar, a ...

Comedy Hour'', he restored segments deleted by CBS censors from that TV series, which enjoyed renewed success when it found a new generation of fans on the E! television channel. Brownstein also saw an eight-year project come to fruition in 1995Morehouse III, Ward
"Burton's back on Broadway, but how?"
''

Manila Standard The ''Manila Standard'' is a broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines which, as of 2017, is owned by the Romualdez family. The Romualdezes, through incumbent speaker of the House Martin Romualdez, also own Journal Publications, Inc., the owner ...

'', April 11, 1995, p. A4. Retrieved on May 29, 2013. with the completion of a fully remastered ''

Richard Burton's Hamlet Richard Burton's ''Hamlet'' is a common name for both the Broadway production of William Shakespeare's tragedy that played from April 9 to August 8, 1964 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, and for the filmed record of it that has been released theatri ...

''—a filmed record of the 1963 Broadway stage, production, acknowledged as the high point of the actor’s theatrical career. After Brownstein's discovery of the original 35mm negative, negotiations of the production rights and digital remastering, the restored film premiered at the

British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ...

in London as the final event in its yearlong festival of Shakespeare On Film. The Burton Hamlet is now available on DVD and was the subject of a new play at

The Public Theater The Public Theater is an arts organization in New York City. Founded by Joseph Papp, The Public Theater was originally the Shakespeare Workshop in 1954; its mission was to support emerging playwrights and performers.Epstein, Helen. ''Joe Papp: ...

in New York in 2008.

Awards

He won the DVD Exclusive Award for Best Overall TV DVD as well as the TV on DVD Award for 2004 as producer of ''

'' DVD, and also won multiple DVD awards for ''

Get Smart ''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the Spy fiction, secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s with the release of the ''James Bond'' films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Bu ...

.'' Brownstein’s other DVD releases include ''

Here's Lucy ''Here's Lucy'' is an American sitcom starring Lucille Ball. The series co-starred her long-time comedy partner Gale Gordon and her real-life children Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. It was broadcast on CBS from 1968 to 1974. It was Ball's third ...

,'' ''

The Richard Pryor Show ''The Richard Pryor Show'' is an American comedy variety show starring and created by Richard Pryor. It premiered on NBC on Tuesday, September 13, 1977, at 8 p.m. opposite ABC's ''Laverne & Shirley'' and ''Happy Days''. The show was produced ...

,'' and ''

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour ''The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour'' is an American variety show starring American pop singers Sonny Bono and Cher, who were married to each other at the time. The show ran on CBS in the United States, and premiered in August 1971. The show was ca ...

''.

References

External links

IMDb - Paul Brownstein Productions [us]

TVClassics.com
- Brownstein's TV retail site {{DEFAULTSORT:Brownstein, Paul Writers from Los Angeles Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American television directors