Robert Latham Brown (born June 20, 1947) is a film producer,

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, production manager, author, and

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film and television adjunct professor. In his more than 30-year film career Brown has worked with

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, and others. His expertise in budgeting and line producing inspired

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, his multi-feature boss at the time, to nickname Brown ''"Mr. On-Budget"''.

Career

Robert Latham Brown has worked in production capacity on more than 40 feature films, including the very small (the

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film '' Local Color'', along with drama ''

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'') and also the very large (''

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'', ''

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'', and the

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''). Robert Latham Brown spent most of his early career at

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. After his work with

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on '' The Thing'', the invitation of

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producer/vice president

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sent Brown to begin work on ''

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''. 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

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, and Samuel L. Jackson.

Author and teacher

Robert Latham Brown authored the long acclaimed book '' Planning the Low-Budget Film'', 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.

Writing awards

Brown's book, ''Planning the Low-Budget Film'' was a finalist for the 2007 Benjamin Franklin Awards, and that same year was a first-place winner in the Hollywood Book Festival. In 2002, his screenplay ''Keats'' was named a semi-finalist in the 9th Annual Writer's Network Screenplay and Fiction Competition. In 2020, his screenplay ''Xena & Jonny'' was named a finalist in the ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition.

Partial filmography

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Robert Latham Living people Businesspeople from Alexandria, Virginia Film producers from Virginia American animated film producers Tulane University alumni UCLA Film School alumni University of Southern California faculty 1947 births