Tom E. Brown (born March 2, 1967) is an American director, screenwriter, producer, and actor.

Career

Brown’s short film ''Don’t Run, Johnny'' was acquired by IFC after its screening at the

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in 1998. IFC also acquired his next two short films, ''Rubber Gloves'' (Golden Spire winner) and ''Das Clown'' (Sundance 2000). In addition to hundreds of festival screenings, Brown’s films have been featured at the

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, the

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and

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. Brown’s feature debut, '' Pushing Dead'', was a Sundance Institute/Rockefeller Foundation-supported feature starring

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, Robin Weigert, and

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. ''Pushing Dead'' screened at over 50 film festivals, garnering awards for all three main actors and 10 best-feature audience and jury awards. ''Pushing Dead'' was released in North America in 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Tom E Film directors from San Francisco American male screenwriters Male actors from San Francisco Film producers from California 1967 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people)