Clarence Brown

Directeur, Producteur, Acteur, Éditeur, Scénariste

10 mai 1890 — 17 août 1987 (97 ans)
Clarence Leon Brown (May 10, 1890 – August 17, 1987) was an American film director.

After serving as a fighter pilot and flight instructor in the United States Army Air Service during World War I, Brown was given his first co-directing credit (with Tourneur) for The Great Redeemer (1920). Later that year, he directed a major portion of The Last of the Mohicans after Tourneur was injured in a fall.

Brown moved to Universal in 1924, and then to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he remained until the mid-1950s. At MGM he was one of the main directors of their major female stars, he directed Joan Crawford six times and Greta Garbo seven.

Brown was nominated five times for six films (see below) for an Academy Award as a director, but he never received an Oscar. However, he won Best Foreign Film for Anna Karenina, starring Garbo at the 1935 Venice International Film Festival.

Brown's films gained a total of 38 Academy Award nominations and earned nine Oscars. Brown himself received five Academy Award nominations for six films and in 1949, he won the British Academy Award for the film version of William Faulkner's Intruder in the Dust.

In 1957, Brown was awarded The George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film. Brown retired a wealthy man due to his real estate investments, but refused to watch new movies, as he feared they might cause him to restart his career.

The Clarence Brown Theater, on the campus of the University of Tennessee, is named in his honor. He holds the record for most nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director without a win, with six.

Films & Séries sur Plex

  • Flic ou zombie
    Flic ou zombie1988
  • La Chair et le Diable
    La Chair et le Diable1926

Connue pour

  • Le Grand National
    Le Grand National1944
  • Anna Karénine
    Anna Karénine1935
  • Jody et le faon
    Jody et le faon1946
  • La Chair et le Diable
    La Chair et le Diable1926
  • Anna Christie
    Anna Christie1930
  • Sa femme et sa secrétaire
    Sa femme et sa secrétaire1936
  • Âmes libres
    Âmes libres1931
  • Le jardin secret
    Le jardin secret1949
  • L'intrus
    L'intrus1949
  • Angels in the Outfield
    Angels in the Outfield1951
  • Et la vie continue
    Et la vie continue1943
  • Viens vivre avec moi
    Viens vivre avec moi1941
  • Fascination
    Fascination1931
  • L'aigle noir
    L'aigle noir1925
  • La Mousson
    La Mousson1939
  • Les Blanches Falaises de Douvres
    Les Blanches Falaises de Douvres1944
  • La Vie de Thomas Edison
    La Vie de Thomas Edison1940
  • La Ronde des pantins
    La Ronde des pantins1939
  • Vivre et aimer
    Vivre et aimer1934
  • Marie Walewska
    Marie Walewska1937

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