Clarence Brown

Regista, Produttore, Attore, Montatore, Sceneggiatore

10 maggio 1890 — 17 agosto 1987 (97 anni)
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.

Film e Serie su Plex

  • Sbirri oltre la vita
    Sbirri oltre la vita1988
  • La carne e il diavolo
    La carne e il diavolo1926

Famoso per

  • Gran premio
    Gran premio1944
  • Anna Karenina
    Anna Karenina1935
  • Il cucciolo
    Il cucciolo1946
  • La carne e il diavolo
    La carne e il diavolo1926
  • Anna Christie
    Anna Christie1930
  • Gelosia
    Gelosia1936
  • Io amo
    Io amo1931
  • Il giardino segreto
    Il giardino segreto1949
  • Nella polvere del profondo Sud
    Nella polvere del profondo Sud1949
  • Angels
    Angels1951
  • La commedia umana
    La commedia umana1943
  • Vieni a vivere con me
    Vieni a vivere con me1941
  • L'amante
    L'amante1931
  • Aquila nera
    Aquila nera1925
  • La grande pioggia
    La grande pioggia1939
  • Le bianche scogliere di Dover
    Le bianche scogliere di Dover1944
  • Il romanzo di una vita
    Il romanzo di una vita1940
  • Spregiudicati
    Spregiudicati1939
  • Sadie McKee
    Sadie McKee1934
  • Maria Walewska
    Maria Walewska1937

Filmografia

2024
1988
Dead Heat · as Harry LathamSu Plex
1985
The Twilight Zone (1985) · as (segment "need To Know")
1931
Possessed · as Man On Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)
1929
Navy Blues · as Roller Coaster Rider
1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ · as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1924
The Signal Tower · as Switch Man

2005
Garbo · as Self - 1969 Interview

1920
The Last of the Mohicans · as Co-Director
1917
The Pride of the Clan · as Assistant Director