Director
Jim Brown
Born 1950 · New York City, New York, USA
Jim Brown is a four-time Emmy Award winning American director/producer known primarily for his work in musical documentaries. He heads Jim Brown Productions, LLC and Ginger Group Productions, Inc. He specializes in social, cultural and musical documentaries with an emphasis on how the power of music can create change. He has one of the largest archives of American folk and roots music from the last 4 decades of his life's work. Brown is a recently retired professor at New York University's Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at Tisch School of the Arts. He taught at New York University for 35+years. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and a retired member of the International Cinematographers Guild. Brown is also an avid hiker, skier and loves gardening, filmmaking and photography.
Directed

Peter, Paul & Mary: Carry It On
Director · 2004

Billy Joel: A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia
Director · 2014

The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
Director · 1982

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Director · 2007

Free to Rock
Director · 2017

A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly
Director · 1988

Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
Director · 2004

We Shall Overcome
Director · 1989

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Director · 1984

Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
Director · 2019

In the Hank Williams Tradition
Director · 1989

The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End
Director · 2016

Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
Director · 2019

Mostly Sondheim
Director · 2003

A Royal Grand Design
Director · 2022