Clarence Brown
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing55
moviePlymouth Adventure
1952
Director
movieWhen in Rome
1952
Director
movieIt's a Big Country
1951
Director
movieAngels in the Outfield
1951
Director
movieTo Please a Lady
1950
Director
movieIntruder in the Dust
1949
Director
movieSong of Love
1947
Director
movieThe Yearling
1946
Director
movieNational Velvet
1945
Director
movieThe Human Comedy
1943
Director
movieThey Met in Bombay
1941
Director
movieCome Live with Me
1941
Director
movieEdison, the Man
1940
Director
movieThe Rains Came
1939
Director
movieIdiot's Delight
1939
Director
movieOf Human Hearts
1938
Director
movieConquest
1937
Director
movieThe Gorgeous Hussy
1936
Director
movieWife vs. Secretary
1936
Director
movieAh, Wilderness!
1935
Director
movieAnna Karenina
1935
Director
movieChained
1934
Director
movieSadie McKee
1934
Director
movieNight Flight
1933
Director
movieLooking Forward
1933
Director
movieThe Son-Daughter
1932
Director
movieLetty Lynton
1932
Director
movieEmma
1932
Director
moviePossessed
1931
Director
movieA Free Soul
1931
Director
movieInspiration
1931
Director
movieRomance
1930
Director
movieAnna Christie
1930
Director
movieNavy Blues
1929
Director
movieWonder of Women
1929
Director
movieA Woman of Affairs
1928
Director
movieThe Trail of '98
1928
Director
movieFlesh and the Devil
1926
Director
movieKiki
1926
Director
movieThe Eagle
1925
Director
movieThe Goose Woman
1925
Director
movieSmouldering Fires
1925
Director
movieButterfly
1924
Director
movieThe Signal Tower
1924
Director
movieThe Acquittal
1923
Director
movieDon't Marry for Money
1923
Director
movieThe Light in the Dark
1922
Director
movieThe Foolish Matrons
1921
Director
movieThe Last of the Mohicans
1920
Co-Director
movieThe Great Redeemer
1920
Director
movieThe Pride of the Clan
1917
Assistant Director
movieThe Velvet Paw
1916
Assistant Director
movieThe Rail Rider
1916
Assistant Director
movieThe Closed Road
1916
Assistant Director
Production21
movieNever Let Me Go
1953
Producer
movieAngels in the Outfield
1951
Producer
movieTo Please a Lady
1950
Producer
movieIntruder in the Dust
1949
Producer
movieThe Secret Garden
1949
Producer
movieSong of Love
1947
Producer
movieNational Velvet
1945
Producer
movieThe Human Comedy
1943
Producer
movieThe Gorgeous Hussy
1936
Producer
movieWife vs. Secretary
1936
Producer
movieAh, Wilderness!
1935
Producer
movieChained
1934
Producer
movieNight Flight
1933
Producer
movieLooking Forward
1933
Producer
moviePossessed
1931
Producer
movieInspiration
1931
Producer
movieRomance
1930
Producer
movieNavy Blues
1929
Producer
movieThe Trail of '98
1928
Producer
movieKiki
1926
Producer
Acting8
movieDead Heat
1988
Harry Latham
tvThe Twilight Zone
1985
(segment "Need to Know")
moviePossessed
1931
Man on Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)
movieNavy Blues
1929
Roller Coaster Rider
movieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
movieThe Signal Tower
1924
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