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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 Sundance Film Festival in 1998. IFC also acquired his next two short films, Rubber Gloves (Golden Spire winner) and Das Clown (Sundance 2000).
Tom E. Brown. Director: Pushing Dead. Tom's films have been featured at the American Museum of Natural History, the Walker Art Center, and the Guggenheim. His work has screened at hundreds of film festivals and has been televised internationally.
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- Producer, Director, Actor
- Stamford, Connecticut, USA
- Tom E. Brown
- Surrender as The Path of Most Allowing
- Surrender as The Inevitable Success of An Unknown Future
- Making Peace with Aids
- What Is So Funny About Aids?
- Keeping Our Brains Happy
- The Path of Most Allowing
It seems simple to say but almost impossible to do in a world driven by speed, career ladders and fame. But Tom E. Brown, writer and director of the independent film Pushing Dead, isn’t a jaded anti-Hollywood director. He is someone that has mastered what is a challenge for many — facing fear and surrendering.
Seminal research by Mary Moze on the understanding of surrender in, “Surrender: An Alchemical Act in Personal Transformation,” identifies three uses of surrender: the political/ military, psychological, and spiritual. The political and military focus on surrender as a form of giving up. The spiritual and psychological focus on surrender as a valuab...
Tom was diagnosed HIV+ in 1985. The Foundation for Aids Research amFARreports 1985 as the year that the Hollywood star Rock Hudson died of AIDS; Ryan White a 13 year old boy hemophiliac tests positive; AIDS is reported in 51 countries; 15,527 cases of AIDS were reported; and 12,529 reported deaths. A positive diagnosis at that time was seen as a bl...
Well, Tom sees it from his point of view not ours, “I’ve been living with HIV for thirty one years. My world is goofy.”It is this dark goofiness that he explores in some of his short films through comedy. In this approach to living Tom has science on his side. The first written study of the effects of laughter on people with chronic illness was in ...
When Tomis writing, filming, and editing he is creating from a point of view of coping. He wants us to see life beyond a perceived problem. Stubborn as human beings are we work better when we can gain that knowledge ourselves instead of being told. So, he carves out a story from his truth; brings together a cast of people to weave the journey and c...
After filming editing begins. It is a stressful process of setting in stone his vision. Editing is a continual practice of letting go of the fear that you won’t be able to go back and change something. It requires allowing all the pieces to become a greater whole. “Editing is actually my favorite part even though it is so stressful. It is where I s...
Jun 6, 1990 · Thomas E. (Tom) Brown, who modeled Buster Brown shoes as a child and portrayed a rancher in television's ''Gunsmoke'' after a long film career, died of cancer on Sunday at the Motion...
Nov 25, 2016 · Making AIDS Something We Can Laugh About: An Interview w/Director Tom E. Brown on His First Feature Length Film, Pushing Dead
Apr 18, 2017 · In the late 80s, during the midst of an AIDS epidemic that would claim the lives of tens of thousands of men and women by the end of the decade, Tom E. Brown – then aged 18 – was diagnosed with HIV. Around the same time, in March 1987, the FDA approved a drug called azidothymidine (known more commonly as AZT).
Nov 9, 2017 · Pushing Dead: Directed by Tom E. Brown. With James Roday Rodriguez, Robin Weigert, Danny Glover, Khandi Alexander. When a struggling writer, HIV positive for 20+ years, accidentally deposits a $100 birthday check, he is dropped from his health plan for earning too much.
