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Kevin Brownlow (born Robert Kevin Brownlow; 2 June 1938) is a British film historian, television documentary-maker, filmmaker, author, and film editor. [1] [2] He is best known for his work documenting the history of the silent era, having become interested in silent film at the age of eleven.
- British
- 1953–present
- Virginia Keane
- Haileybury
Kevin Brownlow. Producer: It Happened Here. Kevin Brownlow was born on 2 June 1938 in Crowborough, Sussex, England, UK. He is a producer and director, known for It Happened Here (1964), American Masters (1985) and Unknown Chaplin (1983). He has been married to Virginia Keane since August 1969.
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- Crowborough, Sussex, England, UK
Apr 26, 2019 · April 26, 2019 5 AM PT. Kevin Brownlow has been the voice for silent films and their preservation and restoration for six decades. In fact, the 80-year-old British filmmaker, historian and...
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Apr 20, 2019 · General. Kevin Brownlow Thinks a Treasure Trove of ‘Lost’ Silent Films Is Collecting Dust in Cuba. At 80, silent film’s most influential preservationist gives advice to his successors on where...
Dec 20, 2022 · Published 3:26 PM PDT, December 20, 2022. “Perhaps the ballyhoo meant nothing,” Kevin Brownlow wrote in his defining history of the silent film era, “The Parade’s Gone By…”. It’s probably true that even avid moviegoers have increasingly drifted away from the films of what Brownlow called, with good reason, “the richest in cinema ...
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Jun 14, 2018 · A wide-ranging conversation with the silent-film historian and preservationist, who shares his insights on Rex Ingram, David Lean, Cecil B. DeMille, and more. Learn about his career, his collaborations, and his passion for authenticity in cinema.
Kevin Brownlow has made a career of drawing attention to the work of past cinematic masters, but his own achievements are no less deserving of appreciation. He has spent more than four decades championing filmmakers who might otherwise have been forgotten and introducing once-lost gems to new generations of moviegoers.
