Kevin Brownlow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Kevin Brownlow

English filmmaker and film historian

Date of Birth: 02-Jun-1938

Place of Birth: Crowborough, England, United Kingdom

Profession: screenwriter, writer, historian, cinematographer, film director, film producer, film editor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Kevin Brownlow

  • Kevin Brownlow (born 2 June 1938) is a British film historian, television documentary-maker, filmmaker, author, and film editor.
  • Brownlow is best known for his work documenting the history of the silent era.
  • Brownlow became interested in silent film at the age of eleven.
  • This interest grew into a career spent documenting and restoring film.
  • He has rescued many silent films and their history.
  • His initiative in interviewing many largely forgotten, elderly film pioneers in the 1960s and 1970s preserved a legacy of early mass-entertainment cinema.
  • Brownlow received an Academy Honorary Award at the 2nd Annual Governors Awards given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on 13 November 2010.
  • This was the first occasion on which an Academy Honorary Award was given to a film preservationist.

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